@"WalksInSilence" - Thank you for the response and clarification.
The Northern Lights are caused by ionized particles from the solar wind interacting with Earth's upper atmosphere, ionizing it as well to produce that eerie glow and shimmering. They are funneled in by Earth's magnetic field to create the display. It's not impossible that a similar effect could be produced by a strong magnetic field surrounding an object and creating an energetic interaction with air, ionizing it as well - so that's entirely plausible. Other magnetic effects have been reported in connection with other UFOs as well.
Looking at Google Earth, it appears that the object moved in from the west, and would have had to have moved directly over some residential and business areas in Aalborg. Given that it occurred at around 01:00, it could have been missed altogether by other observers, however, or if it was seen by anyone else, they may have been as reluctant as you to report it, and so you would not have heard of any other reports either, if that were the case. The 80's were a different time, and folks were less forthcoming when they saw unexplainable things.
Time stasis is also not unheard of - either "missing time", or time that SHOULD be missing and isn't. Some have attributed a time stand-still to magnetic effects on older (non-digital) watches during such observations. How plausible that is I couldn't say, because I've never really considered it. I have a different view of the nature of time that does not require that explanation. I don't see time as being linear, from "past" to "present", from "present" to "future". I see it as eternally co-existent. In other words, everything that ever has happened, or ever will happen, IS happening, right now, all at the same time, and what we see of it is determined by mechanisms that affect observation bias. It's complicated. BUT it explains "missing time", time "standing still", and occasional glimpses into the past or future that people have occasionally reported.
I do wonder - were normal night sounds present, or was there an "eerie silence"?
All in all, I've not seen anything in your report that would make me think "well THAT can't happen!" - it all seems plausible to me.
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The Northern Lights are caused by ionized particles from the solar wind interacting with Earth's upper atmosphere, ionizing it as well to produce that eerie glow and shimmering. They are funneled in by Earth's magnetic field to create the display. It's not impossible that a similar effect could be produced by a strong magnetic field surrounding an object and creating an energetic interaction with air, ionizing it as well - so that's entirely plausible. Other magnetic effects have been reported in connection with other UFOs as well.
Looking at Google Earth, it appears that the object moved in from the west, and would have had to have moved directly over some residential and business areas in Aalborg. Given that it occurred at around 01:00, it could have been missed altogether by other observers, however, or if it was seen by anyone else, they may have been as reluctant as you to report it, and so you would not have heard of any other reports either, if that were the case. The 80's were a different time, and folks were less forthcoming when they saw unexplainable things.
Time stasis is also not unheard of - either "missing time", or time that SHOULD be missing and isn't. Some have attributed a time stand-still to magnetic effects on older (non-digital) watches during such observations. How plausible that is I couldn't say, because I've never really considered it. I have a different view of the nature of time that does not require that explanation. I don't see time as being linear, from "past" to "present", from "present" to "future". I see it as eternally co-existent. In other words, everything that ever has happened, or ever will happen, IS happening, right now, all at the same time, and what we see of it is determined by mechanisms that affect observation bias. It's complicated. BUT it explains "missing time", time "standing still", and occasional glimpses into the past or future that people have occasionally reported.
I do wonder - were normal night sounds present, or was there an "eerie silence"?
All in all, I've not seen anything in your report that would make me think "well THAT can't happen!" - it all seems plausible to me.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’