It appears Scotland is continuing the trend of people seeing strange objects in the sky after a bumper year last year. 22 Unidentified Flying Objects ( UFOs ) have been spotted so far this year across the country.
This follows almost 50 being recorded in 2021. The number of UFO reports, or UAPs (unidentified aerial phenomena) as they are now referred to in official circles, to various organisations in Scotland has been recorded as 20 so far this year.
UFO Identified, an organisation created by Ufologist Ash Ellis, collated the sightings and examined the data in a bid to help create a better picture of what is going on in the skies above the UK.
The research recorded sightings so far this year all across the country, ranging from Glasgow all the way to Lerwick. Unsurprisingly, Scotland's biggest city has had the bulk of the reports with just over a quarter of them (six) being cited there.
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 translucent craft with lights at the front and back spotted in Bo'ness, a bright white orb spotted hovering above Edinburgh castle and a "missile-shaped" object moving at great speed over Glasgow.
The most notable sightings of UFOs/UAPs in Scotland's skies in 2021
(Some with photographic evidence)
Jan 22, 6:52 pm – Peterhead: Three lights giving the shape of a triangle moving slowly, went behind a cloud and never reappeared.
Jan 29, 9:04 am – Fife: White ball-shaped object moving south-east against a 70mph wind, no wings or engines can be seen
Feb 10, 2:21 am – Glasgow: Missile-shaped object moving at great speed. No wings, no noise and changed direction.
Feb 11, 6:15 am – East Kilbride: Three stars in a straight line formation, moving very fast from West to East before fading from view
Feb 17, 8:00 am – Glasgow: Dark, large "oblong-shaped" object seen from a plane flying above Glasgow
Feb 11, N/A – Pentlands: Two glowing figures flickering against the sky, orange lights becoming parallel and hanging in the air
Feb 27, 3:02 pm – Edinburgh: Bright white orb spotted in photograph hovering above Edinburgh castle
Mar 16, 6:14 pm – Glasgow: Large flat object hovering in the sky, made two complete flips before moving off at speed to the East
Mar 03, 7:25 pm – Renfrew: Small yellow light changing form at remarkable speed before disappearing into a haze
Mar 27, 11:40 am – Glasgow: Three objects floating above each other, flashing bright white intermittently moving higher through clouds
Apr 20, 10pm – Glasgow: Three orbs moving in different directions from each other circling around the sky, at a very fast speed
Apr 22, 11:50 pm – Livingston: Object brighter than the moving hovering in place flashing red and green before flying off really fast
May 24, 2:20 pm – Duns: Two green/yellow balls of light that look like a planet, visible after taking a photograph
May 18, 3:30 am – Greenock: Intense flash in the sky, followed by two more flashes in seperate areas of the sky
Jun 01, 7:36 am – Lerwick: Blue orb captured on photographs of the sea just outside of the Shetland Islands, not seen with naked eye
Jun 09, 8:26 am – Glasgow: Black disc-shaped object with what looked like Christmas tree lights on the front of it
Jun 21, 01:00 am – Musselburgh: Two satellites followed by a triangle that looked like a shadow moved quickly across the sky
Jun 29, 10:03 pm – Edinburgh: Black disc flying towards the North/North West over the Firth of Forth, and possibly the Rosyth sub base
Jun 21, 11:55 pm – Bo'ness: Translucent craft with lights at the front and back, flying very low and moving in a looping pattern
Jun 27, 7:40 pm – Airdrie: Object "like a plane with no wings" flying high up with no vapour trail
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