In some places, the UFO phenomena seem to have a tendency to be reported more often than in others. One such place is mount Hemliden north of Örnsköldsvik in the middle of Sweden, where many interesting observations have been made.
This time I will tell you about two intresting close encounters cases in the same area. These two stories were reported in the Nordic UFO Newsletter issue 1, 1981, page 8-11.
Kurt Nilsson and the three mysterious humanoids
October 18, 1977
Kurt Nilsson is the owner of a short wave radio transmitter which he has installed in his car, and in order to achieve a better communication than he was experiencing in the small village of Trehörningsjö, he drove up to the TV and Radio transmitting station that lies about 10 Km to the north and is situated on a mountain known as Hemliden (which is a lonely, isolated area). 400 metres (approx 440 yards) from the top of the mountain he noticed heavy radio interference, and a distant colleague with whom he was in contact could hardly hear him, although Kurt, could hear his colleague clearly enuugh.
At 8.00 pm Kurt reached the transmission station's mast, but found communications there so bad that he had to break off the radio conversation with his friend. Kurt's attention was then caught by a pale blue object outlined against a hillock down in a hollow. He realised after a few moments that it was a machine with a dome, and although it was difficult to estimate, it was about a couple of metres (6-7 feet) in diameter. In front of the object there were three figures dressed in "spacesuits", each about one metre (4 feet) tall and of a greyish colour - all at a distance of a little over 100 m (110 yards). They could clearly be seen in the light emitted by the machine, and Kurt was so surprised that he switched on the car's headlights to see them more clearly. Everything then went "black" and the figures and the machine could no longer be seen. (Kurt explained that although the car's lights worked allright, the figures and the machine were no longer visible). Kurt sat rooted to the spot looking at the emptyness for about one minute, after which everything again returned to as it was with the machine shining again!
Kurt was really frightened now and he began to drive away, but only after 50 m (55 yards) the car stopped and there in the middle of the road were the three figures - either the same ones as before, or a different team. Kurt thought they were crossing the road, but didn't know if it was he or they who stopped the car. The figure in the middle had a spade-shaped thing in his hands, which was then turned completely around causing the figure to cross its arms, the convex side of the "spade" now facing Kurt. At the same instant the car's lights and engine died. (Just before the figure rotated the "spade" the other two figures had focused their gaze on it). It was now pitch black, and Kurt thought: "This is the end". However, he switched off the light switch and attempted to start the engine - which fired at once! Feeling greatly relieved, Kurt reversed 10 m (11 yards) into the darkness and then waited two minutes before turning on the headlights, which also worked. However, the little figures were nowhere to be seen, so Kurt rushed back home. When he got home, Kurt told his wife, Eva, all that had happened. They then noticed that Kurt's watch was loosing time: The house clock indicated 8.50 pm, while his watch said 8.30 pm.
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Kurt is acquainted with a man named Kjell Näslund, who had also experienced something similar to Kurt in 1969, and so he called him up at once. Kjell said that he had been having some bad interference on his TV that same evening. It was also noticed that Kurt's dog was acting strangely, for he was barking madly. Usually the dog greets him with a welcoming leap, but this evening was different. The dog finally laid down huddled up in a corner of the kitchen. He also reacted in a strange way two days later when they all went up to Hemliden mountain. The dog kept behind Kurt all the time when usually he runs and jumps all over the place. Kurt, though, was still deeply affected by the UFO experience and was stopped by a police-car on his way home from the mountain for not dipping his car's headlights when they passed him. Kurt told them he was so upset that he'd forgotten to dip them.
An on-the-spot investigation of the area by UFO-researcher Reinhold Carleby revealed that something had happened. A birch tree had the bark removed from a part of it where the object was seen. This damage is situated about 2.8 m (8-9 feet) above the ground, and it seems that the craft never landed and that the three (or six ) figures descended to the ground in an unknown way. Some moss was missing from the area, but very puzzling was the finding of some moss that does not even grow in the immediate surroundings where the craft was seen, but was eventually located where the figures were seen crossing the road, i.e. they were collecting (?) some plant specimens. Also, an important finding was the footprints that the little figures made, these being short, relatively wide and with a heel measuring 4 cm x 4 cm (1.6x1.6 inches) that had a cross pattern on it. Together with Kurt at the sighting point, the machine's diameter was estimated more accurately as 5 meters (16.5 feet). The bluish light emitted by this object only illuminated out to about 5 m, the little figures which were first seen being lit up by this light. There was no noise at any time. Kurt described the "spacesuits" as being grey and resembling plastic. The figures were wearing short white boots that fitted them as tight as gloves, and seemed to be part of their suits, which were one-piece. Their helmets were like those of astronauts with an opening at the front for their eyes.
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The close-encounter at a lonely night at mount Hemliden relay station
Kjell Näslund (mentioned above) had a strange experience on March 12th, 1969, some years before Kurt's sighting. Kjell is the Director of the transmitting station on Hemliden, and on this evening he was working alone at the station at 6 o'clock. For Home reason the alarms sounded, indicating a fault in the transmitter somewhere. This went on until about 6.30 pm when Kjell felt that he had to go outside for some strange reason.
The large, dark craft Kjell saw outside the relay station (artistic impression)
Once outside he saw a massive object - about 150 m across (450 feet), 5 to 6 m high (17-20 feet) and with a fuzzy outline to it - only 15 m (45 feet) from the building. A greyish-blue light was emanating from a tunnel leading inside the object, and beside it and inside the tunnel Kjell could see about 10 box-like things (or could they be robots) that resembled clouds without solid edges, all of them floating just above the ground. He estimated them as 135 cm (4.5 feet) tall. Kjell wanted to phone to the police, but for some reason he was unable to do so. In fact, he couldn't even move. Seven or six box-beings floated into the station, and although they passed right next to Kjell, he couldn't touch them since he was immobilised. He had the feeling that inside these "boxes" there were creatures and that they were protecting themselves - possibly from the enviroment. He also felt that he could stay calm, for his visitors were not dangerous. The box-beings didn't move quickly and floated along at the same speed as a walking person. Five to ten minutes later the creatures completed their inspection and were sucked into the tunnel which closed behind the last one. The craft then disappeared to the north.
The strange squared beings entering the door of the relay station next to a paralyzed Kjell (artistic impression)
After the craft's disappearance, Kjell was free to move again. The first thing he did was to call his wife. She heard that he was very upset and agitated and she told him to calm down, "You must have seen wrong." she said. "Wrong? I have not seen wrong!" he shouted to her on the telephone. He then called a policeman - Hans Häggblad in Trehörningsjö - who took the report seriously. However, his managers at the Sundsvall Main Transmitting Station did not believe him and only laughed at Kjell's report to them.
The next day Kjell went up to the mountain again and could see that the tops of some tall pine trees close to the relay station was broken. Also, later when UFO researchers spoke to personnel at the Sundsvall Transmitting Station, they could confirm that there had been heavy disturbances from the Hemliden relay station that night, and the technicians could not find any explanations as to why.
Link to the story: https://norskufosenter.no/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1981-1-Nordic-UFO-Newsletter.pdf
A youtube channel also made a video of the stories: https://youtu.be/Altq6C2Pq4I?si=j7uX2fKiEZB_eQub
