The Blue Box in Hessdalen, established in 1998, is the world’s first fully autonomous, multi-sensor, and optical anomaly detection system.
Hessdalen is really a UFO-laboratory.
"It’s a place where things are happening and where things can be studied […] whatever it turns out to be it’s terribly important."
(J. Allen Hynek, 1985)
The Blue Box was set up in 1998:
Check out all the pictures and videos captured from 1998 until 2024.
The Blue Box was upgraded in 2024:
Pictures captures by the cameras every day are now moved to a Google Disk folder.
The container
Seen from the other side of the valley the Blue Box looks small.
Rogne is behind the box.
The view from the Blue box
Overlooking the valley.
Further west you can see Finnsåhøgda.
This is what we have:
During 2023 we managed to collect enough funding to buy a new computer and 3 cameras:
2 cameras are now operational.
The 3rd camera is tested near Øyungen.
The Blue Box has power and internet.
More equipment can be installed on the mast or on the roof.
Dahua 8MP Enhanced Night Color
This camera has 8MP (3840 x 2160) at 30 fps, 2.8 mm Fixed Lens and a Ultra Wide Dynamic Range.
Workstation Pro R CPU Intensive
The PC is a Windows 11 Pro, Ryzen 9 5950X, Nvidia T1000, 32GB ECC, 1.5TB SSD.
Tell us if you have any equipment that could be used in the Blue Box
The Blue Box Project
We want to test out equipment in the Blue Box were we have the box, power, internet and a powerful computer.
We currently do not have the funds to purchase additional equipment - so please help us!
Our wishlist:
Any money you donate will be used for:
- better computer systems
We need more local storage to save the recordings and images
We need Cloud services to move the data to the web - available to all - more instruments
- more cameras
Buy or Build
What is available?
Why build when you can buy?
The BlueBox LoRa Network
The role of the central hub.
Multiple minimal nodes.
The BlueBox Mini
Self-contained mini ADS using 4G/WiFi.
A field- or cabin-deployable system.
The OpenADS Cloud
Making the data available.
A system to enable data analysis.
Other Blue Box Project
We want to use experience gained from equipment set up at the Blue Box to create a scaled down version of an automated Anomaly Detection System that can be deployed in the valley - and other places!
The Blue Box is our lab. We have space, power and internet.
We will always look at other solutions (buy or build). But we want to develop our own Anomaly Detection System and make it public. So we have identified 3 projects: Using a LoRa to allow for a lot of sensors over a big area. A BlueBox Mini using 4G and finally: the receiving cloud solution - where all the data goes - available for everyone to access.
The OpenADS initiative will invite others to use our infrastructure. What we create should be available in the public domain.
We need to create a mobile field-deployable system with a minimum footprint - because some of the areas we want to put out equipment is in a national park. (Forollhogna nasjonalpark) If possible we would like to "hide" the equipment in something that blends in with nature.
