1939, MANNERHEIM LINE, KARELIA, FINLAND, SOLDIERS:
Brief summary of the event and follow-up:
A Fortean researcher apparently told in 2002 that at the Mannerheim Line, on the Russo-Finnish border, in 1939, at an unspecified hour, Finnish troops, holding the Mannerheim Line against Russian Soviet troops, declared that they had seen hundreds of figures interpreted as angels floating in the sky.
Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that at the Mannerheim Line, Russo-Finnish border, in 1939, at an unknown time, Finnish troops, holding the Mannerheim Line against Russian Soviet troops, declared that they had seen hundreds of figures attributed to have been angels floating in the sky.
The source is indicated as "T Peter Park, The Anomalist # 10".
Points to consider:
Some types of spiders migrate through the air, sometimes in large numbers, on cobweb gliders, white looking, or even seemingly glowing in the sunset. Maybe that was what these troops saw, if the event took place at all.
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Data
Severe
August 14, 2009
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Primary source not available.
Help needed.
Opened.
2
Ufology
Severe
August 14, 2009
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Origin and nature of story not known.
Help needed.
Opened.
3
Ufology
Severe
August 14, 2009
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
No description of the alleged entities.
Help needed.
Opened.
Evaluation:
Possible cobweb, or journalistic hoax.
Sources references:
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
[---] ? T. Peter Park, in the Fortean magazine The Anomalist, USA, #10, 2002.
[---] ? "The Angel of Mons: Phantom Soldiers and Ghostly Guardians", book by David Clarke, Wiley publishers, U-K., 2004.
[ar1] * "1935 - 1939 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2004, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1935.shtml
