1981: Asum Funen Denmark Close Encounter

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Date:  Autumn  1981

Sighting Time:  0210A

Day/Night:  Early Morning

Location:  Asum, Funen, Denmark

Urban or Rural: – Rural/Village (The sighting took place in the small village of Asum near a copse).

No. of Entity(‘s):  Multiple

Entity Type:  mechanical?

Entity Description:  the first group comprised seven small entities that were “running” up and down the ramp. Their movements were so fast and continuous that they reminded PN of something mechanical. He had the impression that the creatures were gathering something from the copse and giving it to “someone” inside the object. In addition to these small entities PN saw another group of three somewhat larger individuals. Two of these were standing at the top of the ramp (by the entrance), while the other was standing down at the foot. They were holding an instrument of some sort. PN perceived the latter group to be “guards.” They stood still throughout the entire sighting. The entities were about one meter tall and had a light gray appearance. They resembled two triangles placed on top of each other. A small triangle at the top formed the head, with a larger one underneath that corresponded to the body. The “guards” were a little taller than the other entities. PN does not remember seeing arms on the entities. Their legs were just small “stumps” sticking downwards. The entities floated above the ground, while the “leg stumps” did not move.

Hynek Classification:  CE-III (Close Encounter III) Close observation with animate beings associated with the object.

Duration: Approximately 2–3 minutes (The witness watched for about a minute before noticing the taxi, which then flashed its lights, followed by the entities moving towards him and his subsequent flight).

No. of Object(s):  1

Height & Speed:  floating about 1-2 meters above the ground and was about 3 meters high

Size of Object(s):  3 meters high

Distance to Object(s): 60 meters (When PN first caught sight of the phenomenon).

Shape of Object(s):  circle

Color/Description of Object(s):  emitting a bright light that illuminated the area with a yellowish color.

Number of Witnesses: 2 (PN and the unnamed taxi driver who flashed his lights).

Source:  Erling Hegelund & Toke Haunstrup, SUFOI

Summary/Description:  PN was on his way to work at a warehouse, around the above time he was driving his Fiat 125 through the small village of Asum, as the village reached a rise near a copse it suddenly stalled. As the road there slopes down, the car carried on rolling forwards. When PN reached a T-junction he stopped the car, at the same time catching sight of a strange phenomenon. About 60 meters away on the right hand side of Asum Bygade (Asum High Street) was a floating glowing object, partly above the and partly above the copse. It appeared to be floating about 1-2 meters above the ground and was about 3 meters high and “circle shaped.”

PN found it very difficult to make out the object’s shape, as it was emitting a bright light that illuminated the area with a yellowish color. There appeared to be a “ramp” leading down from the object into the copse, which lies a couple of meters below road level. The ramp was the same width as the object. At the point where the ramp was “connected” to the glowing object there seemed to be a large opening into the “interior.” PN had difficulty seeing any details, as the “interior” resembled an “orange cloud.”

PN saw two groups of entities. The first group comprised seven small entities that were “running” up and down the ramp. Their movements were so fast and continuous that they reminded PN of something mechanical. He had the impression that the creatures were gathering something from the copse and giving it to “someone” inside the object. In addition to these small entities PN saw another group of three somewhat larger individuals. Two of these were standing at the top of the ramp (by the entrance), while the other was standing down at the foot. They were holding an instrument of some sort. PN perceived the latter group to be “guards.” They stood still throughout the entire sighting. The entities were about one meter tall and had a light gray appearance. They resembled two triangles placed on top of each other. A small triangle at the top formed the head, with a larger one underneath that corresponded to the body. The “guards” were a little taller than the other entities. PN does not remember seeing arms on the entities. Their legs were just small “stumps” sticking downwards. The entities floated above the ground, while the “leg stumps” did not move.

After the shocked witness watched for about a minute, he glanced in the opposite direction along Asum Bygade and caught sight of a taxi standing 150 meters from the copse down towards the valley at Asum. The taxi driver flashed his lights several times. PN was not sure whether it was meant as a signal to him or the entities. At this point he managed to start his car. At the same time it appeared the entities had seen him and they began to move towards him at great speed. Immediately after this the taxi turned around and drove off back towards Odense. The witness was now terrified and turned left, driving as fast as he could along Asum Bygade and down through the valley. When he was up over the valley he looked in the rear-view mirror and saw that the entities had now got as far as the bottom of the valley and were out in the middle of the bridge over the brook. He drove quickly away losing sight of the entities.

Researcher’s Notes: Mechanical Autonomy and the “Taxi Driver” Variable

The Asum encounter is a standout case in Northern European ufology due to its highly specific mechanical descriptions:

• Double-Triangle Morphology: The description of entities resembling two triangles placed on top of each other—a small one for the head and a larger one for the body—is remarkably rare in CE-III literature. This geometric, non-organic form, combined with their floating movement and “leg stumps,” suggests highly specialized autonomous drones or robotic explorers rather than biological entities.

• The Taxi Driver Witness: The presence of an independent witness—the unnamed taxi driver—is a critical “credibility multiplier”. His act of flashing his headlights suggests he was attempting to communicate with either the witness (PN) or the entities. His immediate flight from the scene mirrors the behavior of many witnesses who encounter high-strangeness events while on duty.

• EM Interference: The stalling of the witness’s Fiat 125 as he approached the copse is a classic electromagnetic interference (EM) effect. The fact that the car restarted immediately after the entities acknowledged the witness and the taxi departed suggests the EM field was localized and perhaps related to the craft’s defensive or operational systems.

• Orange Cloud Interior: The description of the craft’s interior as an “orange cloud” is a recurring motif in cases where the internal environment appears to be gaseous or energy-based, rather than consisting of standard physical corridors or rooms.

The 1981 Asum incident remains one of the most intriguing Danish UFO reports because of its lack of standard “Grey” or “Humanoid” tropes. The behavior of the entities—organized into laborers and guards—points toward a structured, possibly resource-gathering mission conducted with industrial efficiency.

The physical pursuit of the witness, with the entities moving at great speed toward him, indicates a clear reaction to being observed. For researchers, the Asum Bygade sighting serves as a reminder that the phenomenon often presents in mechanical forms that challenge our biological definitions of life, leaving behind a legacy of high strangeness in the quiet landscapes of Funen.