The UFO-Memorial Ängelholm is a statue dedicated to a supposed unidentified flying object (

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) landing in Kronoskogen, a forested area of

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. The memorial consists of a model of the UFO and the landing traces, and is constructed of

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. The UFO-Memorial Ängelholm memorialises the landing of a UFO, which is said to have taken place on 18 May 1946 and to have been seen by the Swedish entrepreneur, founder and owner of Cernelle AB, Gösta Carlsson.´ It is situated in a forest clearing at Kronoskogen, which had witnessed numerous "large-scale test flights" in that time period. By 1991, Carlsson was credited in English-language UFO lore. In 1995, Swedish

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Clas Svahn wrote a book together with Carlsson about the incident, ''Mötet i gläntan'' ("The Meeting in the Clearing"). According to him, there was no convincing evidence that the event ever took place the way Carlsson described it. A few other such memorials exist in Europe (other examples include the memorial for the

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and the Emilcin UFO memorial in

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). The municipality has cleared the grounds around the monument, and there have been guided tours.

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Engelholm Tourism agency

Swedish UFO organisation

German {{DEFAULTSORT:UFO-Memorial Angelholm UFO culture Buildings and structures in Skåne County

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