This article is a list of
UFO
An unidentified flying object (UFO), more recently renamed by US officials as a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomenon), is any perceived aerial phenomenon that cannot be immediately identified or explained. On investigation, most UFOs are id ...
sightings that were reported in
Norway.
1986
In the evening of July 13, 1986, in a mountain farm near
Torpo
Torpo is a small village in Ål municipality, in Viken County, Norway, and can be reached by using highway 7.
The name Torpo was adopted July 1, 1935 from the old name Torpe. At this date the train station and local post office started using th ...
the married couples Tova and Tonning saw two bright objects in the sky. Mr Tonning took a film where the objects were seen moving. The movie was analyzed by the ufological organization ''Ground Saucer Watch'' (GSW). According to the GSW: there is no evidence of a hoax; the motion of the objects was attributable to the camera movement caused by the photographer; there is a lack of reference points in the photos or video tape, so it is not possible to give a conclusive answer on the nature of the objects. Other experts identified the bright objects as
Jupiter and
Arcturus.
2006
In the evening of August 21, 2006, a strange light phenomenon was reported seen by many people in the sky all over northern
Norway, from
Finnsnes in
Troms, to
Bodø
Bodø (; smj, Bådåddjo, sv, Bodö) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Bodø (which is also the capital of Nordland count ...
in
Nordland
Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...
. The bright, green, shining orb was traveling with great speed in
night sky and was described by witnesses as much bigger than an aircraft. The police and coast guards were contacted by hundreds of people who saw the object. Some people believed, and the newspapers half-seriously claimed, that it was a UFO, and for a while it remained an unidentified flying object. A few days later, the phenomenon was explained to have been a
bolide.
2009
On December 9, 2009, a bluish
spiraling light was seen, filmed, and photographed over Norway. Responsibility for the incident is not certain, Norwegian news stating that the light and spiral were caused by a failed Russian missile launch.
See also
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List of reported UFO sightings
This is a partial list by date of sightings of alleged unidentified flying objects (UFOs), including reports of close encounters and alien abductions.
Second millennium BCE
Classical antiquity
8th century
16th–17th centuries
19th ce ...
References
External links
MUFON's Last 20 UFO Sightings and Pictures
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Historical events in Norway
Norwegian folklore