Section F · Experiencers · abductees, contactees and entity witnesses
Aarno Heinonen
Logger and competitive skier, southern Finland · one of the two witnesses in the Imjärvi encounter (1970)
Biography
He was skiing with a companion through a snowy forest when both stopped in a clearing at the sound of a hum: they described an object some three meters across wrapped in reddish mist, from which an intense beam of light descended with a small figure inside it, thin-limbed, waxy-faced and hook-nosed. What gives the case weight is the witnesses: two competitive athletes, sober and with no interest in notoriety, whose accounts matched. Heinonen later reported persistent physical effects, the element that has generated the most debate about the case.
Why they're here · 2 pieces
- 1970
Joint account with Esko Viljo
Two independent, sober witnesses with matching accounts
- 1970
Physical effects reported after the encounter
The most debated element of the file
Sources
- Imjärvi case file · Finnish ufology — Documentation of the joint testimony and the reported effects.
Form they described (1)
Associated cases (1)
Biography summarized from public sources, classified by section (A-F).