From strange white orbs hovering in the sky to flying disc-shaped objects, it appears UFO sightings are on the rise in Scotland.
That's according to a new report from an organisation investigating the phenomena who claim 52 Unidentified flying objects (UFO) have been spotted in Scotland in the past year.
According to UFO Identified, which was created by ufologist Ash Ellis, UFO reports in Scotland rose from 43 to 52 in 2022 compared to the year before.
Unidentified flying objects have been making headlines worldwide, with four of varying shapes and sizes being shot down by United States authorities in recent weeks. One of these was confirmed to be a Chinese spy balloon, but the identity of the others remains a mystery.
UFO Identified's 2022 report reveals that sightings were recorded across Scotland. As well as major cities such as Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, Fife, Stirling and the Scottish Borders all saw numerous reports of UFOs.
Sightings include a bright white orb spotted hovering above Edinburgh Castle, and an object "like a plane with no wings" flying high up with no vapour trail.
Here's rundown of all of the UFO sightings reported in Scotland last year according to UFO Identified.
The most notable UFO sightings in Scotland in 2022
January 8, 5.27pm — Borders: Caller keeps seeing red lights in the sky flying together, can't hear anything, can just the lights
January 22, 6.52pm — Peterhead: Three lights giving the shape of a triangle moving slowly, went behind a cloud and never reappeared
January 29, 9.04am — Fife: White ball-shaped object moving south-east against a 70mph wind, no wings or engines can be seen
February 10, 2.41pm — Glasgow: Missile-shaped object moving at great speed. No wings, no noise and changed direction
February 11, 6.15am — East Kilbride: Three stars in a straight line formation, moving very fast from West to East before fading from view
February 11 — Pentlands: Two glowing figures flickering against the sky, orange lights becoming parallel and hanging in the air
February 17, 8am — Glasgow: Dark, large oblong shaped object seen from a plane flying above Glasgow
February 27, 3.02pm — Edinburgh: Bright white orb spotted in photograph hovering above Edinburgh Castle
March 1, 12pm — Greenock: Large black sphere travelling perfectly straight towards the witness, followed by a second identical object
March 3, 7.25pm — Renfrew: Small yellow light changing form at remarkable speed before disappearing into a haze
March 16, 6.14pm — Glasgow: Large flat object hovering in the sky, made two complete flips before moving off at speed to the East
March 25, 7pm — Aberdeen: Bright ball of light stationary before starting to 'dance' and then moved West to East dimming as it travelled
March 27, 11.40am — Glasgow: Three objects floating above each other, flashing bright white intermittently moving higher through clouds
April 20, 10pm — Glasgow: Three orbs moving in different directions from each other circling around the sky, at a very fast speed
April 22, 11.50pm — Livingston: Object brighter than the moving hovering in place flashing red and green before flying off really fast
May 7, 10.50pm — Edinburgh: Caller heard an explosion before seeing a large blue flash which travelled across the sky
May 18, 3.30am — Greenock: Intense flash in the sky, followed by two more flashes in seperate areas of the sky
May 24, 2.20pm — Duns: Two green/yellow balls of light that look like a planet, visible after taking a photograph
June 1, 7.36am — Lerwick: Blue orb captured on photographs of the sea just outside of the Shetland Islands, not seen with naked eye
June 8, 4.29am — Borders: Caller believed that they were seeing a UFO
June 9, 8.26am — Glasgow: Black disc-shaped object with what looked like Christmas tree lights on the front of it
June 21, 1am — Musselburgh: Two satellites followed by a triangle that looked like a shadow moved quickly across the sky
June 21, 11.55pm — Bo'ness: Translucent craft with lights at the front and back, flying very low and moving in a looping pattern
June 27, 7.40pm — Airdrie: Object "like a plane with no wings" flying high up with no vapour trail
June 29, 10.03pm — Edinburgh: Black disc flying towards the North/North West over the Firth of Forth, and possibly the Rosyth sub base
July 6, 3.50pm — Glasgow: Small object very high and fast, no visible wings or fuselage. Moved across the sky in 30 seconds
July 7, 2.15am — Stirling: Small bright dot hovering in an unusual way with a green aura being emitted and changing in size
July 10, 2.56pm — Peterhead: Glowing white object in clear daylight sky, appearing to be motionless then speeding up to out of view
July 13, 11.04pm — Stirling: Two yellow lights hovering above high ground. One lowered then reappeared before the second started flashing
July 16, 12pm — Fife: My son and I spotted a 'tic-tac' darting about all over the sky, never seen anything like this before, it was amazing
July 26, 1.45am — Edinburgh: Ball of light static above the trees, started flashing and zipped across the sky numerous times at high speed
July 30, 9.20pm — Fife: Two white disc-shaped objects stationary in the clouds, initially thought it was aircraft
August 5, 10.30am — Inverkeithing: Dark coloured sphere witnessed on a photograph hovering in the air above a beach
August 9, 7.35am — Edinburgh: Stationary 'mass' above the forest area of Forth. Began to move slowly and then descended into the trees
August 12, 1.20pm — Falkirk: Medium grey cigar-shaped object stationary but moving on the spot rotating anti-clockwise at an angle
August 14, 6.38am — Glasgow: Caller reporting seeing something flying over their building. It was not a plane or a meteor, believes it was a UFO
August 14, 10.20pm — Dundee: Stationary and very bright light-emitting object that altered its shape, seen on numerous photos
August 14, 11.01pm — Linlithgow: Various strange objects morphing together and then coming together and shrinking down to one point
August 18, 7.23am — Aberdeen: Green object seen for a couple of seconds, with an aura or haze around it, then it disappeared
September 4, 4.30pm — Kintyre: Dome shaped object with angular sides caught on camera, the sun reflected of it and appeared to be metallic
September 12, 3.30pm — Isle of Mull: Green object hovering in the sky, no noise, then got extremely bright underneath and disappeared vertically
September 29, 8.35am — Glasgow: Stationary sphere, bright even in daylight , with a strange "jet stream" that appeared to go straight upwards
October 1, 4.03pm — Paisley: White spinning cigar-shaped with lights, glitching in and out of reality possibly with an energy field around it
October 26, 11.15pm — Linlithgow: Large spherical object electric blue closely followed by a smaller similar sphere. Bright with streaks coming out
November 11, 3pm — Edinburgh: Three or four lots of objects in a circular formation above Murrayfield, only seen on photos not with naked eye
November 12, 6.30pm — Glenfarg: Multiple objects like stars but with a red flicker. Remain in the same general position but move slightly erratically
November 20, 11.05pm — Kilwinning: Two very bright lights, under 15x magnification didn't look like stars or satellites, one in South and one in the East
November 30, 11.19am — Glasgow: Taking photos of various contrails in the sky when noticed a black object hiding in one of the contrails
December 11, 4am — Dumfries: Bright light changing colour as it was pulsating and moving slightly left and right and then up and down
December 11, 8.30pm — Orkney: Blue and red shape flashing and moving from side to side. After a short while it had moved to the left in the sky
December 12, 7.43am — Peterhead: Low, very bright light as bright as the moon which dimmed as it changed direction to head East toward the sea
December 26, 9.36pm — Edinburgh: Strange bright light hovering in the sky silently and motionless for some minutes, no clue to where it came from
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