# Reporting fell with media attention, fewer investigators and a shrinking local population.

> Still possible: Reporting fell with media attention, fewer investigators and a shrinking local population.

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Answer · Hessdalen lights

# Reporting fell with media attention, fewer investigators and a shrinking local population.

Reporting fell with media attention, fewer investigators and a shrinking local population.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionDeduced0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Automatic detection rates are steadier than witness counts.

## What would rule it out

- Automatic rates falling in step with reports.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[The valley's population fell from about 200 in 1980 to about 120.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights/evidence/EVD0D0NE0NJ7DDQ/the-valleys-population-fell-from-about-200-in-1980-to-about)

Suggestive

FOR

[Tourism has increased, which should raise the number of potential witnesses.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights/evidence/EVD0D0NE0XC4ZFZ/tourism-has-increased-which-should-raise-the-number-of)

Speculative

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Why did reports fall from about 20 a week in 1981–1984 to about 10–20 a year?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights/questions/QST0D0NDP5M4JWN/why-did-reports-fall-from-about-20-a-week-in-19811984-to)

Part of [Do the Hessdalen lights include a natural phenomenon not yet explained, once known light sources are removed?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights/questions/QST0D0NDN6C0EE5/do-the-hessdalen-lights-include-a-natural-phenomenon-not-yet)

Open3 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Reporting fell with media attention, fewer investigators and a shrinking local population. [Answer ANS0D0NE0DR3959]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D0NE0DR3959
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