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The truth is out there! \u2013 World UFO Day.<\/h1>\n

This 2nd<\/sup> of July is World UFO Day, marking\u00a0 the 79th<\/sup> anniversary of the alleged UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico, that helped spark our modern fascination with UFO sightings. UFOs, which means Unidentified Flying Objects, are exactly what they sound like \u2013 something in the sky that we can\u2019t quite explain. These can include strange lights, shapes, or what appear to be aircraft in the night skies.<\/p>\n

Now, many UFO sightings do have somewhat mundane explanations, such as being tricks of the light, normal human planes, or even just people\u2019s imagination. But that hasn\u2019t stopped many people from speculating that these could be signs of alien life visiting Earth. Humans have been seeing strange and unexplained shapes and images appearing in the sky for a very long time, with some of our earliest know records dating back to over a thousand years ago!<\/p>\n

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UFO phenomena<\/h2>\n

Some of these instances can be explained by people in the ancient past having a limited understanding of space and physics, which led them to misunderstand phenomena we now see as normal. For example, there are documents from Ancient Rome describing strange objects in the sky that we would now recognise as meteor showers or comet sightings. However, others are much stranger and don\u2019t have such a clear explanation. Such as Chinese writer and inventor Shen Kuo, who in 1088 recorded a series of sightings of a large flying object appearing over the city of Yangzhou at night.<\/p>\n

However, it was in the years following the Second World War that the number of UFO sightings really took off (excuse the pun) with 1947 seeing the first widespread reports of UFO sightings in the United States when a pilot claimed to have seen flying discs in the air near Mount Rainer. This story became a media sensation, and the alleged objects were quickly dubbed \u201cFlying Saucers.\u201d
\nIt\u2019s from this that we have the modern community of UFO spotters and investigators, with dedicated groups around the world discussing the phenomenon.<\/p>\n

Now, while cultural depictions of UFOs tend to associate them strongly with the United States, the UK has had its fair share of UFO sightings as well. To the point that in the 1950s the UK government set up an official investigative group to study possible UFO sightings and alien encounters, calling the group the Flying Saucer Working Party.<\/a><\/p>\n

UFOs in Scotland<\/h3>\n

In fact, did you know that Scotland was at one point the world hotspot for UFO sightings? Yes, really!
\nSpecifically, the village of Bonnybridge, located near Falkirk between Glasgow and Edinburgh, has a history of UFO sightings dating back to the early 1990s, when many locals began reporting strange goings-on in the skies. These strange sightings took all forms, from lights in the sky that assumed strange shapes to alleged sightings of objects landing in fields.<\/p>\n

Pretty soon, the area between Bonnybridge, Falkirk, and Stirling was dubbed in UFO circles as \u201cThe Falkirk Triangle\u201d and the area would remain a UFO hotspot to this day with hundreds of alleged sightings every year.
\nThings got so bad that local councillor Billy Buchanan got involved, writing a letter to the Prime Minister asking that the government launch a formal investigation into sightings in the area. Billy is even still trying to raise awareness about UFO encounters to this day!<\/a><\/p>\n

Just recently, Glasgow was crowned the Alien abduction capital of Scotland,<\/a> showing that there\u2019s still people out there with a passion for UFO spotting. So why not take the 2nd<\/sup> of July to get involved and maybe do a bit of UFO spotting yourself?<\/p>\n

By Matthew Ferrie<\/p>\n

Photo by Brian Warrington Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n

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