The picturesque Scottish village of Bonnybridge is one of the world’s most prolific UFO hotspots with around 300 annual sightings – and government investigation
Bonnybridge, a serene Scottish village, has catapulted to fame as one of the globe’s leading UFO hotspots, boasting some 300 sightings each year—notably outpacing well-known extraterrestrial haunts like Area 51 or Roswell. Nestled within what’s been aptly named the Falkirk Triangle and often referred to as Scotland’s own Roswell, this location is awash with eerie tales from alien abductions to bizarre spacecraft sightings, fuelling talk that it could be a portal to another dimension.
UFO aficionados and even government entities have been drawn in by the growing conspiracy theories, with calls for action reaching the ears of four Prime Ministers.
One particular chilling episode from 1992 saw buddies Garry Wood and Colin Wright alleging a harrowing captivity by aliens aboard a space vessel as they journeyed near Tarbrax in South Lanarkshire. Around 10pm, they witnessed an ominous “black” object suspended in the skies, uniquely unlit yet distinct with a round base and trio of segments measuring some 30ft across.
“I have been doing this job for 45 years. I honestly believe that somewhere in the skies of this planet we are dealing with non-human intelligence,” claims Malcolm Robinson, a seasoned UFO investigator, who further contends that agencies such as NASA, the American government, and the Pentagon are all delving into these otherworldly encounters.
These baffling events are given centre stage in a novel documentary series broadcast on Blaze, where specialists globally endeavour to fathom the extraordinary concentration of UFO activity within the so-called Falkirk Triangle, positioned over the Scottish cities of Falkirk, Glasgow, and Edinburgh, reports the Mirror.
The friends reportedly blacked out for what they believe was 10-15 seconds, only to regain consciousness with their car facing the opposite direction and an hour of time inexplicably lost. The incident, which has since been dubbed the “A70 incident”, is documented in a two-page report found within secret government “X-files” and was sent to the Ministry of Defence’s UFO desk in 1996, four years after the encounter took place.
The report, titled “Unexplained Aerial Sighting,” is based on evidence provided by Mr Wood, who at the time was a 33-year-old ambulance technician from Edinburgh. Malcolm Robinson, a paranormal investigator, stated: “Days after the incident, both men found scars on their bodies that weren’t there before. Their wives refused to believe them, their colleagues at work refused to believe them.”
After researching paranormal experiences in the local library, they contacted Malcolm, who suggested they undergo hypnosis – the results were astonishing.
Recalling the incident in 1996, Garry said: “I saw three creatures coming towards my car. I felt intense pain, like an electric shock. Then I was in some room. I saw these things like wee men moving about, doing something to me. I could only see up. Then this 6ft creature approached.”
He described the creature as being “white-grey in colour with a large head and dark eyes with a long, slender neck, very slim shoulders and waist. There were either ribs or folds of skin on its body. The arms were like ours, but there were four very long fingers.”
During the 1990s, the MoD’s UFO Unit was swamped with reports of mysterious sightings within the Falkirk Triangle, sparking a public frenzy. Enormous meetings were convened as locals and UFO witnesses packed out venues, clamouring for explanations.
Local councillor Billy Buchanan and Malcolm Robinson tirelessly campaigned for a parliamentary probe, knocking on Downing Street’s door four times to present their case to John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, and Rishi Sunak, all without success. “We are demanding that the British government open up an inquiry into UFO sightings in Scotland,” insists Malcolm.
“We are happy to turn over our files and photographs. But I doubt anything will happen, they are too stuck in their ways.”
“They say that as these objects do not pose any threat to the security of the UK, the British Government will not open up any enquiries.”
In a chilling encounter from 1979, WWII veteran Bob Taylor, who participated in the liberation of Bergen Belsen, ventured into Dechmont Law woods in search of stray livestock. There, he stumbled upon a ‘flying dome’, a large sphere hovering just above the ground, dark and metallic with a sandpaper-like texture and equipped with small propellers.
From this daunting object, smaller spheres dropped and rolled towards him, dragging him inexorably towards the enigmatic craft.
Bob’s last memory was of a peculiar burning smell and a swishing noise before everything turned pitch black. When he regained consciousness, he found himself unable to drive and decided to walk back to his home in Livingston.
Upon reaching home, he broke down and told his wife about the attack he had suffered. Bob appeared dishevelled and beaten, with his trousers completely torn.
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The authorities who arrived at the scene noted indentations on the ground. The investigation concluded that Bob had been subjected to an unusually brutal attack, but it remained unclear by whom or what.
The police eventually categorised it as an assault by an unidentified person or persons, putting the report on hold until more evidence could be gathered. Some experts speculated that Bob might have been struck by lightning or experienced a seizure.
Throughout the investigations, Bob, described as an honest and reliable man of good character, stuck to his story until his death in 2007. Historian Tony McMahon, who has been researching the sightings, questions why witnesses would expose themselves to ridicule unless they genuinely believed they had encountered extraterrestrials.
“Those involved were seen as reputable figures, not as flakes,” he says. “These were completely normal people who had this absolutely bizarre experience.”
“I think the fact that it has recurred in that area is fascinating.”
“In the case of the Falkirk Triangle we are dealing with people who are seen as pillars of the community and what happened to them was quite traumatic.”
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“You can’t see an upside to making it up. I think these people genuinely believed that they saw what they reported.”
The mystifying Falkirk Triangle has been touted as one of Britain’s UFO hotspots, with some claiming that the veil between worlds is especially thin there, offering a gateway to other dimensions. Others postulate the presence of an interstellar pathway threading through the area, positioning it as a prime cosmic rest stop.
While archaeologist Natasha Billson views such claims with a healthy dose of skepticism, she can’t help but note the correlation between UFO sightings and areas rich in archaeological heritage. “When it comes to UFO sightings a lot of them are near to archaeological sites, such as Stonehenge,” she observes.
Moreover, Scotland hosts the most extensive network of stone circles across the British Isles. In contrast, Tony McMahon draws our attention to the triangle’s proximity to two military air bases, less than 50 miles away, and its nearness to major airports like Glasgow and Edinburgh.
He suggestively points out: “There are two ways of looking at that. One is that what is happening on those military sites is misconstrued as UFO activity, everything from weather balloons to flares – even to cutting edge technology that the Government would rather you didn’t know about. There is a perfectly good case to be made for that.”
“Equally, there is an argument that if we are being watched by aliens, by extraterrestrials, there is every reason to suspect that they would take a particular interest in military installations.”
“Some people say maybe they are taking an interest in military installations because they want to knock us out, invade, colonise us. But there is another argument put forward that they are taking an interest because they are protecting us from ourselves.”
“There’s even an argument that alien technology has been shared with us, but the aliens won’t share any more, because we keep misusing it against each other. Somebody wrote that after Hiroshima and Nagasaki the aliens decided that was more than enough.”
Top strangest sightings
Malcolm Robinson is founder of Strange Phenomena Investigations Scotland – the country’s oldest UFO society which turns 45 this month. Here are his top five Falkirk sightings.
1) Dechmont Woods sighting
Bob Taylor’s 1979 close encounter is the only case in the UK involving a full blown police investigation and forensic examination. 2.
2) The A70 alien abductions
Friends Garry Wood and Colin Wright, were travelling from Edinburgh to Tarbrax in 1992 when they were stopped by a black object hovering above them in the sky and allegedly abducted by aliens. 3.
3) The Bonnybridge UFO sightings
Ufologists claim Bonnybridge is the world’s number one UFO location, with an average of around 300 sightings a year.
4) The Calvine Incident
On the 4 August 1990, at approximately 9pm, an immense diamond-shaped object estimated to be about 100 feet wide was seen hovering for a spell of 10 minutes before soaring upwards into the night sky, photographed near Calvine, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Gaining international intrigue thirty years on from when one of the photos came to light, this event, dubbed the Calvine UFO, caused quite the stir around the globe.
5) The Sloggett family
In a similarly eerie sighting, the Sloggett family had their own close encounter while walking towards Bonnybridge on a crystal-clear March evening in 1992. They witnessed a circle of light descending into a field and were later confronted by an orb the size of a football gleaming with a blue hue above the road.
Reflecting on the harrowing experience, Isabella Sloggett recounted: “My daughter Carole and I saw a UFO land right in front of us. A door opened and there was a howl-like sound. I screamed and ran off terrified.”
Sourse: www.express.co.uk
