On the chilly evening of November 12, 1976, a group of seven schoolboys gathered in a wooden hut in the Rusko district of Oulu, Finland, expecting a typical Friday night hangout. However, their plans took a dramatic turn when, around 8:00 PM, they noticed an unusual luminous phenomenon in the northwestern sky behind the trees. The light, described as bright yellow with a hint of blue, was unlike anything they had encountered before, leading 19-year-old Eero Lammi, an electrical apprentice, to rule out the possibility of it being a welding flame.
For about ten to fifteen minutes, the boys observed the mysterious light, when suddenly to the northeast, they saw two flashes brighter than stars, which lasted for a couple of seconds and swiftly moved behind the trees. Almost immediately after these flashes disappeared, two bright yellow orbs about one and a half meters above the ground materialized only 30-40 meters away. Despite some intervening bushes, the boys could see the orbs’ brightness fluctuating constantly. The lights were brightest when their diameter was around one meter, dimming as they expanded to about one and a half meters.
Driven by curiosity and perhaps a bit of youthful bravado, Eero Lammi and his slightly younger friend, Seppo Moilanen, decided to approach the lights. They got within about ten meters before their courage waned and they turned to head back. However, it was too late for a retreat. Eero was just turning around when he saw a bright flash above him and immediately felt intense pain in his chest, saw red, and then everything went black. He screamed in agony and collapsed into the undergrowth, lying motionless on his back, his arm rigidly bent over his chest.
Seppo, who was walking alongside him, witnessed a bright beam of light strike Eero’s chest from above at a steep angle and then dimly hit the ground a meter away from his feet. The other boys rushed over, initially fearing Eero was dead. They hurriedly carried him back to the hut. Eero was completely stiff but began to show signs of recovery at the hut; he even tried to stand, though his legs wouldn’t support him.
Laid on a sofa, Eero’s pulse was weak at just forty beats per minute. Soon, he began to moan, still dazed, muttering about the pain and the light. Minutes later, he regained full consciousness. He felt pain in his chest but was otherwise feeling fine. The boys decided to move to Seppo’s nearby home. Exiting the hut, they noticed that the orbs had vanished.
Back at Seppo’s house, Eero’s condition was closely examined. His chest was red, showing dozens of tiny pinprick marks as if jabbed by needles, which were also visible on his back. By the next morning, Eero felt almost normal, with only a slight soreness in his chest and the redness fading completely within the day.
That evening, the boys returned to the site, half expecting to find marks on the ground shaped like a triangle, as one might anticipate from a UFO landing. However, when local UFO researchers investigated a few days later, no traces were found, possibly obscured by light snowfall. They also considered the possibility that the boys’ imaginations had played a role in seeing patterns in the uneven and fluffy soil of the area.
The authenticity of the boys’ experience was corroborated by several other witnesses in the neighborhood who reported seeing strange glows, including two girls next door and a couple living half a kilometer away. After the incident became public, researchers received additional reports, including one from an assistant professor at the University of Oulu. However, no one else reported seeing the orbs.
The Oulu light incident remains a chilling and unresolved mystery, highlighting the complexities of UFO phenomena and the profound, sometimes physical effects they can have on witnesses.
Source:
https://www.fufora.fi/artikkeleita/tunnetuimpia_suomalaisia_ufotapauksia
