John A. Keel WHY UFOS

At 6 P.M. on Thursday, January 25, 1934, a workmannamed Hjalmar Hedstrom reportedly picked up thefollowing message on "a lower wavelength" in Norrbyskar,Sweden: "The sea is calm; two degrees warmly; thereforeyou can go down on the water and catch what you shallhave Returning quarter to eight for further message."There was also a statement on wind direction and position,all in broken Swedish, but Hedstrom couldn't rememberall of it.Another radio listener, in Hedesunda, picked up anidentical message that same day. And additional messageswere received at the appointed hour of 7:45.Some messages came over the 900-meter band. Otherswere received between 230-275 meters.A majority of all the 1934 sightings took place at 6 P.M.,no matter where the locale. The flap died down in March,1934, but there were periodic reports throughout the1930's. Here's one datelined Harstad, Norway, November21, 1936:Reports of a mysterious light have arrived from severaldifferent places.The Norwegian Telegraphic Agency correspondentlearned of the sightings during an interview with theSixth Division. An inquiry into the reports is being conductedby the county constabulary. The division has also received amessage about mysterious lights seen Tuesday evening outsideTromsø.There is every reason to believe that the observations arereal. During the last sighting in upper Norway many peoplereceived mysterious radio signals.The ghost fliers returned to Scandinavia in 1936,following the same routes and patterns of the 1934sightings. They were again accompanied by baffling radiosignals. The New York Times correspondent, who hadtried to blame Japan in 1934, now accused Germany ofbroadcasting the signals. But none of the Scandinaviannewspapers mentioned Germany in connection with theplanes or the radio signals.When a brilliant glowing object pursued a railroad trainacross the Midwest in 1937, the New York Times (August15, 1937) quoted astronomers who explained the incidentas being caused by Venus.I hardly need mention that the populations of northernScandinavia are very familiar with the northern lights and