The snowy Norwegian road near Torpo where three schoolgirls were followed by a close-hovering saucer, November 23, 1954.
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UFO|UAP & ENTITY ENCOUNTER REPORT
1954: The Torpo, Norway Encounter — Three Schoolgirls
Three little girls walking home from school in Torpo, Norway noticed they had company — a round, black-and-yellow-spotted disc that dropped to within a few feet of them and kept pace, matching their steps. Through its transparent upper half sat a man at what looked like controls, immense red goggles hiding his eyes, watching one of the girls with an attention none of them wanted. Then the saucer clipped a power line on its way up, showered sparks across the sky, and left behind nothing but a smell like fried sausages and a long streak brushed into the snow.
Date: November 23, 1954
Sighting Time: Afternoon
Day/Night: Day
Location: Torpo, Norway
Urban or Rural: Rural (route home from school)
No. of Entity(‘s): 1
Entity Type: Humanoid
Entity Description: Man-like in appearance, wearing black trousers and a black jacket, with immense red goggles covering his eyes, seen operating controls inside the craft
Hynek Classification: CE-III (Close Encounter, Third Kind — entity observed directly through the craft’s transparent section at very close range)
Duration: Several minutes, from the girls noticing they were being followed to the craft’s departure
No. of Object(s): 1
Description of the Object(s): A round craft with a black underside marked with yellow spots (possibly glass) and small red jags, and a transparent upper section revealing an occupant at what appeared to be a control station
Shape/Size/Color of Object(s): Round, approximately 10 ft in diameter; black underside with yellow spots and small red jags; transparent upper section
Distance to Object(s): Descended to within 3-4 ft of the girls
Height & Speed: Followed the girls at very low altitude before rising and colliding with a high-tension power line, producing a shower of sparks
Number of Witnesses: 3 (Anne Storedal, Tora Storedal, and Tora Moy Hauge, all young schoolgirls)
Special Features/Characteristics: The craft followed the three girls on their walk home from school before descending to hover only 3-4 ft away, at which point they could see clearly through its transparent upper section into the interior, where a man in black clothing and large red goggles sat operating what appeared to be controls; he was seen looking directly at one of the girls; the craft then rose and struck a nearby high-tension power line, producing a visible shower of sparks, at which point the girls fled; they noted a smell resembling fried sausages during or immediately after the encounter; a streak was later found in the snow at the site, apparently left by the craft brushing against the surface as it maneuvered
Case Status: Unresolved — a three-witness account, all named, with an independently verifiable physical trace (the streak in the snow) and a specific, potentially checkable incident (a collision with a power line)
Source: Oddvar J. Larsen, CSI (Civilian Saucer Investigation)
Summary/Description: On the afternoon of November 23, 1954, three young schoolgirls — Anne Storedal, Tora Storedal, and Tora Moy Hauge — walking home from school in Torpo, Norway, found themselves followed by a round, roughly 10-ft flying saucer, its underside black with yellow spots and small red jags, its upper section transparent. The craft descended to within 3-4 ft of the girls, close enough for them to see a man inside, dressed in black with large red goggles, seated at what looked like a control station and looking at one of them. The craft then rose, striking a high-tension power line and producing a shower of sparks, prompting the girls to flee. They noticed a smell like fried sausages during the encounter, and a streak was later found in the snow at the site, apparently left by the craft.
Related Cases: None known
Detailed Report
Anne Storedal, her sister Tora Storedal, and their friend Tora Moy Hauge were doing nothing more unusual than walking home from school in Torpo, Norway, on the afternoon of November 23, 1954, when they realized something was following them. Looking around, they found a round object, roughly ten feet across, keeping pace with their steps at very low altitude.
The craft’s underside was black, marked with what looked like yellow spots — possibly glass, the girls thought — and a scattering of small red jags along its surface. It didn’t hang back at a distance; instead, it closed in, descending until it hovered only three or four feet away from the three of them. Close enough, in fact, that the upper section of the craft — transparent, unlike its underside — gave them a clear view inside.
What they saw was a man, seated at what appeared to be a set of controls, dressed in black trousers and a black jacket, with a pair of immense red goggles covering his eyes. He was looking at them — specifically, by the girls’ account, at one of them in particular.
The moment didn’t last. The craft rose away from them, and in doing so, struck a nearby high-tension power line, producing a visible shower of sparks against the sky. That was enough for the girls, who turned and ran. As they fled, they noticed an odd smell hanging in the air — something the three of them would later compare to the smell of fried sausages.
What they left behind them, when investigators eventually visited the site, was a streak cut into the snow — a mark consistent, it seemed, with the craft’s surface having brushed against it during its low approach or departure.
RESEARCHER’S NOTES
Torpo — 1954 and a Physical Trace Independent of the Girls’ Testimony
- Three named, mutually corroborating child witnesses: Unlike many single-witness accounts in this archive, this case has three girls, all named, all present together and describing the same sequence of events — a meaningfully stronger base of corroboration than most entity encounters can offer.
- A physical trace independent of anyone’s testimony: The streak found in the snow existed as a mark on the ground regardless of what any witness said about it — a piece of evidence that, in principle, investigators could examine and assess on its own terms.
- A specific, potentially checkable incident: A collision with a high-tension power line producing visible sparks is the kind of event that, if it caused any actual disruption to the local power supply, could in principle be cross-referenced against utility company records from the time — though this archive has no indication such a cross-check was ever performed.
- A distinctive sensory detail: The smell “like fried sausages” is an oddly specific, mundane comparison that doesn’t read as an invented dramatic flourish — the kind of grounded, particular detail children describing a frightening experience might genuinely reach for.
- Close-range, direct observation of an occupant: The craft’s transparent upper section giving a clear view of the pilot, at a distance of only three to four feet, represents an unusually close and sustained entity observation compared to the brief or obscured glimpses typical of many other 1954 cases.
This case combines three mutually corroborating, named child witnesses with a physical ground trace and a specific, describable incident (the power line collision) — a stronger evidentiary combination than the majority of entries in this archive. It remains unresolved, with no indication of any follow-up investigation into the power line incident itself.
“The upper part was transparent, and a man operating controls was visible inside… he was wearing black trousers, a black jacket, and immense red goggles over his eyes.”
— Oddvar J. Larsen, CSI, on the November 23, 1954 Torpo, Norway encounter
