Scotland,U.K: 'Mystery lights' spark UFO alert

Mysterious white lights have been seen above the Fort William area at around the same time it emerged that glowing orange and yellow lights in the sky were reported around Inverness.

Anne MacDougall, a senior service point administration officer with Highland Council, was climbing steps to the garage at her home in Corpach when she witnessed the unexplained lights.

She said: "I've seen shooting stars in the past and this wasn't a shooting star. It was a long white light with a tail that seemed to peter out.

"It looked like it was going to fall down on the hill in the forest. I have never seen anything like it.

"It was the strangest feeling, but I was so lucky to see something like that.

"I was walking with a friend who lives in Corpach the following evening who told me her husband saw the same thing out of their living-room window.

"They have a big window and she said he nearly leapt out of the chair when he saw it."

The lights, also seen from other areas of Lochaber, appeared on April 17 around 10 o'clock.

Nicola MacColl was walking from the Lime Tree Restaurant in Fort William's West End to the Alexandra Hotel when she saw the phenomenon.

She said: "I am not sure if it was a shooting star, but it was very bright and white. If it was a meteor I wonder if any debris fell on the Highlands?"

Around the same time up in Inverness, widow Joan Morrison, of Towerhill Brae South, saw rectangular orange and yellow lights. She said they appeared to be glowing, floating past her kitchen window.

She said: "I'm not a science buff or anything like that but I just couldn't believe what I was seeing."

The RAF at Kinloss has said it had no aircraft operating in either Inverness or Lochaber at the time the lights were spotted.

Lochaber News,30 April,2009 : 'Mystery lights' spark UFO alert

A UFO alert in Inverness has sparked reports of similar sightings on the same evening in another part of the Highlands.
Last week, the Highland News revealed how Inverness woman Joan Morrison was astonished when a glowing orange and yellow rectangular light passed her kitchen window at Burnside Cottage in Towerhill Brae South after 10pm on the evening of Friday, April 17.

The mystery deepened this week with reports of another UFO sighting at Corpach in Lochaber about the same time.

The RAF at Kinloss has confirmed it had no aircraft operating in either Inverness or the Lochaber area and Inverness Airport said it was closed by 10pm.

Anne Macdougall, a senior service point administration officer with Highland Council, was climbing some steps to a garage at her home in Corpach between 9.45pm and 10.15pm when she had a strange encounter which remains unexplained – but was witnessed by other local people including a couple the other side of Loch Linnhe in Fort William.

"I had gone up to the garage to get some milk and it was a lovely clear night," recalled Anne.

"I have seen shooting stars in the past and this wasn't a shooting star. It was a long white light with a tail that seemed to peter out. It looked like it was going to fall down on the hill in the forest.

"I have never seen anything like it. It was the strangest feeling but I just feel I was so lucky to see something like that."

And Anne said she had been reassured that she had not been seeing things because it was witnessed by other people in area at the same time.

"I was walking with a friend who lives in Corpach the following evening who told me her husband saw the same thing out of their living room window.

"They have a big window and she told me he nearly leapt out of the chair when he saw it.

"Another couple I know were in Fort William for a meal and they were walking along the street with a clear view across Loch Linnhe and they saw the same light.

"It wasn't the same as the woman in Inverness described because it was white and had a long tail.

"But I have never seen anything like it before and I was really quite amazed.

"It was over in seconds. It was like a rocket and it was over in seconds. I just wished it was higher in the sky."

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