LUCE BAY SCOTLAND VARIOUS



THIS AREA IS SITUATED IN THE EXTREME SOUTH-WEST OF THE COUNTRY, WITH THE MAIN

TOWN OF STRANRAER AT ITS HUB. THIS IS A RUGGED AND LONELY REGION WHICH HAS

PRODUCED MANY UFO REPORTS.



POSSIBLY THE MOST FAMOUS REPORT OCCURRED ON APRIL 4TH 1957, WHEN THE RAF BASE

AT WEST FREUGH DETECTED AN OBJECT ON RADAR. IT WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN, 'TOO

FAST, TOO BIG AND TOO MANOEUVERABLE' TO BE AN AIRCRAFT AND TURNED THROUGH

VARIOUS ACUTE ANGLES IN FLIGHT. THIS MAKES A MOCKERY OF THE LATER OFFICIAL

EXPLANATION THAT IT WAS A 'WEATHER BALLOON' RELEASED NEAR BELFAST IN NORTHERN

IRELAND. THE BASE COMMANDER, WING COMMANDER WALTER WHITWORTH, ADMITTED THAT,

'THERE IS NO QUESTION OF THE RADAR PLAYING TRICKS'.



IN 1988 THE FILES ON THE INCIDENT WERE DECLASSIFIED UNDER THE BRITISH GOVERN-

MENT'S 'THIRTY YEAR RULE', ALLOWING A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO

BE SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME. IN FACT, THERE WERE SEVERAL UFO'S, ALL OF WHICH

MOVED AT SPEEDS FAR IN EXCESS OF WEATHER BALLOONS AND CHANGED COURSE SO

COMPLETELY THAT THEY FLEW AGAINST THE WIND FOR MOST OF THE TIME. ALL SECRET

ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN THEM FAILED AND THE 'USUAL' BALLOON SOLUTION IS NOW SEEN

TO HAVE BEEN YET ANOTHER HASTY COVER-UP TO HIDE THEIR UNKNOWN STATUS.



THIS IS BY NO MEANS THE ONLY TIME UFOS APPEARED IN THE AREA. IN OCTOBER 1955

A BUZZING SAUCER SHAPED OBJECT FLEW OVER A VAN ON A LONELY ROAD NEAR NEWTON

STEWART, AN AREA WITH A HISTORY OF ODD MAGNETIC AND RADIO ANOMOLIES. THE VAN

ENGINE FAILED AT CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE UFO.



ON 23RD AND 24TH JANUARY 1979, THERE WAS A SERIES OF ENCOUNTERS IN THE STRANRAER

AREA WITH WHAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE SAME OBJECT. DESCRIBED AS A GREY CIGAR

WITH PORT-HOLES EMITTING EITHER GREEN OR ORANGE LIGHT AND CARRYING A RED PULSING

LIGHT, IT SILENTLY CIRCLED THE HILLS THEN FLEW OUT INTO THE BAY. SIMILAR WAVES

FOLLOWED IN LATE 1981 AND EARLY 1982.



ANOTHER FREQUENT SIGHT IN THE AREA IS THE ORANGE OVAL. THIS APPEARED TO THREE

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE POLICE OFFICERS AT RAF WEST FREUGH AT 3.30 AM ON THE 12TH

OCTOBER 1980, BEFORE IT FLEW OUT OVER THE SEA.

HI HARRY

WAS THIS THE APRIL 4TH 1957 WIGTOWNSHIRE UFO IN SCOTLAND >?

THREE RADAR POSTS TRACKED UFO WHICH DOVED AND CIRCLED. WING CDR, W.P. WHITWORTH (AT SCOTTISH BASE) SAID THIS WAS NO FREAK IT WAS AN OBJECT OF SOME SUBSTANCE AND NO MISTAKE COULD HAVE BEEN MADE 60,000FT TO 14,000FT

PAUL