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his way home to Kristiansand. On his mind were everything that had happened during the day; when he would be home and what he should do the day after. At the moment he passed Helleland it began to grow dusk and therefore he switched on the parking lights. It was raining gently. The journey went from Stavanger via Ueland and Helleland towards Kristiansand.

- Suddenly, when I was about 3 kilometers ahead of Helleland, I was dazzled by a light of tremendous force. It was in the middle of the dusk, but in spite of that, I had to stop the car completely, due to the powerful light. The light seemed to be much more powerful than an electric welding flame. There was no traffic on the road at this time. Just after having stopped the car, I opened the door partly to take a look outside. Then I got a glimpse of a brightly shining fire-ball that was hovering slowly towards the car -and then came to a halt, very near by. The diameter seemed to be about 20 meters, but due to the tremendous light, it was difficult to estimate the dimensions with certainty.

- I got out of the car; then the dazzling light was gone, but on the other hand I could see an object that looked exactly like the descriptions I have seen of flying saucers. It was shaped like a discus, completely without any noise, and hovering almost horizontally over my car. I estimated the altitude to be about 10 meters above the road.

- What did you think of at the moment?

- Above all, I felt completely bewildered, then I thought that this is something very important which I will hardly get any chance to see anymore. Because of this I fetched pencil and paper from my pocket and began to write down my observations. By comparing the size of the car to that of the object, I could estimate the diameter of the "machine" to about 10 meters. In the same way I estimated its altitude above the road. The width of the object was harder to estimate, but I think it was 3 - 35 meters in the thickest spot in the middle, and about 0.5 meters at the periphery (see sketch).

- While it was floating there, completely motionless for about 50 seconds, I had the time to draw it to a correct scale. Hereafter I was stabbed to the ground as if hit by an electric blow from the "saucer". On the bottom side there was a small swelling about 2 meters in diameter and on the top there was a circular dome of correspondingly diameter. The periphery of the saucer was marked by a 0.5 meter wide, wavy belt which was gold-shining. The material in the rest of the object was completely smooth as a mirror, with traces of steel luster.

- Did you see any sign of life?

- No, neither life nor sound. I didn't feel anything like vibrations nor motion.

- Did you see any sign of doors or openings?

- No, I saw no corners nor anything that could indicate the existence of it.

- I noticed that I was looking especially for the following:
1. Identification signs, letters, numbers or marks of flags.
2. Intake - or blowout pipes.
3. Exhaust pipes.
4. Doors or windows.
5. "Odors" from gases.

The object didn't have anything of these things.

- I stood just beside the open door of the car and made my observations. The car-engine was switched off. Without noticing any form of physical pain or pressure I was suddenly knocked halfway down. I supported myself with my right arm and avoided to fall completely. At the moment the object was still motionless and I didn't notice any wind blows. But at the same moment I fell down, I heard the typical sound of