An OAP who claims to be able to communicate with aliens now says he has 'absolute proof' of optical signals from extraterrestrials.
Norman Mitchell, 72, previously said he has pictured thousands of UFOs since his wife was approached by a strange object in 1992.
The Aberdeenshire man professed to have achieved a world-first by 'establishing a system of communication' with them, although he admitted he could not quite decipher their messages, he told Aberdeen Live.
Now, he says new pictures prove his bold claim beyond any doubt.
"I have been getting optical signals from a group of UFOs", he said.
"They've been here for two years and I've been filming them on a daily and nightly basis. They also give me blue communicative signals.
"I can't decipher them but they're there to see. It's not a claim, it's proof - absolute proof.
"If some of your negative sceptics would see what I've got, their mouths would be tightly shut."
Norman added that a prominent voice in Scotland's alien-spotting scene had been trying to 'discredit' his findings.
He said: "There's a so-called Scottish UFO expert and he is desperate to stop my stuff from getting out to the public.
"I told him my work was validated by Dr Steven Greer's people and he is the world's most authoritative guy on the subject of UFOs.
"But these sceptics just don't want to hear about it."
Norman refused to name the cynic but we asked a Scots researcher who has written 10 books on UFOs for his opinion on Norman's snaps.
Malcolm Robinson confirmed Norman had approached him with his findings but admitted he was unconvinced of his claims.
He said: "I'm not totally enamoured by his footage.
"The vast majority of UFO reports have naturally identifiable solutions. Of the five per cent that remains, three per cent is things like exotic aircraft and another one per cent could be rare atmospheric phenomena."
But he added that he 'could be wrong' about Norman's work, stating there was a remaining fraction of sightings which were unexplained.
"Those are truly bona fide unusual aircraft that have been flying about the skies for millennia", he continued.
"Without a shadow of a doubt, I would never be in this field if I didn't honestly think that there's a case to be answered there."
He said the village of Muchalls, just a five-minute drive from Norman's Newtonhill home, was considered a UFO hotspot.
"That area does seem to see a fair amount of UFO activity", he said.
"Maybe he is capturing something - he's sent me loads of stuff but I'm sitting on the fence with it."
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