Large Glowing Ball Crashes in Sweden

[Arne]

Mysterious "Ball of Light" Puzzles Swedish province of Värmland
"The whole house shook"
December 11, 2012 Aftonbladet

What is it that has struck in Värmland County? SOS, police and the air rescue center has received calls from concerned Värmland citizens after a ball of light is said to have exploded in the evening.

It lit up the sky and flew over us, then we heard an explosion, says Jessica Berg. Jessica Berg was out walking with a friend when they were surprised by the strong lights.

Calls have come from Stöllet, Ekshärad, Karlstad and Forshaga. All have seen a mysterious ball of light which then struck down - followed by an explosion. They say they have seen a sharp blue glow, then a sharp orange ball strike, says Leif Svensson, duty officer at the Värmland police. Surprised by the strong light The sky was completely silent when it flew over us. Then it hit ground near Klarälven river somewhere. Then we were struck by the sound, like an echo after an explosion, she says to Aftonbladet news paper and continues: It was mysterious.

Nasty mysterious.

Several readers have contacted the Aftonbladet news paper about the event.

I heard a bang and the whole house shook, said a witness in Vansbro. 24-year-old Sandra was sitting in her apartment in Karlstad city looking out the window when she saw something plunge from the sky. At first I thought it was fireworks, but much to large for that and it just never went off, I thought maybe it was a comet, for it looked a bit like a ball. It had a red and yellow light around and after it, she says, adding that she had seen shooting stars before, and this is not at all like that. This was really different and much larger. It looked as if something falling from space in a film like Armageddon or something.

I do not know how to describe it I have never seen such a thing before, says Sandra. No airplane accidents has been reported. Police have received several calls about the phenomenon and also SOS has been dialed.

We do not know, but it may have been part of the meteor shower, says Leif Svensson, duty officer at the Värmland police to TT. We can not do much other than direct incoming calls to the Air Force.

Also, the Naval and air rescue center has been alerted about a light phenomenon in the sky from the Värmland county region. There are two people who have dialed in observations and it should have been seen from the air traffic control tower at Karlstad Airport. One woman spoke of a really big explosion, says Jonas Sundin, deputy incident commander. But there are no airplane accidents. It's probably some kind of meteorite.

At 1:00 on Wednesday morning readers from Sodertalje, Stenungsund Kungalv, Karlstad, Vansbro and other surrounding areas had contacted Aftonbladet news paper with eyewitness accounts. And we have also heard that people on the West Coast and even in Finland have made observations, says Leif Svensson to TT.

Translated from _http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article15917198.ab

Also see:

Mystery orb crash: 'It was like Armageddon'

Published: 12 Dec 12 08:28 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation

Frightened residents in western Sweden reported seeing a bright, blue light racing across the night sky on Tuesday before an orange-coloured orb smashed into the ground in a mysterious phenomenon that has yet to be explained.

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"It lit up the sky and flew over us, then we heard an explosion," witness Jessica Berg told the Aftonbladet newspaper.

"It was very weird. Uncomfortably weird."

Another witness, 24-year-old Sandra, thought the light may have been due to fireworks, but began to wonder when she never heard an accompanying pop.

"Then I thought it was a comet because it looked a little like an orb. It was red with a yellow sheen that surrounded and followed it," she told the paper.

"It looked like something was falling from the sky like in a film, like Armageddon or something.

"I've never seen anything like it."

Aviation authorities were quick to rule out initial theories that a plane had crashed somewhere deep in the forests of Värmland County.

They, as well as police, suspect the mysterious night light and thunderous blast that prompted a flood of calls from concerned residents may have been caused by a meteorite.

"We don't know, but it could have been a part of the meteor shower people have been talking about," duty officer Leif Svensson of the Värmland County police told the TT news agency.

The first calls to emergency service SOS came around 10.25pm from Forshaga, a town about 25 kilometres north of Karlstad.

More calls came from Stöllet, Ekshärad and Karlstad, and on Facebook, police in Sunne reported a rumbling reminiscent of an earthquake.

"And we've also received information that people on the west coast and even in Finland made observations," Svensson told TT.

Neither police or other authorities have plans to investigate the strange sound and light phenomena.

According to TT, Svensson chuckled when asked if uniformed officers would be sent out to comb a wide area of remote woodland in search what might be a rock from outer space before answering decisively "no".

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_http://www.thelocal.se/45012/20121212/#.UMmgE2daejM

And I dont`t know but maybe this is related?
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8C0vvh9TY&feature=player_embedded

 

[Alada]

Lots of eye witnesses for this one, it sounds as if it were pretty large. Good catch.

 

[Niall]

And I dont`t know but maybe this is related?
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8C0vvh9TY&feature=player_embedded

They may be related in the sense that conflating the two events is a deliberate attempt to confuse people.

 

[Niall]

This story's up on SOTT, thanks for the translation Aquilla.

http://www.sott.net/article/254682-Eyewitnesses-report-possible-fireball-impact-and-loud-explosion-in-Sweden-11-December-2012

http://www.sott.net/article/254681-Fireball-explodes-above-Sweden-11-December-2012

Also, there was a separate fireball report over Finland the night before (DEC 11):

http://www.avaruus.fi/uutiset/tahtiharrastus-ja-taivaanilmiot/kirkas-tulipallo-lensi-suomen-ylla-iltapaivalla.html

I wonder could any Finns translate this for us?

 

[Arne]

And I dont`t know but maybe this is related?
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8C0vvh9TY&feature=player_embedded

They may be related in the sense that conflating the two events is a deliberate attempt to confuse people.

Yes, I think you are right. It was done on this page here. _http://endoftheage.blogspot.no/2012/12/large-glowing-ball-crashes-in-sweden.html

Härnösand, where the UFO/fireball thing is claimed to be filmed is at least 500km to the north-east from Värmland where the fireball was seen.

 

[Mikey]

And I dont`t know but maybe this is related?
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8C0vvh9TY&feature=player_embedded

This object can be a fireball, or UFO, or any distant light source for that matter, it is very hard to tell. But more likely it is just a star that is highly magnified and distorted by the atmosphere and camera lens optics. The changing colors are an indication of chromatic aberration of the atmosphere, meaning, any star flickers and changes colors when viewed from the ground. I'm not speaking against the paranormal or unusual, but there are many people that are fooled by such appearances.

 

[Arne]

And I dont`t know but maybe this is related?
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8C0vvh9TY&feature=player_embedded

This object can be a fireball, or UFO, or any distant light source for that matter, it is very hard to tell. But more likely it is just a star that is highly magnified and distorted by the atmosphere and camera lens optics. The changing colors are an indication of chromatic aberration of the atmosphere, meaning, any star flickers and changes colors when viewed from the ground. I'm not speaking against the paranormal or unusual, but there are many people that are fooled by such appearances.

The photographer says he used a Canon 600D, Canon Zoom lins EF 70-300 with UV-filter and 10x digital zoom. So without a tripod and with max zoom your expanation sounds resonable, Data.

 

[Arne]

Here is another report from the local newspaper in Värmland:

Meteorite may have caused the celestial phenomenon
VÄRMLAND: A shimmering blue light - and a loud bang

An exploding meteorite could have caused the light phenomenon and bang that was heard in many parts of Värmland on Tuesday evening.
Possibly a larger lump of heat Geminids meteor passing close to Earth right now.


A strong bluish light, an orange ball sped towards the ground, and then a very loud bang.

As most of the witnesses described phenomenon.

Many were frightened, others were impressed by the spectacular incident.

- I had just left the job and was standing at the bus station when I saw the light. Have never seen anything like it. Thought at first it was a comet or an early fireworks of some kind. It's was shining so bright as a blue-white ball if I remember correctly, and some red-orange color to the tail. It was so close and everything went so quickly. When I took the cell phone to take pictures, it was too late, says Linnea Strandell in Karlstad.

- I've never seen anything so beautiful or mysterious.


Excessive noise shock.

Higher up in the county - in the neighborhood of Stöllet - the bang was loudest.

Marita Ekström Mjönäs was surprised when she watched movies at home.

- At 22:30 o'clock there was a loud boom. It sounded like a New Year bomb or an explosion. Then there was silence, she says.

Other witnesses speak of a possible meteorite falling in or near Klarälven.

Whatever it was, it will not be easy to find. Police have no plans to go out and look. Amateur Astronomer Mats Yderstig in Torsby assume that a possible falling rock or metal lump was very small when it hit the ground.

- At best, it may appear as a small hole where the snow has melted away.
An explosion

He guesses that the celestial phenomenon caused by a meteorite with a size of around half a meter to come in towards the earth at high speed and exploded high in the atmosphere.

- This may explain the blast was heard over such large areas.

- Most of the meteorite burning up and destroyed upon entering the atmosphere. But some small part continue to the earth.

The phenomenon occurs precisely with the currently ongoing clash with Geminidernas meteor swarm. On Thursday evening, and the night of Friday, there will be additional opportunities to view impactful shooting stars on the dark winter sky.

- But the Geminids are mostly gravel, so the meteorite might as well have been a coincidence, says Mats Yderstig about the phenomenon on Tuesday.

 

[paralleloscope]

The first article states that the first emergency calls started at 22:25 tuesday evening, 4 hours later a fireball is photographed going just south of Värmland :
http://www.stjerneskud.info/fireball/event2012-12-11-02-37-15/

 

[Arne]

The one in Värmland when south to north. The one in denmark east to west as far as i can tell.

Strong shooting stars made ​​people call the police

Several people in Värmland and Bohuslän saw at 22:15 o'clock on Tuesday evening, a large bright object striking in the sky before it exploded with a bang. Police and SOS had a few conversations about the phenomenon.

It was just after 22 that several people in Stöllet, Ekshärad, Karlstad and Forshaga and in the Bullaren in Tanum saw a brightly glowing orb that went from south to north.

- We have received three calls from people wondering what it was they saw, one of them had heard a loud bang shortly after the light phenomenon disappeared behind the trees, says Leif Svensson, duty officer at the Värmland police for DN.se.

One person at Bullaren in Bohuslän describes in an email to Rksorganisationen UFO-Sweden what he saw at the 22:15 o'clock this: "A sphere, bright green, crossed the sky from south to north, quickly went down and disappeared into the woods. Shortly before it disappeared the color changed to yellow. "

SOS in Värmland tells DN.se that they received a call from the person in Forshaga who called in his observation at 22:25 o'clock. SOS sent the call to air rescue.

- We have received two calls, one from a place north of Karlstad and one from Stöllet. Those from Stöllet had heard a sharp bang, says Jonas Sundin air rescue.

Both the caller had previously spoken with the police and with SOS.

By all accounts, these are a very bright meteor, called a Bolid, from falling rain gemini costs starting now in days. Maximum is 14 december at 00:30.

_http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/starkt-stjarnfall-fick-folk-att-ringa-polisen

 

[adam7117]

Also, the Geminids meteor shower is peaking. So this one is interesting. There is also talk about the new Piscids...

 

[paralleloscope]

The one in Värmland when south to north. The one in denmark east to west as far as i can tell.

According to the data it shows west to east (white arrow)

Was thinking that perhaps a locations pressure front / EM levels draws them in ?

 

[Arne]

According to the data it shows west to east (white arrow)

Jupp, my fault.