A Glasgow man who claims he witnessed a 'UFO' in the sky says the moment 'changed his life'.
Derek Craig, from Knightswood, noticed something up above him when he was out munro bagging at Ben Vorlich and Stùc a' Chròin by Loch Earn, on Monday January 3.
The Daily Record reports that 41-year-old Derek had been joined by two of his own friends, Scott McCandless, 43, and Christopher Lee, 43, as well as his son and his two friends.
As the older group made their way back down the munro to join 26-year-old Callum Smith and his pals, a strange object in the sky suddenly caught their eye.
In pitch darkness, just after 4.30pm and in a valley roughly 2,000ft high, the trio saw a strange object shooting across the sky.
Derek explained: "It was a like a wee ball of power, I have no idea what it was, it was unbelievable.
"It was coming back, disappearing, shooting away. You could actually see it pulsing, it was just powerful.
"At one point, it shoots right up and it pulses twice and it zooms away, it was like something out of Star Wars.
"It also zig-zags in the sky, disappears and then it just appears again."
Derek, who had started his own YouTube channel just weeks before, had been filming the expedition to share online later.
Although he was initially surprised at the sight in real life, he only realised just how much of a unique experience it really was at home.
The Glaswegian continued: "I've never experienced anything like this in my life.
"It's all I'm thinking about constantly, it's so strange what's happened to me."
Derek, who first took up the popular Scottish hobby of munro bagging with Callum in March 2021, has also changed his thoughts on whether there is other life out there.
He said: "I never thought before that there was, I was really skeptical but since I've seen this, I totally believe this was something else.
"That video has changed my beliefs. He joked: "I don't think we're even human now, it's playing with my head that much."
Derek added: "I can't stop thinking about it, it's absolutely changed my life.
"It was pretty amazing to see."
