Video: footage filmed by George Donnan
A viewer has contacted STV with footage of what they describe as a mysterious object in the sky over Lennoxtown in East Dunbartonshire.
Retired railway engineer George Donnan, who lives in the town, shot footage of an object he described as a bright orange light in the skies over the town, located at the foot of the Campsie hills near Glasgow
Mr Donnan said: "It was on Saturday at around 6.50pm. I was on the phone, and looked out window and saw orange ball in the sky.
"I called on my wife and had my camcorder to hand and went upstairs and shot it out window."
Mr Donnan had his video camera close to hand as he had just returned from holiday.
On filming the object, he noticed that it seemed to occasionally disappear and pulsate, and seemed to be travelling upwards.
While uncertain of the size or how far away the object was in relation to where he was, he said that it appeared to be over the nearby hills and was disappearing behind clouds, suggesting that it was quite a distance away and a large size.
Mr Donnan dismissed the possibility that the object was either an aircraft or a Chinese lantern, the reason for many 'UFO' sightings, saying that the object appeared too large, and that the light wsa too bright to be a Chinese lantern and that the lights did not correspond to the usual lights displayed by an aircraft.
He noted that it also seemed to be travelling in a straight line, which would be unlikely to be the case if it was a sky lantern being blown by the wind.
Last week files released by the Ministry of Defence detailed reports of UFO sightings in Scotland.
Get more details about the release of the files in our report >
Over the years there have been a number of reports of UFOs across central Scotland, with the town of Bonnybridge near Falkirk emerging as an apparent hotspot for sightings.
Watch STV's video footage of 'UFO' spotted near Bonnybridge in 2009 >
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