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It was about 19 cm between the stripes. They were 2.5 3 mm wide and 1 cm deep. The snow layer was about one inch. At this moment they were a couple of days old and not very conspicuous any longer, but still it was possible to follow them for miles. Hegerland told us that he had been out in snow-covered woods for years, but he had never seen tracks like these. He could hardly believe that it was animals or birds that had made them. If it was an animal, one sooner or later had to see a foot-print, but it didn't occur. And if it was a bird, one had to see tracks from feet or wing-tips. Nor were there any cracks in the ice, because it had a compact surface and was rather thick after a long period with low temperature.

And the strangest of it all were the drawings which suddenly could appear as long rows between the two stripes. These had dis similar forms, but most of them resembled very much a "Z"; in addition there were dashes, dots and other forms that could be mistaken for small arrows. We followed the stripes to the end of the lake. They were lost just inside the power line which crosses it. It was quite evident that where the tracks went, there were no wires from which drops could have fallen.

Then the stripes passed outside the farm of Sigurd Lohaugen and crossed the eastern part of land above the lake for quite a long distance. Hegerland had followed the tracks for about four kilometers on the lake before he gave it up, but he could still see them.

The tracks started and ended very abruptly. It was at least five kilometers long, and it varied between alternating sections of about 200 meters with two parallel and winding stripes along it, followed by 100 to 200 meters with "writings".

Lake Stordalsvatnet is situated along the main road E76. The lake is stretching from Etne to Frette.

THE UFO OBSERVATION

The following day a large UFO was seen over the same area. The witness, Karl Hegerland, saw this strange airplane (UFO) hovering above lake Stordalsvatnet. The plane was black as soot allover, except for a tiny little yellow stripe from wingtip to wingtip. It resembled a large German bomber from World War II. It looked as if there were four large engines in front of the wing and that there were two windows with a post in the middle. On the underside there were three triangulum shaped legs. No landing-wheels could be seen. Especially carefully he watched the hindmost leg which was fastened under the body. The two others were fastened under each wing. The wings were located upmost on the airplane.

Hegerlend stood (see picture) on a spot where the road goes high over the lake Stordalsvatnet; the time was about 2 pm, a sunny day with a thin snow layer covering the landscape. The huge UFO passed him at a distance of about 50 meters and in an altitude of 20-30 meters above the ground. He watched it from above at his position, and it flew slowly and completely soundlessly past him. Due to this, he could watch it thoroughly for several minutes. It came flying from the south, passed over a large peninsula, went thereafter over the lake and passed over two small islands (see chart) which were covered completely. At this point, the lake is crossed by a power-line and the aircraft passed so close by that the witness thought that it would collide with the line. The UFO made a curve outwards over the lake and disappeared in the distance.

While the UFO was passing, Hegerland noticed especially two