Streamed live: 14 January 2020
(Podcast UFO, Sebago,
Maine)
Source: Martin Willis Live Shows (YouTube channel)
Video text:
“Clas Svahn will be joining us from Sweden to discuss UFOs in Sweden, [UFO-Sverige’s] massive
library and his latest and very interesting book, Files of the Unexplained, The
Hidden History and Forgotten Photographs from the world of the Unknown. https://bit.ly/35H0S2f
[UFO-Sverige]: https://www.ufo.se
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CLAS SVAHN Born: 12 April 1958 in Mariestad,
Sweden.
Education: Journalist since 1978 after studies at Journalisthögskolan in
Gothenburg.
Occupation: Journalist at Mariestads-Tidningen (Mariestad) 1978-1983,
Norrbottens-Kuriren (Luleå) 1983-1990 and Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm), Sweden’s
largest morning newspaper, since 1990. Works as a reviewer for UFO, science
fiction and other related books for the Swedish libraries.
Family: Wife Anneli and two children, Niklas (born 1992) and Markus
(born 1994).
Hobbies: UFO research, amateur astronomy.
UFO-history:
Founded the local organisation
UFO-Mariestad on 17 May 1974, member of UFO-Sweden’s board since 1988 and
chairman 1991–2013. Since 2013 Svahn is international director for UFO-Sweden [UFO-Sverige]
and also vice chairman for the organization. Chairman
of Archives For the Unexplained, AFU, in Norrköping since 2017. Editor of
UFO-Sweden’s magazine ‘UFO-Aktuellt’. Leader of two expeditions to Lake Nammajaure
in 2012 and 2014 trying two locate a sunken Ghost Rocket. Main character in the
documentary ‘Ghost Rockets’ 2015.
UFO-books in Swedish:
‘Domstensfallet – en svensk närkontakt 1958’ with Anders Liljegren (‘The
Domsten case – a Swedish close encounter in 1958’, AFU 1989); ‘Mötet i
gläntan’ with Gösta Carlsson (‘The encounter in the clearing’, NTB Parthenon,
1995); ‘UFO-Mysteriet – från flygande tefat till cirklar i sädesfälten’ (‘The
UFO mystery – from flying saucers to crop circles’, Parthenon 1998); ‘Fakta om
UFO’ (‘Facts about UFOs’, Parthenon 1998) with Göran Norlén; ‘UFO – möte med
det okända’ (‘UFO – encounter with the unknown’, Semic 2000); ‘Vålnader,
utomjordingar och mystiska fenomen – Bilder av det okända’, (‘Hauntings, aliens
and mystical phenomena – Pictures of the unknown’ Semic 2010); Main contributor
to ‘Världens största konspirationer’ (‘The world’s largest conspiracies’, Semic
2012); ‘UFO – spökraketer, ljusglober och utomjordingar’, (‘UFOs – Ghost Rockets,
orbs of light and aliens’, Semic 2014); ‘Mötet i gläntan’ with Gösta Carlsson (‘The
encounter in the clearing’ Parthenon & UFO-Sverige new and expanded edition
2015); ‘Det okända – övernaturliga möten och fenomen, (‘The Unknown - supernatural
meetings and phenomena’, Semic 2018) and ‘Verklighetens Arkiv X’ (‘Files of the
unexplained – the hidden history and forgotten photographs from the world of
the unknown’ (Semic 2019).
UFO-books in English and contributions to other UFO books:
One chapter in ‘UFOs 1947–1987 – The 40 Year Search for an Explanation’
with Anders Liljegren (Fortean Tomes 1987, ed. Evans/Spencer); One chapter in ‘Phenomenon’
(Futura 1988, ed. Spencer/Evans); One chapter with Robert Bartholomew and
Anders Liljegren in ‘UFOs & Alien Contact’, (Prometheus Books 1998, Bartholomew/Howard);
One chapter in ‘The Swedish Ghost Rocket Delusion of 1946’ with Robert
Bartholomew, Glenn Dawes and Anders Liljegren (Fortean Studies Volume 6, John
Brown Publ. 1999, ed. Steve Moore); Two chapters in ‘UFOs and government – A
Historical Inquiry’, (Anomalist Books 2012, ed. Michael Swords & Robert
Powell); One chapter in ‘Ovnis: Las 50 mejores evidencias’, (Cydonia 2017, ed.
José Antonio Caravaca); One chapter in ‘Aliens, Ships and Hoaxes’ (Kindle 2018,
ed. Milton W. Hourcade); ‘Files of the unexplained – the hidden history and
forgotten photographs from the world of the unknown’ (AFU 2019) and one chapter
in ‘2019 International UFO Symposium’ (MUFON 2019, ed. Barbra Schuessler
Sobhani).
UFO related books:
‘Övernaturligt’ (‘Supernatural’, coauthor, Semic 1997); ‘Oförklarligt’ (‘Unexplained’,
coauthor, Semic 1998); ‘Gåtfullt’ (‘Strange’, coauthor, Semic 1999); ‘Berättelser
om det okända’ (‘Tales of the unexplained’, Semic 2008)
Other media:
Svahn has also co-produced several domestic TV-programs in Sweden as well as SciFi Channels ‘Earthscan’ and
‘Sweden
special’. During 2019 he produced a series of UFO programs for Dagens Nyheters
TV channel. He has contributed with articles in many Swedish and foreign UFO
magazines. Svahns pictures have been published in many books and magazines,
such as: Evans/Spencer, ed: UFOs 1947–1987 (1987), Stone: UFO Investigation
(1993), Moran: Alien art (1998), Clark: The UFO
Encyclopedia (1998), Bord: ‘The World of the Unexplained’ (1998) and Nylén: ‘Den
nödvändiga boken om Allsvenskan’ (2004).”
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