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30 March 1982 – Hessdalen, Holtålen On April 1,1982, the newspaper Arbeider-Avisa carried the following April Fools’ Day story: One of the luminous objects in Hessdalen has been identified. It is a spacecraft from an alien planet with creatures onboard. Sensational pictures shot by Magnar Kirknes at Hessdalskjølen confirm it all. Magnar Kirknes has been hiding in the mountains for several weeks now, waiting for the famous Hessdalen UFO. On the night of the 30th he achieved the photos every photographer dreams about. The alleged witness is said to claim: “I suddenly saw a bright object on the night sky above Finnsåhøgda. It came towards me and it made a perfect landing. I find no reason to describe the object. The photos speak for themselves. At 250 meters distance I could see what happened next. Out of the object stepped a creature, dressed similar to an astronaut. It went around the object, stopped, peed on the snow and re-entered the object. Seconds later it rose and disappeared in the direction from which it had come.” The story continued with references to NASA, Erik Tandberg (national space authority), and the space shuttle Columbia. The story was also accompanied by photos of the alien creature and the spacecraft. Leif Havik of UFO-Norge went to Hessdalen to interview the local people there. Some of the locals had also initially believed the story. Havik later phoned the newspaper to congratulate them on a well-performed joke. Magnar Kirknes faked the photos by using a 60W light-bulb on which he drew some “windows”, and the creature was really a 5-year-old boy with a skiing outfit.