Google Earth UFO Landing Trace:
The Espevaer (Espevær), Norway, UFO Ring,
Early October 1975, Night-time

On a full moon evening in early October 1975 – many observers saw a shining object, which flew towards Espevær (island). Among them were several fishermen at sea and people on the island.

Statement by Øyvind Eiken, who researched the case: "Once at the end of the 1970s, I (Ø. Eiken) talked with the captain of the ship, M/T "Norskjell". They had written in the ship's log that they had observed a luminous object over Espevaer on that October evening." Crews on several other ships also saw the UFO and logged the sighting.

That night dogs barked hysterically and fuse boxes in several homes exploded! Several dog owners said their dogs had never earlier reacted like they did that evening.

Some mushroom pickers discovered the UFO ring on 7 October 1975.

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence, who investigated the UFO landing trace case, couldn't find a plausible explanation for the UFO landing trace.

And, the University of Bergen sent several employees to the island, who performed a thorough on-site investigation and laboratory tests in Bergen. The university scientists were also unable to explain what it was that had landed on Espevær that evening; but the scientists found out that the weight of the UFO must have been circa 50-60 tons.

The UFO ring’s measurements:

Length: 26 metres.
Diameter: 14 metres (due to its oval shape).
Trace width: 40 centimetres.
Trace depth: 7 centimetres.

The Espevær UFO ring can be found at these coordinates: 59°35'42.50"N 5°8'51.40"E.

Espevær (island) is situated 17 kilometres north-west of Haugesund, on the west coast of Norway.

The Espevær UFO ring web link:

http://www.kornsirkler.org/Relaterte/Andre-sirkelfenomen/1975%20Espevaer/1975%20Espevaer-eng.html

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UFO TV Report: “Still a mystery” – New NRK TV Report On the 1975 Espevær, Norway, UFO Ring

27 May 2016

(NRK, Oslo, Norway)

The UFO ring (landing mark) was discovered in early October 1975.

Espevær (island) is situated 17 kilometres north-west of Haugesund, on the west coast of Norway.

The Espevær UFO ring can be found at these coordinates:
59°35'42.50"N 5°8'51.40"E (Google Earth).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOMDxReT04s

NRK (Norsk Rikskringkasting) is Norway’s state broadcaster.

“Dronefilm fra Espevær – april 2016”

(“Drone Film from Espevær – April 2016”)

Published by John Elter on 24 April 2016

(visitespevaer.com)

http://www.visitespevaer.com/informasjon/nyheter/vis/?T=Dronefilm%20fra%20Espev%C3%A6r%20-%20april%202016&ID=5679

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Aina Størksen, owner of the website, “UFO-RINGEN”
(uforingen.com) (youtube.com image)

(uforingen.com photo)

A delegation from the Norwegian Armed Forces investigating the Espevær UFO ring on 22 April 1976 (photo from the newspaper, Bergens Tidende) 

TV 2 (Norway) UFO Report (1995): The Espevær, Norway, UFO Landing Trace Case,
Early October 1975, Night-time

I posted a report regarding this UFO case on 14 January 2009.

A TV 2 UFO report (“UFO also in Norway?”, 1995) has now surfaced on YouTube.

The Espevaer UFO report starts 7:04 minutes into the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed6Mww-oqmY
(Source: serpentineufo (YouTube channel))

It was early in October 1975 that crews on several ships (all of them logged the UFO sighting in the ship's log) observed a UFO near Espevær (island). The UFO-ring was discovered on 7 October 1975. The UFO landing site is the only flat area on Espevær where an aircraft could have landed.

Alf Opdal (the interviewee) commented: “Those who investigated the UFO landing trace (The Royal Norwegian Air Force) said that the object must have had an enormous weight. They tried to make an imprint with one of the Air Force’s largest helicopters (see the photograph in the newspaper article), but it didn’t leave an imprint at all.”

Bergens Tidende (Bergen) had a front page article regarding this case (8:57 minutes into the video) with the headline, “Espevær’s enigma unsolved”. The sub-headline reads: “The Air Force could not explain the imprint.”

The photograph in the article showed the Air Force investigators who conducted an on-site investigation of the site.

(uforingen.com photo)

A delegation from the Norwegian Armed Forces investigating the Espevær UFO ring on 22 April 1976 (photo from the newspaper, Bergens Tidende)

UFO Article: “Short travelogue from Espevær”

12 June 2013 
(NETI, Norway)

The article reports on the Espevær (island), Norway, UFO ring:

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fneti.ws%2Faktuelt%2Fkort-reisebrev-fra-espevaer%2F&edit-text

NOTE: The UFO ring was discovered on 7 October 1975 (not in 1976).

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A delegation from the Norwegian Armed Forces investigating the Espevær UFO ring on 22 April 1976 (photo from the newspaper, Bergens Tidende)

Satellite photo of Espevær, Norway (tageo.com)

(tageo.com)

UFO Website: “UFO-RINGEN” (Norway)

UFO-RINGEN (run by Aina Størksen) is a website about the early October 1975 Espevær (island), Norway, UFO ring:

http://www.uforingen.com

English translation:

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uforingen.com%2F

NOTE: It is the circumference of the circle that measures 63 metres (see “HISTORY”).

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Map of Espevær, Norway (kom-an.no)

(kom-an.no image)

UFO Documentary Film (1995) Segment:

UFO Sighted by Police Officer, West of Stord, Norway,

25 July 1995, 11:00 p.m.
(TV 2, Bergen, Norway)

Egil Espeland is a Stord (island) police officer. It was during a fishing trip west of Stord that Espeland and his brother-in-law sighted the UFO.

Statement by Egil Espeland: “The elliptical shaped UFO was black-grey in colour. The UFO flew in a descending path – while it flipped two times from side to side. The UFO then levelled off at the same moment it started to accelerate and flew away in a horizontal path. The sighting lasted 3 seconds.”

The UFO was circa 40 metres long; and according to Espeland, he had never seen anything like it before.

The TV 2 report contains a drawing of the UFO made by Egil Espeland.

The Stord UFO report starts at 5:32:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed6Mww-oqmY

(Source: serpentineufo (YouTube channel)

Stord is situated 28 kilometres (17 miles) north east of Espevær. Espevær (island) is famous for its UFO ring.

The Hessdalen (Norway) UFO phenomenon:
A team of physicists determined some time ago that the Hessdalen UFO phenomenon (the report starts 3:08 minutes into the video) is a natural phenomenon. Clouds of dust from the valley floor which contain scandium are the source of the atmospheric light phenomenon.

View of Stord, looking west from Tysnes (text by Wikipedia)

(wikimedia.org) (wikimedia.org photo)

UFO Case Report (E-mail): “Subject: Emden MO, July 13, 1973”

By Joan Woodward, Animal Reaction Specialist, 11 April 2006

(NICAP.org)

The whole UFO case report:

“Animal Reaction Feature:

A dog that was normally outdoors at night and that normally barked at and chased any animal that came near the house, began barking at 3:30 AM. This barking was unusual, described as a ‘scared’ bark, causing the witness to get up and see what was happening.

The dog was barking at a glowing object and would not leave the porch. Normally in that situation, the dog would take off after whatever had attracted its attention. The witness stated that this night the dog was clearly afraid and continued barking from the porch and would not leave the porch.

The witness also noted he heard cattle bellowing on a hill, and when the light moved off, he heard neighbor’s dogs start barking. [No information was given on the location of the cattle or of the neighbor’s house relative to witness and the unknown light.—jw]

The Sighting:

The object was described as egg shaped or oblong, about the size of an average car.  It had a 3-dimensional appearance, ‘like you could look through it, or right into it.’  The outside was orange and toward the center it was brighter and a slightly different color.  The colors were described as similar to setting sun but not dark enough to be considered red. The night was very quiet with no wind.

The witness made an effort to hear any sound from the object but heard nothing.  He noted that even when the object started moving, he still could hear nothing. 

The object, judging by a tree in front of it, was estimated to be 20 feet or less from the ground and was in the area of a clearing. It remained still and in view for about 10 minutes. Then  the witness’s wife, watching from indoors while he watched from the porch, turned on house lights. At that point, the object flickered slightly and started moving away slowly and steadily, maintaining its low altitude. It speed was estimated as 5 mph and it was moving in a northwest direction. The object was lost to sight after after 20 seconds as it became obscured by trees. The witness heard the neighbor’s dogs start barking about 3 minutes later. [The only direction indicated was that the glowing object disappeared moving to the NW. Using YourSky (fourmilab.ch/yoursky/) to see if any bright objects were near the horizon at the time of the sighting, I found Mars was roughly 35° in the SE sky, unlikely a factor.  However, the 97% illuminated moon was due to set  4:05 AM (verified with USNO) and would have been very near the horizon SW horizon. I cannot say the setting moon was or was not involved in this sighting without directions and knowledge of the topography. The witness reports the dog was reacting in the direction of the glowing object, suggesting something was happening other than the moon setting. However, it is always possible that the dog was reacting to something other than what the witness was watching.—jw]

Source:

<>SKYLOOK, No. 69, August 1973, page 13

SKYLOOK, No. 70, September 1973, pages 14-15”

My comment:

The October 1975 Espevær (island), Norway, UFO landing incident involved dogs that barked hysterically. Several dog owners said their dogs had never earlier reacted like they did that evening.

http://www.nicap.org/CATEGORIES/04-Animal_Reactions/ar-730713dir.htm

Wikipedia article: “Emden, Missouri”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emden,_Missouri

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Satellite photo of Emden, Missouri (tageo.com)

(tageo.com photo)

UFO Article (Redux): The Marit Semeleng UFO Photograph, Valdres Mountains, Norway, Autumn 1983, Daytime (with Involvement by the Royal Norwegian MoD)

UFO-Norge Web article by Odd-Gunnar Røed, UFO-Norge, 1996 in Norwegian (with UFO photograph):

http://www.ufo.no/index.php?q=oldarticle.php&year=96&name=valdres96-3.html

Below you’ll find the UFO-Norge article, translated into English:
“Marit Semeleng from Valdres, Norway, experienced something strange on a berry picking trip together with her husband in the autumn of 1983. She saw and photographed a bin-like object in the sky before it suddenly disappeared after only 5-6 seconds.

A flying ‘trash bin’?

13 years ago, Marit Semeleng, who was then 66 years old, saw a strange phenomenon. Together with her husband, she was on a berry picking trip in the Valdres Mountains. She had just taken some photos with a camera (Kodak 224 with fixed optics) she had brought with her on their trip, when she suddenly saw a glare over their heads. The object was as bright as the sun, and she reacted almost on reflex and took a photograph, before the object disappeared for good. It all happened so fast that her husband didn’t see anything.

The result of her fast reaction can be seen in the photo. The object in the photograph is hard to make sense of, perhaps, but the fact that she saw this object and then photographed it, is a strong argument for that this photo shows something quite extraordinary. It is natural to compare the photographed object with an old trash bin. In addition, one can see two strong light sources on the front of the object.

The negative disappeared at the Norwegian MoD

Some years after the experience, she sent the negative of the photograph to an official at the Fagernes Police Office, who in turn sent it to an official at the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence’s Defence Intelligence Service. The latter person had previously been a police officer and was a friend of the officials at the Fagernes Police Office.

The negative disappeared at the Ministry of Defence and has not yet been delivered back to Marit Semeleng (as of 1996). She received a letter from the MoD, where she was told that the object, which is shown in the photo, is a damage on the film.

But then why not return the negative to the owner? Marit Semeleng is after all the rightful owner of the photo and she had seen the object she had photographed.

UFO-Norge is at the moment trying to locate the negative and we will write more about this story in number 4.

Mysterious tracks

Marit Semeleng stood in the woods, with a strange feeling of having witnessed something unexplainable. She had seen something highly luminous, silent and very fast-flying. The colour was intensely white. Marit Semeleng doesn’t know of anyone else, who has witnessed the same as she did.

Someone discovered strange vehicle tracks in the area, where the photo was taken, even though it’s only possible to get there by walking. The vehicle tracks were found on stone surface in the area.”

My comment: As seen in the Espevær, Norway, UFO case (the MoD investigated the case) and in this UFO photograph/witness case, one can clearly see that the Royal Norwegian MoD has an interest in the UFO phenomenon and take the subject seriously.

NOTE: An object which was similar to the object photographed by Marit Semeleng – was allegedly seen in Maine, U.S.A., in 1982.

See the following UFO Casebook article (and drawing in the UFO Magazine, Issue # 342, January 19, 2009): “Reader Recounts 1982 Encounter in Maine”:

http://www.ufocasebook.com/2008c/1982eliotmaine.html

Wikipedia article: “Norwegian Armed Forces”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Armed_Forces

Wikipedia article: “Valdres”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdres

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I first presented this blog post on 18 January 2009.

UFO photographed over the Valdres Mountains, Norway,

autumn 1983 (Marit Semeleng photo/youtube.com image)

View over Begnadalen from Lærskogen, with the large woodland ranging all over to Randsfjorden on the left and Hedalsfjella in the right background [Valdres Mountains, Norway].

(text by Wikipedia) (wikimedia.org) (wikimedia.org photo)

UFO Article:

The Marit Semeleng UFO Photograph,

Valdres Mountains, Norway, Autumn 1983, Daytime
(with Involvement by the Royal Norwegian MoD)

UFO-Norge Web article by Odd-Gunnar Røed, UFO-Norge, 1996 in Norwegian (with UFO photograph):

http://www.ufo.no/index.php?q=oldarticle.php&year=96&name=valdres96-3.html

Below you’ll find the UFO-Norge article, translated into English:
“Marit Semeleng from Valdres, Norway, experienced something strange on a berry picking trip together with her husband in the autumn of 1983. She saw and photographed a bin-like object in the sky before it suddenly disappeared after only 5-6 seconds.

A flying ‘trash bin’?

13 years ago, Marit Semeleng, who was then 66 years old, saw a strange phenomenon. Together with her husband, she was on a berry picking trip in the Valdres Mountains. She had just taken some photos with a camera (Kodak 224 with fixed optics) she had brought with her on their trip, when she suddenly saw a glare over their heads. The object was as bright as the sun, and she reacted almost on reflex and took a photograph, before the object disappeared for good. It all happened so fast that her husband didn’t see anything.

The result of her fast reaction can be seen in the photo. The object in the photograph is hard to make sense of, perhaps, but the fact that she saw this object and then photographed it, is a strong argument for that this photo shows something quite extraordinary. It is natural to compare the photographed object with an old trash bin. In addition, one can see two strong light sources on the front of the object.

The negative disappeared at the Norwegian MoD

Some years after the experience, she sent the negative of the photograph to an official at the Fagernes Police Office, who in turn sent it to an official at the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence’s Defence Intelligence Service. The latter person had previously been a police officer and was a friend of the officials at the Fagernes Police Office.

The negative disappeared at the Ministry of Defence and has not yet been delivered back to Marit Semeleng (as of 1996). She received a letter from the MoD, where she was told that the object, which is shown in the photo, is a damage on the film.

But then why not return the negative to the owner? Marit Semeleng is after all the rightful owner of the photo and she had seen the object she had photographed.

UFO-Norge is at the moment trying to locate the negative and we will write more about this story in number 4.

Mysterious tracks

Marit Semeleng stood in the woods, with a strange feeling of having witnessed something unexplainable. She had seen something highly luminous, silent and very fast-flying. The colour was intensely white. Marit Semeleng doesn’t know of anyone else, who has witnessed the same as she did.

Someone discovered strange vehicle tracks in the area, where the photo was taken, even though it’s only possible to get there by walking. The vehicle tracks were found on stone surface in the area.”

My comment: As seen in the Espevær, Norway, UFO case (the MoD investigated the case) and in this UFO photograph/witness case, one can clearly see that the Royal Norwegian MoD has an interest in the UFO phenomenon and take the subject seriously.

NOTE: An object which was similar to the object photographed by Marit Semeleng – was allegedly seen in Maine, U.S.A., in 1982.

See the following UFO Casebook article (and drawing in the UFO Magazine, Issue # 342, January 19, 2009): “Reader Recounts 1982 Encounter in Maine”:

http://www.ufocasebook.com/2008c/1982eliotmaine.html

UFO photographed over the Valdres Mountains, Norway,

autumn 1983 (Marit Semeleng photo/youtube.com image)

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A delegation from the Norwegian Armed Forces investigating the Espevær UFO ring on 22 April 1976 (photo from the newspaper, Bergens Tidende)