Unidentified Flying Objects have been in the news lately with the US Air Force scrambling to take down peculiar flying balloons in the skies over North America.
Of course one of those objects was identified as a Chinese spy balloon but three other unexplained objects of a smaller stature were later spotted and blown out of the skies due to national security concerns.
An official from the Pentagon refused to rule out aliens but those connected with the American government quickly stepped in to say that they did not believe the objects had come from outside of the remit of earth.
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Nonetheless, UFOs have become a hot topic for many enthusiasts and normal citizens who have begun to believe that there could be life out there visiting our planet.
With that in mind, it is an incredible revelation that Scotland has seen an increase in UFO reports, from 43 in 2021 to 52 in 2022.
Data has been collated by UFO Identified, an organisation set up by Ufologist Ash Ellis, to gather findings to help create a clearer picture of what is going on in the skies above Scotland.
Edinburgh and the Lothians had a number of sightings with the capital having seven, West Lothian four and East Lothian one.
Tallying reports from MUFON (Mutual UFO Network), BUFORA (British UFO Network) and NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Centre), as well as official reports submitted to Police Scotland, Ash and his team were able to pull together a list of some incredible sightings.
These include a formation of objects above Murrayfield Stadium and a ball of light static above a row of trees in the city.
A list of some of the sightings are listed below:
Dec 26 - 9.36pm - Edinburgh - Strange bright light hovering in the sky silently and motionless for some minutes, no clue to where it came from
Nov 11- 3pm - Edinburgh - Three or four lots of objects in a circular formation above Murrayfield, only seen on photos not with naked eye
Aug 9 - 7.35am - Edinburgh - Stationary 'mass' above the forest area of Forth. Began to move slowly and then descended into the trees
Jul 26 - 1.45am - Edinburgh - Ball of light static above the trees, started flashing and zipped across the sky numerous times at high speed
Jun 29 - 10.03pm - Edinburgh - Black disc flying towards the North/North West over the Firth of Forth, and possibly the Rosyth sub base
May 7 -10.50pm - Edinburgh - Caller heard an explosion before seeing a large blue flash which travelled across the sky
Feb 27- 3.02pm - Edinburgh - Bright white orb spotted in photograph hovering above Edinburgh castle
Oct 26- 11.15pm - Linlithgow - Large spherical object electric blue closely followed by a smaller similar sphere. Bright with streaks coming out
Aug 14 - 11:01pm - Linlithgow - Various strange objects morphing together and then coming together and shrinking down to one point
Jun 21 - 11:55pm - Bo'ness - Translucent craft with lights at the front and back, flying very low and moving in a looping pattern
Jun 21 - 1.00am - Musselburgh - Satellites followed by a triangle that looked like a shadow moved quickly across the sky
Apr 22 - 11.50pm - Livingston - Object brighter than the moving hovering in place flashing red and green before flying off really fast
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