Ängelholm UFO memorial
Native name
Swedish: UFO-monumentet i Ängelholm
File:UFO-monumentet i Ängelholm 1.jpg
A drone photograph of the monument showing landing patterns in concrete.
LocationKronoskogen, Ängelholm, Skåne, Sweden
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] 56°13′58.4″N 12°49′8.55″E / 56.232889°N 12.8190417°E / 56.232889; 12.8190417
BuiltSeptember 1972
Governing bodySwedish National Heritage Board
Ängelholm UFO memorial is located in Skåne
Ängelholm UFO memorial
Location of the memorial in Skåne

The Ängelholm UFO memorial is a monument dedicated to an alleged unidentified flying object (UFO) landing in the Kronoskogen forest near the city of Ängelholm in Skåne, Sweden. It consists of a concrete scale model of the UFO and landing traces. The model was built from the measurements of Gösta Carlsson, who claimed to have seen the UFO and interacted with its occupants. The concrete disc was erected in 1972 and has become a tourist destination over the years. It is Swedish National Heritage Board heritage site number RAÄ Strövelstrop 47:1.

History

The monument memorialises the landing of a UFO, which is said to have taken place on 18 May 1946 in Kronoskogen, a forested area of Ängelholm Municipality.[1] The event was reported by Swedish entrepreneur, Gösta Carlsson, the founder and owner of Cernelle AB.[1] The model was placed in the forest in September 1972, along with plaques describing the event. As mentioned in the plaques, the model was built at a one-eighth scale, based on Carlsson's description and sketches. The concrete paths are recreations of what Carlsson described as impressions left in the ground where the craft landed.[2][3][4]

In 1995, Swedish ufologist Clas Svahn wrote a book with Carlsson about the incident, Mötet i gläntan (English: The Meeting in the Clearing). According to Svahn, there was no convincing evidence that the event occurred as described by Carlsson. Svahn has described typical alien abductions as "stories [that] originate in inner experiences rather than in an external, physical reality."[5][6] Parts of the monument reference physical artifacts. Carlsson returned to the clearing where he witnessed the craft and its pale occupants. He found and measured gouges on the ground that he believed corresponded to the craft's retractable legs and fin that would become a basis for the monument.[7] Carlsson acknowledges that what gave the event significance to him were fainting spells, recurring nightmares, and an experience that he described as if his skull was an overloaded radio receiver.[8]

The monument is Swedish National Heritage Board heritage site number RAÄ Strövelstrop 47:1.[9] The monument and surrounding clearing now function as a tourist location, within walking distance from the beach only and only a few kilometers from the city of Ängelholm. In 2015, an initiative was put forward to restore the memorial. The cleanup included clearing away encroaching plants and replacing the rotten wood benches. As of 2022, there are guided tours through the area.[10][11]

Gallery

  • UFO-Memorial Ängelholm.jpg

    The model as seen from eye-level. The split concrete support at the rear of the model depicts a tail fin.

  • UFO-monumentet i Ängelholm 2.jpg

    Aerial photograph from direct­ly above. The paths a­round the mod­el depict land­ing impress­ions described by Carlsson.

  • AngelholmUFOMonumentPlaque.jpg

    Trans­lated from Swedish, the on-site plaque reads:
    "A UFO land­ed and took off at this location on May 18, 1946.
    All cement mark­ings are cast exact­ly accord­ing to exist­ing impress­ions in the ground and accord­ing to the di­mension­al sketch, which an eyewit­ness to the event drew up on May 19, 1946.
    Vegeholm 1-9 1972
    Gösta Carlsson"

  • Angelholm-ufo-monument-175.JPG

    A 2014 photo of the entrance to the mem­or­ial with tree limbs and other plant life encroach­ing, prior to resto­ration.

See also

  • Emilcin UFO memorial – A similar monument was erected in Emilcin, Poland where farmer Jan Wolski says he experienced an alien abduction in 1978.
  • List of reported UFO sightings – A list of notable UFO sightings, mostly with corresponding Wikipedia articles.
  • The Robert Taylor incident is commemorated by the Dechmont UFO Trail in Livingston, Scotland.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Carlsson, Bo; Backman, Jyri; Stark, Tobias (June 2022). "The hegemonic impact of the NHL and the 'Americanization' of Swedish ice hockey and resistance: Rögle BK as 'hockey culture'". Sport in Society 25 (6): 1125–1141. doi:10.1080/17430437.2022.2063581. ISSN 1743-0437. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2022.2063581. Retrieved 2023-01-29. "Gösta Carlsson, in addition to his influence and legacy for Rögle BK, is locally well-known for his self-proclaimed UFO experiences, allegedly having been in close contact with aliens.". 
  2. ↑ "Världens första monument över "flygande tefat"". Arbetet. 29 September 1972. https://tidningar.kb.se/1865536/1972-09-29/edition/170058/part/2/page/1/. 
  3. ↑ Dick Harrison (28 April 2017). "UFO i Skåne?". Svenska Dagbladet. https://www.svd.se/a/Rgo8r/ufo-i-skane. 
  4. ↑ RAÄ-nummer Strövelstorp 47:1
  5. ↑ "FAQ - Svar på vanliga frågor om UFO och UFO-Sverige" (in sv). <www.ufo.se>. UFO-Sweden. http://www.ufo.se/information/faq/#cat3_9. "Några övertygande bevis för att händelsen gått till som Gösta Carlsson beskrev den finns inte" 
  6. ↑ Oscarsson, Mattias (18 December 2022). "Finns sanningen om utomjordingarna i ett arkiv i Norrköping?" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2022-12-18/finns-sanningen-om-utomjordingarna-i-ett-arkiv-i-norrkoping. 
  7. ↑ Semitjov 1974, p. 218
  8. ↑ Semitjov 1974, pp. 222-226, ["Says Gösta Carlsson, 'I see a pale girl's face framed by fair hair. It's getting to be too much for me in the dream. Just as I try to scream, the image fades away, shrinks like a tube television going out. I wake up bathed in a cold sweat, with a throbbing headache. It feels as if my skull functioned as some kind of radio transmitter and receiver at the same time.' "], "[...]säger Gösta Carlsson. Jag ser ett likblekt flickansikte inramat av ljust hár. Det börjar bli för mycket för mig i drömmen. Just när jag försöker skrika, bleknar bilden bort, krymper som i en TV. Jag vaknar badande i kallsvett och med blixtrande huvudvärk. Det känns som om skallen fungerat som någon sorts radiosändare och mottagare samtidigt," (224).
  9. ↑ Anders Högberg, Cornelius Holtorf, Cultural Heritage and the Future. (2020). United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis
  10. ↑ Gunnarsson, Evelina (20 July 2015). "Nu röjs det kring ufot" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs Dagblad. https://www.hd.se/2015-07-20/nu-rojs-det-kring-ufot. 
  11. ↑ Niklasson, Anette (11 July 2022). "Guidade turer vid ufo-monumentet" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs Dagblad. https://www.hd.se/2022-07-11/guidade-turer-vid-ufo-monumentet?utm_campaign=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=site-feed. 

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