# Leone 2006: Eine Widerlegung des EMBLA 2002-Berichts zur optischen Luftraumüberwachung in Hessdalen (A rebuttal of the EMBLA 2002 report on the optical survey in Hessdalen) > Matteo Leone, 2006. 13 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The main sceptical analysis of the EMBLA optical data. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D0NDAY87S08/eine-widerlegung-des-embla-2002-berichts-zur-optischen Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Hessdalen lights](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights)Leone 2006 **0** # Eine Widerlegung des EMBLA 2002-Berichts zur optischen Luftraumüberwachung in Hessdalen (A rebuttal of the EMBLA 2002 report on the optical survey in Hessdalen) Matteo Leone, 2006. _Zeitschrift für Anomalistik 6, 58–115_. German translation of Leone's 2003 rebuttal. Argues that the recurring blinking light of EMBLA 2002 was a pair of car headlights on a private road about 11.5 km away (azimuth about 185°, elevation near 0°), which he identified with a telescope; that the photometry rests on a wrong distance and other assumptions; that the temperature calculation contains a unit error of about 10⁷; and that the brightness-size relation reflects pixel saturation. Leone accepts that some residents' reports remain unexplained. **Hessdalen lights** ArticleChecked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The main sceptical analysis of the EMBLA optical data. ## Cited by on this site 13 records [Car headlights on a private road about 11.5 km away.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights/answers/ANS0D0NDSTT22JJ/car-headlights-on-a-private-road-about-11-5-km-away) Answer ANS [No; the lights are misidentified vehicles, aircraft, astronomical objects and instrumental artefacts.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights/answers/ANS0D0NDQMG5WVX/no-the-lights-are-misidentified-vehicles-aircraft) Answer ANS [Leone accepts that some anecdotal residents' reports remain unexplained.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights/evidence/EVD0D0NDRBY0P7A/leone-accepts-that-some-anecdotal-residents-reports-remain) Evidence EVD [Resolved by telescope into a pair of headlights; angles match a private road at azimuth about 185°.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights/evidence/EVD0D0NDT2M1J4V/resolved-by-telescope-into-a-pair-of-headlights-angles-match) Evidence EVD [The EMBLA 2002 blinking light matches car headlights on a road 11.5 km away, seen through a telescope.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights/evidence/EVD0D0NDQWA66HV/the-embla-2002-blinking-light-matches-car-headlights-on-a) Evidence EVD [The photometry assumed a wrong distance, and the temperature calculation has a unit error of about 10⁷.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights/evidence/EVD0D0NDTAE6WKS/the-photometry-assumed-a-wrong-distance-and-the-temperature) Evidence EVD [The recurrent light of the 2002 survey was identified as car headlights.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights/evidence/EVD0D0NDQCP6EXN/the-recurrent-light-of-the-2002-survey-was-identified-as-car) Evidence EVD [Matteo Leone identifies the 2002 blinking light as car headlights](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights/events/EVT0D0NDK025F7K/matteo-leone-identifies-the-2002-blinking-light-as-car) EVT [Matteo Leone](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights/people/FIG0D0NDGHY34M6/matteo-leone) FIG [The Hessdalen lights](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights) The mystery article MYS [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) Question QST [Was the recurrent blinking light of the 2002 EMBLA survey an anomalous light-ball or car headlights?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights/questions/QST0D0NDNE61A6W/was-the-recurrent-blinking-light-of-the-2002-embla-survey-an) Question QST [Matteo Leone: Observed the same recurrent blinking light that the EMBLA team…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights/accounts/WIT0D0NDMPR7TF8/matteo-leone-observed-the-same-recurrent-blinking-light-that) WIT ## Cite it ``` Leone, M. (2006). Eine Widerlegung des EMBLA 2002-Berichts zur optischen Luftraumüberwachung in Hessdalen (A rebuttal of the EMBLA 2002 report on the optical survey in Hessdalen). Zeitschrift für Anomalistik 6, 58–115. https://www.anomalistik.de/images/pdf/zfa/zfa2006_123_058_leone.pdf ``` [Read it free at anomalistik.de](https://www.anomalistik.de/images/pdf/zfa/zfa2006_123_058_leone.pdf) Key **SRC** 0D0NDAY87S08 Kind Journal article Rights unknown Kept 26 Oct 2026, for editors Checked Against the published article Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D0NDAY87S08/eine-widerlegung-des-embla-2002-berichts-zur-optischen/csl.json)