Short summary: The future mayor of Norwegian town Røros observed a UFO described as an "egg from another world" landing on a lake in 1947. There was also another witness. Two searches were conducted several years later, without result. A new search is now underway with modern equipment. Røros is about 25 km from Hessdalen, internationally known for its unexplained light phenomena.
Headline: Looking to solve a 70-year-old UFO mystery
Was it a UFO that the old mayor of Røros saw? A large crew will use state-of-the-art equipment to find the answer.
By Trond Odin Myhre Johansen
Using an underwater drone and other high-tech equipment, Rune Røstad and his crew will investigate what happened at Djupsjøen lake in Røros in 1947.
Rune is a photographer and has been fascinated by the story of what Bernhard Sollie and Harald Engvik saw that day.
Because what exactly did they see?
The man who later became mayor of Røros, Bernhard Sollie, was down by Djupsjøen, reaping the harvest. He was accompanied by farmhand Harald Engvik.
Suddenly, the silence is broken by what Rune calls a sound that is "loud as hell".
"What Bernhard describes as an "egg from another world" comes over his head", says Røstad.
The "egg" flies down towards the sea, in a way that makes it look like a controlled landing.
Could it be one of the Roswell UFO's escape pods?
"His farmhand starts jumping around like a wild goat, because he wants to find out what this is."
But when they returned to investigate, the "egg" had disappeared.
Now Rune Røstad is out on Djupsjøen to find the answer to the mystery. A mystery that people have been trying to solve for over 76 years.
Subheading: Searching the lake
“The story was talked about in hushed tones on farms in Røros for around 20 years before someone from UFO Norway got hold of the story.”
They initiated a search with divers, without finding anything. A few years later, new searches were made, without any findings. Time passed and the case dropped out of the news.
Scientists, divers and a TV crew are among those involved in the search in Djupsjøen. The man behind it all is Rune Røstad.
"With state-of-the-art equipment, we will now try to find out what this is", says Røstad.
He says that they checked the conditions on the seabed with a rover. This is an underwater drone that can map the seabed. Now they're going over with a sidescan, a radar that maps the seabed and looks through mud.
"If there's something there, we'll find it", he says.
Subheading: "Out of this world" in Røros and Holtålen
Røros and Holtålen have a reputation for mysterious happenings. Many people are familiar with Hessdalen in Holtålen and the so-called Hessdalen phenomenon.
Ever since 1981, unexplained lights have appeared over Hessdalen.
Could it be aliens or gas burning up? We don't know for sure.
Both the UFO in Djupsjøen and the light phenomenon in Hessdalen have fascinated many people. TV producer Christian Aune Falch is one of them. He is now making a series in which he follows Rune Røstad, among others.
Aune Falch has spent a lot of time up in Hessdalen in search of the light phenomenon.
"One autumn evening in 2016, I was lucky enough to experience it myself, which was very big and special for me. That got my blood pumping and I made many trips up Hessdalen. I never got to see the phenomenon after that. But what I did get to see was a lot of nice, exciting and interesting people."
The people and the otherworldly phenomena were something Aune Falch thought would make a good idea for a documentary.
The Hessdal phenomenon is also known through popular culture. In 2022, the movie "Blasted - Gutta Vs. Aliens" premiered. The action in the movie takes place in Hessdalen.
Subheading: A historic operation
But regardless of the outcome of the operation, Røstad believes in Sollie.
"Bernhard Sollie has seen what he has seen, and if we don't find anything, it's still just as sensational. If we find something ..."
Røstad thinks for a moment.
"Then I think we'll just have to have a meeting. Then I expect you'll hear something. Whatever the outcome, this will be historic."