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From: Dave Ledger <dledger@cableinet.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 23:49:40 +0100
Fwd Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 14:40:04 -0400
Subject: Scotish Sighting Reports
Dear Errol & Listmembers,
FYI, here are a few reports and sightings that have been
submitted to the UFO Scotland sightings submission page on our
website, over the past few weeks or so.
Please note that many of the sightings that we receive cannot
possibly be further researched by ourselves due to the location
being outwith the Scotland area amongst other things.
Therefore, if any investigators or researchers near the location
of any sightings which may be reported by ourselves in the
future IE: outside Scotland, could possibly get in touch with
the sightees or follow up on the report or provide any
assistance and support needed, then the submission would not
have been in vain. That is also providing you deem it worthy of
further investigation of course.
We do try to weed out any probable hoaxes etc before sending out
the reports to you all, but at the same time, we try to remain
open minded enough to provide the support needed by the many
experiencers also. As many of you who have experienced a real
anomalous UFO sighting will already know, it can be a life
changing experience and difficult to deal with mentally,
especially the closer encounters.
The Scotland reports follow below:
Name : Pamela Hunter
date: : 28th June 1999
location: : In the skies above Mayfield In Midlothian, Scotland.
time : 23.20 or 11.20pm
My_Sighting_Submission : As I am in the flight path for flights
going in to Edinburgh airport, it,s not unusual to see
head-lights from aircraft etc. However this time , I was having
my last coffee in the garden (as it was a clear night where i
am,) I was looking at the sky when I noticed a very bright light
and very HIGH like a star. It was moving in a straight line. At
first I thought it was a plane, but the light was too bright and
too far a away i just knew it was different I,ve never seen
anything like this before. I followed this light for approx
20/30 seconds then the light dropped from the sky towards earth.
It was so fast, it looked as though it dropped 100,s of feet in
a very short space of a second or two. Then the light continued
in a straight line again then quickly moved of and disappeared.
I was taken aback. So much so that I had to phone Edinburgh
Airport to report it in case there was something they should
have known about. They only knew of the Aircraft ! that had
been on that flight path at approx 11.15pm five minutes before
the incident. This I knew about as I had also been watching that
aircraft. But this incident happened about 5 minutes after.
Airtraffic control were not aware of anything else in the sky.
I am absolutely amazed at what I have just seen and feel the
need to talk to someone else about this, in the hope that
someone else saw this. By the way there was no brandy or
whisky in my coffee!!!
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Star-like object Sighted in Central Scotland
Source: Eye-Witness Report by LesPeck@aol.com
Date: Friday , 21st May 1999
Time: 11:10 pm approx
Friday, May 21st - 23.10 approx. A small object, same size and
colour as a star, crossed the southern sky (West to East).
Binoculars did not significantly enlarge the image. It was not a
plane - there were no flashing lights; it was just a star-type
object, travelling steadily West to East until is disappeared
behind clouds. It took about 90 seconds to cross one-third of
the sky. Do satellites travel West to East at high speeds?
(Editors Note: After researching my own personal sighting of
star like objects. I can tell the readers that "Yes" satellites
can travel in almost any direction across the sky and sometimes
they do appear to be moving quite fast. However, if the objects
either stop or change direction suddenly, as they did during our
own sighting in August 1997, then it is highly unlikely that
these objects will be satellites.)
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Mystery UFO sighting in Dunfries, Scotland.
Date: Friday 21st May 1999
Time: 11:54 pm
Source: Dumfries & Galloway Standard 13th August 1999.
(Forwarded by UFO Scotland member, Mark Fraser at Haunted
Scotland)
Driving through Thornhill the other morning I happened to see
the ad for the Friday Standard, so here it is below..........
An appeal has gone out for help in identifying a mystery object
that zipped across the night-time skies of Dumfries.
Witness Mark McClevlland could hardly believe his eyes as the
glowing, oblong shaped craft took just seconds to appear and
disappear heading west towards the Stewarty.
The incident happened at the end of May but Mark only decided to
talk about it this week.
He was afraid of the ridicule that can be associated with UFO
witnesses. "I suppose curiosity has the better of me." He said
at his home in Cargenbridge Avenue.
"We have had the anniversary of the Moon landings and the
Eclipse so I thought this week was the appropriate time.
"I want to know what it was I saw and hear from anyone else who
may of seen it."
The sighting happened at 11.45pm on Friday, May 21 in Lochside.
Mark was on a Veranda at flats in Lewars Avenue.
By Doug Archibald
"It was moving far faster than any jet I have ever seen in the
area- Mach 2 least," he said.
"Its whole body was glowing and its unusual speed made me think
it was a Meteor at first. But it had no Vaporisation trail
behind or any bright friction glow in front.
"It was a short, thick oblong, almost a mere line, glowing a
dull red or orange colour.
"It was hard to be sure but I thought its colour varied in
intensity or shimmered slightly along its length.
"Its port dipped ‘side’ was about 30 degrees but it
maintained straight and level flight throughout.
"There was no visible navigation light of the type you should
see winking away on an aircraft at night. Nor did I see any
exhaust spikes behind it."
Mark estimated the object was about the size of a jet fighter
around 2,000 feet. he said there was no noise and he is
absolutely certain it was neither a meteor or a satellite." I
have no idea what it was," he said. "But I would like to find
out."
A police spokeswoman said there had been no reports of strange
craft in the skies at the time.
An RAF spokesman said too much time has elapsed to check whether
planes had been flying at that time. " There is no reason why a
plane Should not have been flying over Dumfries though," he
said.
As long as it was above 2,000 feet it is all right. After 11pm
low flying stops."
He said a fast flying jet would "almost inevitably make a noise".
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Name : James
date: : March 99
location: : Above Inverness
time : 20.30 pm
My_Sighting_Submission : Myself and two friends saw a bright
light which appeared to come from the direction of the moon.
When first spotted it was stationary and then appeared to head
in a Southerly direction, at what seemed a phenomenal speed. It
glowed white the whole time, not giving off any noise or any
tail wind to show propulsion.
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Name : Tony Hughes
date: : 23/06/99
location: : M8 Motorway approx. 1 mile from A720 Ed Bypass
time : 11.40 pm
My_Sighting_Submission : Driving back from Manchester to Fife we
were on the M8 heading west (Glasgow direction) into the fading
light when I spotted a bullet-shaped object 'hovering' in the
air approx 20 feet from the edge of the carriageway and approx
20 feet in the air. I slowed down and pointed it out to my
father who thought it looked round, I thought more cylindrical.
I didn't want to stop the vehicle. I saw no ropes or lines
attached to it tethering it to the ground and it was not moving
in the breeze. Once past it we could not see it as it had
blended into the background of the black eastern sky.
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Subject: Flashes of light and things.......
Date: Sunday, 21st February 1999
From: <MarkFraser@hauntedscotland.freeserve.co.uk>
1999.Ayrshire
Sunday evening, 21st February 1999.........These flashes were
reported over Ayrshire, from Kilmarnock to Ardrossan. The towns
are 15 miles apart and were seen over both towns at the same
time by two people who on the telephone to each other. The first
reported flashes were around 18.00hrs, until 22.00hrs. One male
head loud bangs in Kilmarnock at 21.58hrs straight after one
flash. I also saw several of these flashes and would describe
them as bright blue in colour\ while others were brilliant
white.......... lighting the whole sky, somewhat akin to a
camera flash.
Thunder & lightening........!?!
The area often experiences these type of localised flashes of
light along with ground rumblings, vibratory noises.....
humming..... buzzing sounds, any idea's would be appreciated.
Also reported along the west coast are the meteor type UFO's,
along with the orangy fiery balls.
Some one put it to me that at Dounray they have some sort of EM
weapon, which is often tested in the area and could cause such
effects. Would appreciate your comments on this.
Strange lights were also seen over Fenwick recently which I am
at the moment looking into and will give you more details if and
when I get any.
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Subject: Dundee UFO Sighting.
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 20:29:11 +0100
Source: Dundee Courier and Advertiser 29th July 1999
Thanks to "Allan Robertson" (allan@robertson61.freeserve.co.uk)
for forwarding this report.
"UFO SIGHTING LEAVES BIG QUESTION MARK
It was just another Tuesday night in Monifieth for Jennifer
Young and her friend as they sat in her back garden enjoying a
chat and a glass of wine.
Average, that is, until they looked skyward and witnessed what
they both described as "completely unexplainable" and "straight
out of the X-Files."
The sighting at around 9.30 pm appeared to the women as a huge
fireball travelling through the sky in a northerly direction,
towards Forfar.
But the shape, which was "completely orange, did not seem to
have a vapour trail and made no sound," then stopped in its
tracks and changed direction, splitting into two vertical,
parallel lines."
Bemused and bewildered, the two sat gazing in awe at the sight
until Jennifer telephoned a friend in Monikie, who had also
witnessed the bizzare shapes.
Jennifer (25), who works in a gift shop in Broughty Ferry, said,
"It was amazing. As we watched the shapes, which were still
glowing orange, they appeared to alter shape again and bend into
a sort of question mark, without the dot.
" I don't know what it was, but I've never seen anything like it
before. I don't think there could be a plausible explanation for
it."
Neither Mills Observatory in Dundee nor the observatory in St
Andrews had anyone on duty at the time of the sighting and
equally had no explanation. However, Mills had a report from
someone in Tayport who had also seen an unusually coloured shape
flying over the Dundee area.
But although the scene was undoubtedly a strange one, there
seems to be a logical explanation for it.
A spokesman for the St Andrews Observatory said that a fighter
jet, travelling at high altitude would create vapour crystals
and cause the plane to take on the appearance of a fireball.
Likewise, the parallel lines could have been caused by the wing
tails, which would also account for the change of direction as
planes use their wings to alter their course.
The vapour would have then remained in the air and could have
easily been blown into the shape described by the friends.
But Jennifer refutes the explanation. "If you'd seen what we did
you would have a very hard time accepting the fact that it was a
jet. "I see jets flying over my house all the time. "It looked
like nothing I've
ever seen before."
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Subject: Grangemouth UFO? Date: Friday, 31st Jul 1999 Source:
UFO Scotland member "Jim horne" (raydyak@freezone.co.uk)
Tonight at 10-45pm,I had an anomalous sighting!! yellow/orange
light ,bright , it was definately not an aeroplane of any kind.
This is my 3rd anomalous sighting in two years , and in the same
piece of sky. I was all a fluster!!! trying to find
binoculars!!! some things going on?
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Subject: Bathgate UFO?
Date: Friday 31st July 1999 at around Midnight
Source: UFO Scotland member "David Colman"
(David@supr.freeserve.co.uk)
Hi Dave, Some quick supporting info on this one.
David Colman Jnr and his friend also witnessed a large
yellow/orange/red ball in the sky above Boghall (a suburb of
Bathgate). David tells me that a man approaching his house
triggered off a security light and as the light came on the boys
were stunned to see the light flare in the sky. David said, " It
was as if the light in the sky had responded to the security
light, it was really strange" I have as yet not interviewed the
second witness. More when I speak with him. D. Colman (senior)
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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 15:27:46 -0400
From: David Clarke <crazydiamonds@compuserve.com>
Subject: Mystery Bang in Scotland
To: UFO Updates <updates@globalserve.net>
The following item appeared in the Daily Telegraph
(London), 31 July 1999
"TOWN HIT BY MYSTERY TREMOR
"EMERGENCY services in Stornoway received a stream of calls
yesterday after buildings were shaken by a tremor.
"Coastguards in the Western Isles town said they even had a call
from a boat at sea after the crew felt severe vibrations. A
spokesman at the Royal Navy base at Faslane said there had not
been an earthquake and that the tremor must have been caused by
an explosion at sea, a supersonic aircraft or a missile.
"Glen Ford, a seismologist with the British Geological Survey in
Edinburgh, said: "We get about six of these mysteries a year."
Interesting to compare this with the mystery explosion and plane
crash which triggered a massive search of the Atlantic northwest
of Lewis in October 1996.
I predict that soon we shall be hearing more rumours of strange
objects retrieved from the sea in great secrecy by the
military...claims about top-level cover-ups and other hokum.
Either way, the RAF must be getting very careless with their
Tornadoes nowadays - this must be the second one they've lost to
the Flying Triangles in as many years.
Wonder where the pilot bailed out - as there's not many passing
minibuses to hitch rides on in the North Atlantic!
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Intelligent flashes in the Ayrshire skies?
Date: August 12th 1999
Time: Aprox 4:00 am
Location: Ayr, Scotland.
I received this e-mail post/report recently from a very good and
trusted friend of mine who wishes to remain anonymous for the
time being. I can tell you all that I trust this person 100% and
have no reasons personally to doubt their report.
Dear Dave,
Just a note to tell you of this...... you can use it if you feel
it worthy enough, but leave my name away for the time being as
I am quite perplexed.
This occurred at 04.00hrs apprx Thursday morning (ED: that would
be August 12th 1999)..........we have all heard of flashing your
torch at the heavens to attract a UFO, to be honest I always
quite chuckled at this.
Well I work nights, this night\ morning was beautiful and clear
and at 03.30hrs I was quite frankly bloody bored and went to sit
on the roof to watch the sky and began flashing my flashlight
into the sky at a stationary star to the left of Venus.
To my utter astonishment the star (0341hrs) flashed back three
times and then began moving to the North East. I continued to
flash my light and every now and then it would flash back, until
it disappeared from my view.
I continued to flash my light into the sky and at 03.55hrs I
received another series of flashes from what I thought to be an
empty sky. I could not at first see what they were coming from,
but then I saw a moving light way high above, moving in more or
less the same direction as the first.
This also flashed a further twice in response to my torch. As
this light headed away into the night sky, another light came in
from over the coast in the west. This was at a much lower
altitude and as I watched it, it just blinked out of existence.
As I said it was a clear, crisp, star filled night without a
cloud in sight - several shooting stars appeared now and then.
The air traffic left long contrails, and I observed several
satellites in the hour that I was on the roof, before I
unfortunately had to go out on patrol, by then it was light.
To be honest I am quite perplexed. Have you tried this, and if
so have you had any results. What do you reckon the explanation
could be.
Because they were not satellites........it was not reg
air-traffic, nor were they shooting stars. They were most
definitely, I am sure responding to my flash-light and if so
they must have bloody good eye-sight even though I use a very
powerful maglite and spotlight.
Best wishes, look forward to your response....
(END)
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