Nordic UFO Newsletter1983, February issue, page 15. |
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According to information obtained by Mrs. Fjeldberg, these objects had a very close resemblance to the three objects observed by Mr. August Holen in the area of Hessdalen in 1980. The composition of the domes on these objects also resembled rock candy. According to Nygard and Norstad no better description could be found for the two objects that they observed over Hvam. A very strange coincidence! Source: ------ EXTRAORDINARY OBSERVATION FROM ALTA By Elbjerg Fjeldberg Date: Thursday 14 October 1982 The night between 13 and 14 October 1982 was dark and the sky was clear and fine. Shortly after 2.00 am three points of light appeared over the mountains SSE of the centre of Alta, a small town situated in the northernmost part of Norway. Each point of light was made up of several smaller lights bunched close together, like a block of flats seen at a long distance. They moved in a northerly direction at a great speed - apparently about 70-80 km in some 5 seconds, i.e. around 55 000 km/h. They had no kind of tail and the diameter of each light point was about one third that of the moon. The objects halted ENE of the centre of Alta. Suddenly, as though at a word of command, light-rays flashed down at an angle towards the ground simultaneously from all three objects. The light-rays made up cones with an opening angle of about 15 degrees. Their colour was white with a bluish hue, especially at the sides. The light was indescribably powerful. After 20-25 seconds the rays began to widen as the powerful light also began to diminish in strength. During some 2-3 seconds the cones became "an ocean" of light with an opening angle of some 180 degrees. Then they went off one by one with a separation time of one second. At the same moment as the lights went out there appeared an ellipsoid "thing" which gave off a faint light, but nevertheless was distinctly visible. The colour was pink as a cloud in the sunset, with a deeper colour tone which became grey just underneath the object. It was quite motionless, hanging in the sky for 30 minutes; then it suddenly disappeared. The object was as large as the distance between the former outmost light points, i.e. 10-12 cm measured between the thumb and forefinger on an outstretched arm. The observation was made independently by Villy Selnes, Ulf Kivijrervi, John E. Hegge and Hegge senior. The witnesses estimate that the object or the light points were some 30 km east of Alta and at an altitude of 5-6000 m. Each and all of the observers felt a strange, dead silence during the entire observation. They found it extremely difficult to describe how it felt. (This is a common phenomenon, especially during close encounters.) Comments The full-moon is the size of a pea held between the thumb and forefinger on an outstretched arm, i.e. 0.5 degrees. The diameter of each of the light points was one-third of that of the moon. If the distance was 30 km, then each object's true diameter would be some 90 m. The giant ellipse at the end of the observation was 10-12 cm wide, that means about 10-12 degrees. If the distance was the same (30 km), we get an enormous |
