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UFO case file · UFO-17570

Prestfoss, Norw being encounter — November 1, 1977

CE3Scandinavia / Finland1977-11-01

PRESTFOSS, NORW, Norway, Scandinavia / Finland

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Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Prestfoss, Norw being encounter — November 1, 1977
Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Prestfoss, Norw being encounter — November 1, 1977

Case description

The imported label Prestfoss refers to a witness's home locality. The reported landing occurred near Alm School in Åsbygda, outside Hønefoss, Norway. Two fourteen-year-old pupils, Johnny Myhr and Frank Sverre Mandt, said they saw an object approach from the north and land on a newly ploughed field near the sports ground, about a hundred metres from the school. They described a light-green object with windows and three supports. A humanlike contour appeared behind one window, but they could not give detailed features. After roughly ten seconds it rose and disappeared over the hillside. A school employee later reported a bright object in the same general area; that later light sighting should not be treated as another observation of the occupant. The APRO Bulletin gives November 1, 1977, whereas the Nordic UFO Newsletter and a later Norwegian account use October 25. Investigators photographed ground impressions, collected soil and reported acidity differences; a radiation check did not show unusual activity. Those measurements do not identify what made the marks. The plate uses autumn1977 and the actual school-area locality, showing the two boys, a window silhouette and the three-supported object without invented alien facial details.

Recorded details

Local time
16:00
Craft description
Craft / Vehicle
Entity description
Other Humanoid
Coordinate precision
SOURCE_APPROXIMATE
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

Case videos and witness interviews

ASTONISHING: Ten Cases of Extraterrestrial Contact

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Actual Alm School near Hønefoss/Åsbygda, not Prestfoss home locality. Film October25 versus APRO November1; field impressions do not identify maker. Description age11 contradicts transcript14/current dossier14.

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