Date:
March 16, 1979
Location: Suonenjoki, Finland
Suddenly,
Jarmo heard a humming sound obliquely from behind. He
turned around. At an altitude of about two meters, he
saw a bell-shaped mini-UFO. Now, he started taking photos
of the UFO. It radiated blue light and moved forward descending
and ascending. After having taken five photos, he started
walking toward the UFO. Then the UFO disappeared.
Source:
APRO Bulletin, Vol. 28, No. 5, Nov. 1979
"MINI-UFOs,
METAL PIECES IN FINLAND"
APRO Bulletin, Vol. 28, No. 5, Nov. 1979
(The
following report was forwarded by Suomen Ufotutkijat ry.,
UFO Research for Finland and attempts are being made to
obtain the remaining photos and additional data.)
The
most important UFO case discovered by UFO Research of
Finland in 1979 took place at Suonenjoki in Central Finland.
UFOs were photographed in the same area in 1972, but the
most significant events occurred in 1973, 1975, and 1979.
Last
winter's events at Suonenjoki contain more documents and
more information than any other Finnish UFO case. Twelve
photos from one case is a national record and the four
landing trace areas, coupled with interesting metal retrievals,
give the local research people a lot to think about.
Mr.
Jarmo Nykanen, aged 24, electrician by profession, is
the major witness. UFO Research of Finland has, after
extensive research work, classified the case as a UFO
case and declared Mr. Mykanen a reliable witness. Mr.
Reijo Kolehmainen, aged 28, is the secondary witness.
He has not personally seen the UFOs, but three of the
four landing trace areas were found around his home. The
following report is based on interviews and other documents
accumulated by the research organization.
THE
FIRST UFO
Mr.
Jarmo Nykanen's first contact with UFOs took place in
the summer of 1973. His diary contains detailed notes
about the incident. This is what happened on June 30,
1973:
Jarmo
woke up at about 10 a.m. and started planning a visit
to his summer cottage. In the afternoon, he had a sauna
bath. Then he walked through the forest to his cottage,
which is located on a lakeshore. Soon after the arrival,
he lit a fire outdoors. He warmed up some coffee and ate
a bit. In the evening, he listened to the radio and went
to sleep two hours after midnight.
A
few moments later, he woke up and heard a buzzing sound.
First, he thought he had forgotten to turn off the radio,
but soon noticed that this was not the case. Then he saw
a strong blue light enter the cottage from the direction
of the door. Jarmo went out and walked down to the row-boat
jetty. Above the lake, he saw a blue light. Suddenly,
the light started to approach him. It stopped above the
shallow water.
Now,
Jarmo realized how huge the light was. It was twice as
big as a row-boat. The light seemed to radiate from a
jelly of some sort and it glowed in an unusual way. Jarmo
thinks he saw a strange being inside the light. And the
next thing he remembers is that he found himself lying
on the porch of the cottage. The time was 6 a.m. Jarmo
went back to bed and slept til noon. The encounter had
made him extremely sleepy.
The
unusual events started again in June, 1975. Jarmo Nykanen
heard strange knocking sounds at night. It happened three
times at two-month intervals. However, nothing was seen
on those occasions.
THREE
LANDING TRACE AREAS
Three
landing trace areas were found around Mr. Reijo Kolehmainen's
home in February, 1979.
At
6:50 a.m., on February 2, 1979, a 2.5 meter crater was
found in the snow at a distance of 5 meters from the house.
The snow had melted all the way to the ground in the center
of the crater. Strange red liquid, pieces of metal, and
later, a metallic cup were found within the crater. The
red liquid smelled of vinegar. At 8:00 a.m., the police
came. They photographed the area and took some samples.
Late
in the evening of February 5, 1979, the Kolehmainen family
heard a shooting sound. One constable later revealed he
had seen a strange light phenomenon at the same time.
On the following morning, a bigger crater was found in
the snow at a distance of 10 meters from the house. Similar
things were again found. Later, the police came to have
a new look at the area. The police suggested that perhaps
somenone had thrown a home-made bomb in the Kolehmainen
yard. However, the Kolehmainens stated that nobody has
any reason to throw bombs at them.
On
the morning of February 21, 1979, a third landing trace
area was found. This time, there were three holes in the
yard. Red liquid and pieces of metal were once again found
in the landing trace. However, no metallic cup was found
this time. There was no snow on the electric wires above
the holes, but there was lots of snow on similar wires
elsewhere.
The
Kolehmainens didn't want any publicity, but the news leaked
to the press from acquaintances. About ten articles were
published by the press about the events.
ATTEMPT
TO PHOTOGRAPH A UFO
On
March 8, 1979 Reijo Kolehmainen traveled to Helsinki and
asked his friend Jarmo Nykanen to guard the house.
In
the evening, on March 10, 1979, Jarmo started to make
rounds around the house. Suddenly, he saw a flash of light
in the forest and he thought someone was watching him.
Soon after midnight, a bell-shaped mini-UFO appeared near
the house. The UFO had a diameter of half a meter. The
upper part of the UFO radiated blue light and the lower
part radiated red light. First, he thought he was watching
the lights of a car, but then he realized he had encountered
a UFO. Jarmo hada camera with him and he had a couple
of shots at the phenomenon. However, the flash didn't
work.
Jarmo
walked closer to the UFO and flashed his torch toward
the UFO. Now, the UFO ascended to an altitude of three
meters and made the whole snow-covered area look red.
Then the UFO disappeared into the sky. Later, he found
out that the photos didn't come out.
12
PHOTOS OF A MINI-UFO
A
few days later, Jarmo Nykanen made a map of the Kolehmainen
house and its surroundings. He realized that the three
landing trace areas formed a triangle. And he noticed
that if you prolong one side of the triangle, it leads
you to the cottage.
On
March 16, 1979, at around noon, he walked to the cottage
through the forest. He took binoculars, a camera, and
some snacks with him. He arrived at the cottage after
80 minutes. Then he ate his snacks and walked around the
cottage.
Suddenly,
Jarmo heard a humming sound obliquely from behind. He
turned around. At an altitude of about two meters he saw
a bell-shaped mini-UFO. It seemed to be similar to the
one he had seen near the Kolehmainen house. Now he started
taking photos of the UFO. It radiated blue light and moved
forward descending and ascending. After having taken five
photos, he started walking toward the UFO. Then the UFO
disappeared.
Jarmo
continued to research the area. After about half an hour,
he was walking on the frozen lake. Now, he heard a humming
sound from the shore and saw the same UFO in the bushes.
Again, he walked closer to the UFO and kept taking more
photos. Then he climbed up the cliff. He tried to sneak
to the other side of the encounter area. However, on his
way, he stumbled and inadvertently took a shot of the
trees with the camera. Now, the UFO directed a red beam
of light toward Jarmo's face. The light was so bright
that it blinded him for a while.
Jarmo
hid himself behind a fir tree. Now he took his last photo,
the twelfth. After a while, the UFO flew a bit further
away from Jarmo. Suddenly, there was a flash of light
on top of it. Red smoke puffed out of the UFO and a cylinder-shaped
object zoomed to the sky. Pieces of metal and some red
liquid were left on the ground. Now, Jarmo got extremely
tired and sleepy. He only took a quick look at the red
spot and left for home.
When
he reached the road (this time he didn't take the short-cut
through the forest), he met Reijo Kolehmainen. Reijo was
on his way to the gas station. Reijo noticed that there
was blood on top of Jarmo's nose as well as two tiny holes.
However, the holes disappeared later. The weather was
fairly good. The sun was shining behind a thin cloud cover
and the temperature was a few degrees below freezing.
Jarmo told his story to Reijo later.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
The
police have not been able to explain the strange events.
It is highly unlikely that the young men would have made
up the story. In fact, they seem to be just as anxious
to learn more about the events as the research people
are. The camera used by Jarmo Nykanen was a Yaschica Junior
and the film was Sakura, in color.
Source:
http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case410.htm