Mysterious footage captures a “humanoid, angelic” presence hanging over the streets of a Scottish city.
The eerie stillness of the UFO as it hung over Prestwick, Ayrshire, spurred Matthew Gowans, 24, to record what he was seeing.
“I was starting work for the day and it caught my eye,” he said.
“I think, if it had been moving, I wouldn’t have paid it much mind. I probably would’ve assumed it was just a balloon or something.
“But the fact that it appeared to be completely still was what prompted me to record it.”
He continued: “I still have no idea what it could’ve been.
“If you use your imagination a bit, it almost appears humanoid, maybe even angelic. I wish I had a phone with a really good zoom to be honest.
“I’d be interested to hear what an expert would have to say.
“Realistically, it’s probably a trick of the light, but it’s like nothing I’ve ever seen before.”
Sharing his footage online, Matthew soon discovered that he wasn’t alone in what he saw.
“The most intriguing responses were the couple of people who claimed to have seen something very similar,” he said.
“One person said they’d seen it that very same morning elsewhere in Scotland.”
Mr Gowans kept his eyes on the mysterious presence for a couple of minutes, before looking away for a few seconds to check some of the footage he’d recorded.
By the time he’d lifted his eyes again, it was gone.
“I’m disappointed I didn’t keep an eye on it for longer,” he said.
And while some viewers have offered totally ordinary explanations for what he saw, its true nature remains a mystery.
Matthew said: “There were some definitive claims made about it, but the range of those claims proves it’s not cut and dry.
“One person said it’s obviously a cloud, one person said it’s obviously a weather balloon, one person said it’s obviously a plane, and so forth.
“Personally I don’t think it’s any of those things.”
And when it comes to the extraterrestrial, Mr Gowans takes a nuanced view.
He said: “Certainly there’s other intelligent life in space. People that believe otherwise sort of baffle me. I mean, the sheer size of the universe…
“But, given that sheer size, I think the chances that aliens have made it all the way to Earth – or even been made aware of us – are slim.
“There’s so many sightings these days, though, and that NASA investigation a while back was interesting – so many Navy pilots have recounted seemingly credible encounters.”
