Saturday, December 13, 2014
Top 5 UFO Sightings In
Scotland
UFO expert reveals
his top five unexplained events in Scotland.
Ron
Holliday, Author of several books on UFOs and the paranormal, he tells STV what
he thinks are the top five UFO unexplained events in Scottish
history. Here are his top five:
5. The Slogett family
The Slogett family case in 1992 is recognised as one of
the incidents which sparked the widespread interest into the UFO hot spot of
Bonnybridge.
At around 7pm on a March evening, the family were walking
towards Bonnybridge when they saw a circle of light. The light appeared to land
in a nearby field. The family continued their journey but were soon stopped by
a football-sized blue light hovering above the road ahead. Isabella Slogett was
later reported to have said: "My daughter Carole and I saw a UFO land
right in front of us. A door opened and there was a howl-like sound. I screamed
and ran off terrified."
Andrew Swan, a
cable-layer with Scottish Power, was intrigued by an electrical storm on July
30, 1994. He drove to Armadale Academy in West Lothian - only a few minutes
from his home - to get a better look over the school playing
fields. There, he encountered a large UFO behind a row of trees. He went
round to take a closer look armed with a spotlight from his car. When he tried
to shine the light on the object, the bulb immediately exploded. The UFO flew
off "at breathtaking speed" a few moments later.
3. The A70 abduction
One
UFO incident which has received a great deal of media attention is the apparent
abduction of Gary Wood and Colin Wright on the A70 in August 1992.
Mr Wood and Mr Wright
were delivering a satellite TV system to a friend in Tarbrax. They travelled on
the desolate road when Mr Wright noticed a very large UFO flying about 20 feet
above the road.
Mr Wood, who was
driving, accelerated and as their car passed underneath the craft the pair - in
Mr Wood’s words - experienced a "void of blackness". What seemed like
moments later, they were on the same road as if nothing had happened.
When they got to
their friend’s house, they realised their journey - which should have only
taken them 30 minutes - had inexplicably taken them two hours and 45 minutes.
In an effort to discover what had happened to them, the pair went under
hypnosis. It revealed they had been abducted by small grey extraterrestrials
while a tall, skeletal being communicated with them through telepathy.
Last year, during
an episode of The Hour, it emerged a film about the A70 incident is
currently in production. It is expected to be released next year.
2.
Pat Macleod
Portabello
woman Pat Macleod is absolutely convinced she saw a large UFO as she drove to
the health centre one morning in October, 1992. The policeman’s wife described
seeing a bright light flashing in the sky before the object landed in open
ground called Niddrie Burn.
Ms
Macleod said the object looked like the planet Saturn. However, the incident
was not spotted by anyone else even though Niddrie Burn is easily seen from
many houses. Nevertheless, there were other unusual sightings on the day in the
area and the case featured in television programmes about UFOs.
So, what is UFO
expert Ron Halliday’s most baffling UFO incident in Scottish history?
1. Bob Taylor and the
Dechmont Law abduction
Robert Taylor never
changed his story
for the remainder of his life |
It will come as no
surprise to those interested in UFOs that the Dechmont Law incident was voted
by Ron Halliday as Scotland’s weirdest. On November 9, 1979, forestry worker
Bob Taylor was shocked to discover a large circular craft in front of him in an
area of woodland known as Dechmont Law near Livingston.
As he approached it, two objects which looked like naval mines from World War
Two seemed to drop from the larger craft. The ‘balls’ rolled towards Mr Taylor
and attached themselves to his trousers. They started to drag him towards the
now hovering UFO. Mr Taylor then became aware of an acrid smell which made him
choke.
The next thing he remembers is waking up, face down, on the ground. His legs
were aching and a disheveled Mr Taylor abandoned his truck and walked a mile
home. His trousers were cut and his legs were bruised.
Police launched an investigation and detectives found several ladder-shaped
impressions in the area, while evidence on the ground concurred with Mr
Taylor’s explanation that the mine-like devices had approached him and dragged
him towards the craft.
Police could not solve the mystery and the file remains open.
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