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A non-profit volunteer Citizen Science organization.

Fred Pallesen

Fred Pallesen

Core Team Member

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

NO
fred@hessdalen.org+47 94086203

Joined the project summer 2023. Organizer for the conference in 2024 and the field trip in 2025. Working as a frontend web developer.

Fred Pallesen is a professional with a broad academic background and a long career in technology. In 1983, he obtained his Cand. Mag degree from the University of Oslo (UiO), specializing in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science. Earlier, in 1981, Fred graduated as a Science Teacher from HiT.

Professional Experience:

Fred began his career as a programmer in 1981 and has since worked with various tools and programming languages, including 4GL, C, Smalltalk, SuperCard, FileMaker, Java, SQL, XML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Typescript, Angular, Vue, React, and more. He has developed custom cloud solutions for clients across Norway, England, Germany, and the United States.

Currently, Fred works at Capgemini, where he continues to apply his knowledge and experience to develop innovative solutions.

Activities and Projects:

Fred is also a web technology enthusiast and frequently shares his knowledge on platforms such as:

Volunteer Work:

Fred has been involved in volunteer work since 2015 when he began teaching Norwegian to Syrian refugees. In 2017, he became a regular volunteer at a local language café, where he actively participates to help integrate new immigrants.

Pursuing Life's Riddles:

In March 2023, Fred gave a talk about UFOs at work, which reignited his interest in the subject. In April of the same year, he discovered the Hessdalen Project and, in May, became the Vice President of the organization. In June 2023, he helped register the Hessdalen Project as a non-profit organization.

His work with the Hessdalen Project involves organizing regular team meetings, coordinating online events on Discord, creating and participating in YouTube meetings, fundraising, advertising, as well as developing tools needed to run the organization, such as Google Workspace, updating the website and intranet, and creating database systems. Fred is also leading the organization of the project’s annual conference.

A Lifelong Passion for UFOs:

Fred’s lifelong passion for UFOs was reignited after a recent presentation at a local UFO club. The chairman surprised him by mentioning that they had met 48 years ago when Fred tried to start a UFO club in his hometown, unaware that Robert Moklev (the chairman) had already done so.

Currently, Fred is a member of:

Contact me about:

Anything!

If you want to discuss the phenomena, if you have had an experience yourself or not - you may call me.

Available most days after 20:00 CET

Core Team Member

The most active members

Erling P. Strand

Erling P. Strand

Chairman

erling@hessdalen.org

One of the founders in 1993

Fred Pallesen

Fred Pallesen

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

fred@hessdalen.org📞 +47 94086203

Joined the project summer 2023. Organizer for the conference in 2024 and the field trip in 2025. Working as a frontend web developer.

Rainer Haseitl

Rainer Haseitl

Chief Information Officer (CIO)

rainer@hessdalen.org

Joined the project early 2024

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CC

Christian Cujovic

I support Project Hessdalen by making contact with people who might be interesting for us.

Marek Pietrow

Marek Pietrow

PhD, D.Sc.

marek@hessdalen.org

radio signals analysis. SDR scanning

Tanja Glittenberg

Tanja Glittenberg

tanja@hessdalen.org

Independent field observer and data analyst with a background in environmental monitoring and documentation of atmospheric phenomena at other sites known for unusual activity.

Team Member

Volunteers using their free time to work on the project

Bjørn Vik

Bjørn Vik

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

bjorn@hessdalen.org📞 +47 91702767

A resident of Hessdalen

TA
Dag Hendrik Lerdal

Dag Hendrik Lerdal

dag@hessdalen.org
EL

Erik Lindqvist

erik@hessdalen.org
Erik Rø

Erik Rø

eirik@hessdalen.org📞 +4793028094

Physicist, field observer and experiencer.

Member of Fascination

Members that donate extra to the Project

Scott Deschaine

Scott Deschaine

Owner, Glow Film

Film maker, Aerobiological researcher

Member of Curiosity

Members that donate to the project.

AS

Anna Scott

HF

Håkon Fyhn

JJ

Johnny Jensen

tulleoghans@gmail.com

I am from Denmark and I have had quite a few experiences with the phenomenon in Norway as well.

Project Member

Members that help develop software or hardware for the project.

LG

Lee Gee

I created https://next-ufo-map.vercel.app/ and https://github.com/leegee/next-ufo-map

OZ

Olga Zaleskovskaya

frontend developer

Solveig Løvhaug

Solveig Løvhaug

Retired programmer. Today I create 3D animations using X3DOM