Documents released by the Ministry of Defence to the National Archive have brought to light some of Scotland's UFO sightings.
There are 4,000 pages of documents covering the years 1981-1996 released by the MoD, detailing reports and correspondence on the subject.
The archive reproduces a letter sent to a UFO researcher in 1993 regarding the wave of UFO sightings in Bonnybridge, central Scotland, saying that the MoD have received no reports from this area. It comments on speculation that a secret US plane - allegedly code named Aurora - was responsible, saying that the position of the US authorities is that no such aircraft exists.
It also adds that they are unable to explain the sightings with regard to any military activity, other than the area does occasionally see military jet activity. They add that remotely piloted vehicles would not be flown anywhere near Bonnybridge.
A report from July 1993 describes how a single ball of light was seen hovering over the River Tay in Dundee, which then spit into smaller lights and departed in the direction of Invergowrie.
A letter sent to the MoD details a sighting in Penicuik from December 1994, where over a period of almost half an hour a bright light was seen in the sky. It grew larger, and smaller red lights were visible which seemed to be smaller 'crafts' entering the larger one. When the last of these apparently went in, there was a bright flash and it zoomed off.
Penicuik features again in February 1996 when a report of an object described as "Shaped like an old-fashioned jelly mould" is published, four people seeing the object with yellow and white lights hovering towards the Pentland Hills.
A number of objects were seen apparently flying in formation with an airliner that took off from Edinburgh Airport, according to a report from 1995. The witness from Livingston noticed as the plane got airborne, there were three round, very bright silver objects gathered in front of it, as well as three behind and one above.
The documents also revealed that in 1996, checks were made with radar after three police officers in Inverness reported seeing a very large stationary triangular object from Inverness Police Station for a period of 40 minutes.
Last updated: 17 August 2009, 14:39
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