The Hessdalen lights. The eerie display of brilliant bursts of lights in the sky that has plagued Norway since the 19th century has the scientific world scratching their heads. A compilation of new and old information –including sightings, photos, videos and abnormal environmental readings– was presented to those attending the European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2012 assembly. The research points the finger at nature, and not UFOs, for being responsible for the phenomenon.

The Examiner has posted the following article which provides insight as to what was presented during the EGU assembly:

Zlotnicki, Yvetot, Fauquet, Strand and Hauge presented a paper in which data indicated the lights can appear in the low atmosphere, remaining quite fixed until suddenly moving upwards at speeds of several hundreds of kilometers per second. Lights might also plummet downwards until disappearing at ground level or into one of the many area lakes. The Hessdalen phenomena can appear white, yellow, blue, flashing and in different shapes up to a few cubic meters in size. Duration ranges from a few seconds to up to tens of minutes or more.

Photos of some of the different energy states were presented by Hauge and Montebugnoli. One single photo contained images of the phenomena in four different states.

I asked retired process design engineer Frank Purcell to please review and provide comment on the research. He holds degrees in Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Science, Control Systems Engineering and Computer Science.

Recently commenting on the Hessdalen data presented at the EGU General Assembly, Frank wrote, “The luminous phenomena are poorly understood. The orbs do have the characteristic of being strongly ionized, strong enough to emit radiation seen with burning air (nitrogen reacting with oxygen to form nitrous oxides). However, the energy source for these orbs is not known. It’s not even known if the energy source is internal or external to the orbs themselves. Radon was considered, but discarded as a source of the energy. The six different states, Doublet, Fireball, Plasma ray, Dust cloud, Flash and Invisible state are all probably the same phenomena at different energies.”

Frank noted there is no clear association between the Hessdalen phenomena and what might be termed more common reports of UFOs, pointing out, “Nothing has been reported suggesting these orbs have intelligence or that they are being guided by intelligence. They are mysterious because they don’t fit into the usual categories of recognized behaviors of ionized gas.

The decades-long research also concluded that an unknown 3.0 MHz EMF emission. Pushing those involved in the study to theorize about possible interactions with the ionosphere. The true mystery here is why, after all the decades, hasn’t mainstream science shown an ounce of interest on the Hessdalen Lights phenomenon.