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ART0D0NE4JJ77WS·Artifact · recording

Photographs and grating spectra of the lights, 1984

Recordingpublisher (© Project Hessdalen)January–February 1984
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Cameras fitted with diffraction gratings took 23 photographs of lights; three were usable as spectra and show a continuum without lines. The campaign's ordinary photographs are reproduced in the 1984 report.

Project Hessdalen, 1984. publisher (© Project Hessdalen)

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PhotoProject Hessdalen · old.hessdalen.org · 1984 · publisher (© Project Hessdalen)Primary source: Hessdalen: spectrographic records (fieldwork of January–February 1984)2 steps from the original
PhotoProject Hessdalen · old.hessdalen.org · 1984 · publisher (© Project Hessdalen)Primary source: Project Hessdalen 1984: Final Technical Report, Part 12 steps from the original

Where it was made

TrondheimUmeåPoriSundsvallVaasaÅlesundÖstersund1Hessdalen valley200 kmBergenTurkuUmeåPori1200 km

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Photographs and grating spectra of the lights, 1984 [Artifact ART0D0NE4JJ77WS]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D0NE4JJ77WS
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