This massive Swedish underground library documents paranormal phenomena


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Press clippings,books and first-hand accounts of people claiming to have travelled to Venus or the Moon: a catalogue of paranormal phenomena fills an underground library in the Swedish town of Norrkoping. Photo: AFP

Newspaper clippings, books and first-hand accounts of people who said they visited other planets are catalogued in a giant Swedish archive on paranormal phenomena, attracting the curious and researchers from around the world.

The Archives for the Unexplained (AFU) claims to be the world’s biggest library of paranormal phenomena, with 4.2km of shelves running underground.

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