Iso-Syöte, mid-Finland, winter 1971.

During an UFO wave in mid and northen Finland during 1971, the three brothers Kellolampi who lived in a fairly isolated area near the Iso-Syöte mountain, reported seeing UFOs on several occasions. In the winters they worked as snow plow operators clearing the snow off local roads and at one point they were plowing a public road with their tractor when a UFO was seen to hover nearby. It passed them again and again. They started to feel threatened by this behaviour and then the oldest brother Heino promised to shoot at the UFOs next time he saw them, they were all avid hunters and somewhat aggressive in nature.

One day the younger brother Tuomo Kellolampi was clearing the snow off a road not far from their home, when a UFO landed near him. Tuomo panicked and jumped out of the tractor and ran home and when he got inside he shouted to his older brother Heino, “Now those devils are here again!” and then hid under the bed, but Heino was not scared, instead he was angry and grabbed his large caliber hunting rifle and ran out wearing only his underwear despite the winter cold and began to shoot at the landed UFO. He managed to get several shots off before before the UFO took off. He thought he hit the craft, but was not completely sure. The two older brothers later searched the spot since they were convinced that the powerful rifle would have damaged the craft, but they could not find any debris from the UFO. In the following years additional details became known.

Reportedly inside the UFO there was a man who had been allegedly abducted. During a seminar in Pudasjärvi 1997 Finnish UFO researcher Tapani Koivola was approached by a man who told a faschinating story. Reindeer herder Unto Leinonen claimed to have been abducted on several occasions. And this time he was onboard the craft that the brothers shot at. While inside he could see the event from from another angle. When the brothers were shooting at the UFO and apperantly hit it several times, the aliens reacted with what can be described similar to panic. ”Why are they shooting at us?," they asked Unto. ”Because we are so primitive,” he answered. Here some sources also suggest that after this Unto lost consciousness beacuse he was struck by a bullet, but he survived because the aliens apparently cured him. Unto Leinonen described the aliens as of humanoid type about 1,6 meter tall (5.3 feet), thin and wearing dark tight-fitting coveralls and headgear.

Later the same day the UFO returned to the home of the Kellolampi brothers and floated above the backyard. Three slender aliens emerged from the craft and one of them seemed to know everything about the brothers. The aliens told the brothers that shooting was extremely dangerous and that they should respect people and nature. It was also unsettling that they seemed to know a lot of details about the brothers personal life. But the most shocking information they told the brothers was, “You are going to die quite soon.” It did not seem to be a threat or punishment for what they did before, just a straight fact and warning for their unhealthy living which probably involved a lot of drinking. The brothers did not feel that the aliens were menacing during the encounter, they were just wise and gentle. When the conversation ended two of the aliens went back to the UFO but the third one floated in the opposite direction and disappeared into the woods.

After the shooting incident a UFO landed and three beings emerged. They had terrible news to tell.

In a few years later all three brothers were dead, as a result of strokes and seizures, even the youngest one who was only in his late 20s. Unto Leinonen, the abductee who was inside the UFO became a well-known healer with other psychic talents. He is convinced that he received his healing gift from the aliens. Some of the facts of the case emerged later by the UFO researcher Anja-Liisa Lisakka from Oulu who was cousin with the Kellolampi brothers.

Finnish UFO researcher Tapani Koivula.

Source: Tapani Koivula and Stories Lost