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- UFO SIGHTING LINKED TO FILM 03/02/96
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- Source: The Scotsman - Edinburgh
- Date: February 5, 1996
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- A UFO reported by several people in north-west Scotland at the weekend may have
- escaped from Lock Ness.
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- Police at Ullapool gave chase but failed to catch up with the large shimmering
- object.
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- One theory is that a large promotional blimp or balloon may have escaped from a
- party on the banks of Lock Ness to celebrate the world premiere for the film of
- the same name.
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- Police logged the first report of a large low-flying object moving slowly
- across the night sky and giving off a blue and white light around 8:30pm on
- Saturday.
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- Several people called to say it was moving across the Scoraig peninsula and
- heading in a south-westerly direction towards the Minch and the Western isles.
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- "That was a fully corroborated sighting which was reported by several people
- independantly," said PC Sheila Slaughter, "The witnesses were sensible people
- and very reliable." She and a colleague set off in pursuit of the UFO but it
- had vanished by the time they got to a suitable vantage point.
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- They received a further report of a sighting at Braemore junction, north east
- of Ullapool at 1am.
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- A Coastguard spokesman said: "We understand there was a light show at Aldourie
- Castle at Lock Nes and that a large balloon or blimp may have been anchored
- there at one point. No-one seems to have seen it there last night. We suspect
- it may have got loose."
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