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Hessdalen Valley

Hessdalen, Trøndelag, Norway

A 15 km valley in central Norway famous for unexplained balls of light, especially during a wave of sightings in the early 1980s. An automatic measurement station has watched the sky here since 1998.

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The creature

Orbs and lightsaka Balls of light, Foo fightersGlowing balls of light that pace aircraft, dance over deserts or hang in the night sky.

Nearby

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