OUR OWN X FILES: TRUE LIFE UFO SIGHTINGS

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Title:OUR OWN X FILES: TRUE LIFE UFO SIGHTINGS
Source:Daily Record (U. K.)
Date:April 23, 1996


April 23, 1996, Tuesday

SECTION: Page 35

LENGTH: 1147 words

HEADLINE: OUR OWN X FILES;

True life UFO sightings

BYLINE: John Dingwall

BODY:

Scots fans of The X-Files need look no further than their own doorsteps for true life mysteries of bizarre UFOs.

Because Scotland has become the capital of the world where weird goings- on are concerned.

Daily Record, April 23, 1996 In the village of Bonnybridge, near Falkirk, alone, over 2000 people have

reported strange lights in the sky. Here are 10 of Scotland's unsolved

mysteries, which could use the skills of FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.

Ayrshire, May 1978

The Nine O'Clock News shows a film of an orange and white UFO hovering

over the Ayrshire sky by Kilmarnock snapper Rick Walker.

Official Explanation: None.

Livingston, November 1979

Forestry worker Robert Taylor sees a spherical object in a clearing. Two

small spikes rush towards him and try to drag him away, tearing his trousers.

He loses consciousness and awakes with a raging thirst hours later.

Official Explanation: A mirage of the planet Venus caused by a distortion of the Earth's atmosphere.

Dumfries, August 1980 Daily Record, April 23, 1996 Police hold a special Press conference after five officers are among those

who see a mysterious brightly-lit object in the sky.

Official Explanation: None.

Glasgow, December 1983

Tom Coventry is waiting for a bus to work at 6am when a bright light, which looks like a railway carriage with portholes surrounding it, comes and stops 20 feet above him before zooming away.

Official Explanation: None.

North Sea, March 1991

A helicopter pilot reports his radar going haywire before a huge black

object shoots across his windscreen at high speed.

Official Explanation: Space debris.

Orkney, January 1992 Daily Record, April 23, 1996 A post mortem finds that the heads of dozens of seals have been cut off

using an unknown form of advanced surgery.

Official Explanation: None.

Clackmannanshire, June, 1994

A security camera shows a two-foot round object hovering outside Glenochil

Prison before zooming over a fence.

Official Explanation: A camera fault.

Falkirk, October 1994

Three cleaners on their way to work see five UFOs firing beams of light at one another.

Official Explanation: None.

Carnoustie, December 1995

Daily Record, April 23, 1996 Video taken of hovering, glowing, cigar-shaped objects. Smaller balls of

light perform aerobatics.

Official Explanation: None.

Aviemore, February 1996

Hotel bosses spark a UFO alert when a meteor burns a hole in a window

before disappearing in a sizzling cloud of smoke.

Official Explanation: A piece of ice containing hydraulic fluid.

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