The island of Fyn, Denmark, July 16 1982.

The field where the saucer landed. (source: UFO-Nyt)

This is one of Denmark's more famous humanoid cases and the observation was made early one summer morning by a 15-year-old. The sun was about to come up and it was 4.30 am and the boy was bicycling to his summer job at a garden center in Broby. About 15 minutes after he left his home, he came to a bend in the road next to a grass field. As the boy rounded the curve, he caught sight of something shining out in the field about 50 - 60 meters (164 - 197 feet) away from him. He jumped off the bike and walked closer to the object to see what it was. It looked like two white-glowing soup plates stacked on top of each other and was 3 meters (10 feet) in diameter and 2 meters (6.5 feet) high. Otherwise, the craft was completely smooth and had no other distinguishing features.

When the boy was 10 - 15 meters (33 - 50 feet) from the object, he also saw some small beings. Four of them walked out in the field with dark bags and appeared to be collecting something, either soil or grass. It almost looked like they were walking more above the grass than on the ground. A fifth being stood by the ship in front of an open hatch in the hull, observing the others. It was dark inside, so the boy couldn't see what was inside the hatch. The humanoids were small and short, only 60 cm (2 feet) tall, and had large heads and ears similar to humans, but more pointed. The skin was maybe grey-white or pale yellow, it was hard to see. They had rather broad chests and short legs. They were dressed in gray or silvery jumpsuits with black belts around their waists.

The witness sketch. (source: UFO-Nyt)

Suddenly, the leader standing in front of the craft seemed to have spotted the boy, as he turned and looked right at the 15-year-old. All the little ufonauts then ran into the craft through the hatch, like from an inaudible command and the UFO began to take off with a hissing or whooshing sound, while the brightness of the craft increased so much that the boy had to shield his eyes with his arms. The craft quickly flew away over some power lines and disappeared in a south-east direction towards the city of Odense. After the craft was gone, the boy walked over to the landing site and could see that the grass had been pressed down. He could not see any other traces. The observer then cycled on to his workplace. Arriving at work, he recounted the experience to his boss, who predictably did not believe him, saying that the boy was probably not fully awake yet.

The incident was thoroughly investigated by four skilled investigators from SUFOI about a year later. They visited the scene of the incident in the spring of 1983, but then could no longer see any traces. In the field there was now newly sown barley, which was beginning to come up. On site, the investigators were also able to determine that the height of the beings that the boy claimed were as small as 60 cm (2 feet) actually seemed to be correct. The boy couldn't remember the exact date of the sighting at first, but investigators managed to pin it down to around July 16 based on the descriptions of the weather and discussions with the parents. It could also be stated that the boy seemed to have a trusting and honest impression and the answers to the questions came quickly without much thought or contradictions. He also didn't seem like someone looking for attention. According to the parents, the boy was also not a person who fantasized or daydreamed. Something that was strange was that the investigators were not allowed to contact his boss at the summer job, but this can be explained by the fact that the boy might not want to get into trouble or to be considered weird, for the potential of future jobs at the garden center. In conclusion, this fascinating case is still unsolved and many questions were unfortunately never answered.

Sources: UFO-Nyt no 1, 1984, https://hiddenmark.dk/ufos/the-broby-ufonauts-2/