In 1979, Reader's Digest held a competition for the best personal experience stories. Among 7,000 participants, a pilot named Walter Keilner from Munich stood out. He recounted his harrowing experience of his Cessna 421 crashing into the sea and his subsequent rescue. After thorough verification, the editorial team confirmed the authenticity of his story. However, on the day of the award ceremony, another pilot named Walter Keilner wrote in to reveal the truth. This pilot, from Austria, claimed to be the real pilot, stating that the award winner's story was fictional. This revelation left the editorial team perplexed, as two pilots with the same name had experienced similar accidents and both were fortunate enough to survive.