Cape Zealand, Denmark, January 18 1967.

This detailed observation was made by children, two boys, Tage 9 years old and Jesper 7 years. But mostly it was Jesper who saw the whole course of events. It was a winter day in January in the afternoon at 4.40 pm and Jesper was outside playing, together with his little sister aged 4 and the neighbor's boy Tage. Jesper looked after his sister when the parents were not at home. The family lived on a farm at the tip of Cape Zealand and next to a minor road that was never very busy. The children were playing on a pile of straw that was next to the road. From the mound they had a good view over the road and down towards the sea that lay between Denmark and Sweden (Kattegatt). This day it was chilly and with a light wind from the west. The clouds were at about 275-300 m (900 feet). Visibility was relatively good and the temperature about 1 °C (33.8 F). There was also no snow on the ground despite the time of year, as it was near the sea.

When it began to get dark, Tage wanted go home. But just about then he looked up into the sky out at the sea and caught sight of a dark-grey object. It had irregular contours and a downward-curving "tail". Tage was frightened by what he saw and shouted to the other children: "Watch out, there's a tornado coming! It is dangerous!” and then he ran home. The little sister was also frightened and ran inside. Jesper, on the other hand, was not afraid, but he hid in a ditch next to the road just to be safe. From there he had good visibility. He now followed the object and it traveled in the same direction east to west out over Kattegat. The object had now come closer and taken a different shape. It now looked more like a dark sphere with a luminous corona around it. Jesper could also see two yellow beams of light coming from the underside and which were angled outwards. The light beams were also abruptly interrupted in a strange way, and not like a normal light that fades out.

The object had now also come down at a lower altitude. Suddenly it turned almost 90 degrees towards Jesper and came in from the sea and headed for a small hill which is behind Tages parents house. Now Jesper could make out more of the object and began to see that it resembled a strange craft. It had an orange, faint glow around it and in the middle it had a kind of long oblong window and the strange beams of light came from each side of it. The light rays had now taken on a more blue-green color. The window looked like it was made of glass and there was a blue light coming from it, but it was impossible to see through. On both sides the craft had a lot of strange antennae of different shapes. On one side the antennae protruded further than on the other side and had a yellow ball. The boy thought they looked similar to TV antennas that you have on top of houses.

As the craft got closer, three legs were lowered from its underside and it almost looked like it was going to land, but when it was a meter above the ground, the legs went in and the craft continued upwards a little. It now also swung and steered out to sea again at a low altitude. All the while the craft wobbled a little in a strange way. But when it came across the beach, something strange happened. A black substance came out from the underside of the craft down over the beach.

Over the beach or if it was a short distance out over the water, the craft now made a sharp turn. At the same time, a kind of square metal basket was lowered from the underside. It appeared to be suspended by a thick, heavy-duty cable or metal stay, and the basket did not sway during the maneuvers of the craft. When the basket was down, a hatch was opened at the bottom of the craft and eight "people" climbed down from the cable/stay. First came one, then came the rest, and they quickly climbed down into the basket, two by two. The object had now completed its 180 degree turn and was heading straight for the ditch where Jesper was. Some of the "people" bent down and picked up something from the bottom of the basket. When they got up again, they had something like binoculars or cameras in their hands, and when they got closer to where Jesper was hiding, the "people" looked at him with these devices. When they were almost at the yard where Jesper lived, he could see them clearly and he saw that they were smiling and that they were making a sideways motion with their hand back and forth that looked like a wave to him. Jesper didn't wave back, but just nodded to them. The boy was not afraid during the incident "because they looked so kind and friendly", he later told his mother.

When the craft passed with the basket about 1 meter (3 feet) above the ground, hardly any sound was heard. Just a slight electrical buzz, kind of like a tape player running with a blank tape. When it was close, Jesper could also make out that there were some signs on the hull under the window. The first was similar to a combined B and H. He couldn't quite remember the other characters, so he mostly guessed. After the craft passed by, 7 of the 8 "people climbed up through the bottom hatch and disappeared. The last "person" remained in the basket when it was hoisted into the craft. It continued at low altitude in the direction of Overby church until it disappeared from view.

The "people" in the basket, Jesper described as smaller than a grown up human. Rather in height as a child about 120 cm (4 feet). But he did not get the impression that they were children, but that they were adults. All had long faces and long noses. Seven of the "persons" were short-cut and had blond hair. The eighth had slightly longer shoulder-length brown hair. Jesper got the impression that this was a woman. The "people" also had different clothes. The one who climbed down first (and was also the last one left) had blue clothes. He seemed to be some kind of officer. The others were dressed in a tight-fitting full-length jumpsuit with blue, white and red horizontal stripes. All the "persons" were wearing blue caps, similar to old-fashioned ship's caps. Except for the man in blue, everyone carried some kind of container on their back. The containers looked almost a little transparent. From the tubes, a hose went over the shoulders to the mouth. Over the mouth it looked like they had some kind of mouthpiece. When they brought out the devices like the “binoculars” or “cameras”, they removed the mouthpiece. The man with the blue clothes also had some angular glasses over his eyes. Another strange detail was that everyone had some kind of light attached to each shoulder. It almost looked like a flashlight, although it had light at both ends.

It was a very detailed story that the UFO investigators received from Jesper a month after the events. And it matched well with what his mother wrote down the day after the sighting. Unfortunately, no remains of the black slag that the craft dropped on the beach were found. Since no other people saw the incident either, only Jesper's own testimony was available. Of course, no one could guarantee that what the boy told was true or that he was just making it up, but he was very sure on most points and he gave a positive and honest impression, and he himself insisted that he was not lying. Jesper is very careful to point out that there was no helicopter or airplane that he saw. His father was in the local Home Guard Air Force and could attest that the boy had a good knowledge of airplanes. Neither Jesper nor anyone else in the family was very familiar with the UFO phenomenon. So we can only choose to take Jesper at his word or not. It's a fascinating and interesting story anyway.

Source: UFO-Nyt, no 2 1967 & https://hiddenmark.dk/ufoer/the-sjaellands-odde-ce3/

• Impression of the humanoids visiting a beach in Denmark.

• Painting of the strange looking craft by Hiddenmark.

• First the boy saw a strange cloud out at sea...

• ...then the object started to look like a sphere with light beams...

• ...and up close it looked more like a craft.

• Several humanoids were lowered in a basket looking thing.

• They were waving at the boy while they were passing.

• On their backs the humanoids had tubes like scuba divers.

• Map of Cape Zealand in Denmark.