# Paiva 2021: Hessdalen lights produced by electrically active inversion layer

> Gerson S. Paiva, 2021. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. A meteorological variant of the plasma models; testable against inversion records.

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# Hessdalen lights produced by electrically active inversion layer

Gerson S. Paiva, 2021. _Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 133(4), 1447–1454_.

Proposes that a temperature inversion layer over the valley becomes electrically active and drives the lights.

**Hessdalen lights** Articledoi: **[10.1007/s00703-021-00819-9](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-021-00819-9)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

A meteorological variant of the plasma models; testable against inversion records.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[An electrically active temperature inversion layer over the valley produces the lights.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights/answers/ANS0D0NDXG06KZ5/an-electrically-active-temperature-inversion-layer-over-the)

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[Proposed on theoretical grounds; no comparison with inversion soundings over the valley has been published.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights/evidence/EVD0D0NDXQT4H1M/proposed-on-theoretical-grounds-no-comparison-with-inversion)

Evidence

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[The Hessdalen lights](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights)

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Paiva, G. S. (2021). Hessdalen lights produced by electrically active inversion layer. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 133(4), 1447–1454. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-021-00819-9
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-021-00819-9)

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27 Oct 2026, for editors

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