From: | skindrud@rosebud.berkeley.edu |
Title: | OUR OWN X FILES: TRUE LIFE UFO SIGHTINGS |
Source: | Daily Record (U. K.) |
Date: | April 23, 1996 |
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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LOAD-DATE: April 23, 1996