Lights prompt UFO claims (The Northern Times, 01-22-2009)
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MYSTERY surrounds strange sightings of unidentified flying objects in the skies above Ross-shire.
Local people have reported glowing orange lights spanning an area from Kildary and Alness to North Kessock.
The sightings follow a rash of similar reports of strange lights and objects in the sky from as far afield as Lochaber and Fife to the east of England.
In Lincolnshire, a massive 66ft blade which was torn off a wind turbine was even blamed on a mystery objected described as "a round, white light that was hovering".
This prompted speculation it could have been a new secret stealth bomber on a training mission. Lilian MacDonald (48), of Shepherd's Cottage, Glenaldie, Tain, was so disturbed by a sighting she had in Easter Ross that she reported it at the police.
Mrs MacDonald, a carer, was travelling to work in Alness to start a night shift around 7.45pm on New Year's Day when she had the unexplained encounter on the A9.
"I saw three bright orange lights in the sky, about 100ft off the ground," said Mrs MacDonald. They looked like they were flickering inside.
"I was on the A9, just passing Rosskeen Church. I thought at first it was something to do with the oil rigs in the firth and that they had put up some new masts, but as I got nearer I realised they were just hanging there."
There was another shock in store for Mrs MacDonald on 7th January when she was travelling home to Tain along with husband Alan and son Scott.
"Suddenly we saw a bright orange light in the sky," said Mrs MacDonald, "but larger than the ones I had seen previously. It looked like it was somewhere at the back of Scotsburn. I said to my husband it was exactly like what I had seen in Alness.
"The police at Alness hadn't had any other reports and didn't know what it was. Maybe it's just beyond explanation."
The Ministry of Defence said it would only look into the incidents if there was evidence of a potential threat from hostile military activity.
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