The UFO Phenomenon

Retired janitor recalls 1974 UFO sighting in West Lothian, Scotland

By T.K. Randall
August 11, 2024 ·  47 comments

What did the man see that night ? Image Credit: Midjourney Gordon Mackerracher, a retired janitor from West Lothian, can still vividly recall the day he saw a UFO.

He had been walking home one autumn night along the road between Kirknewton and East Calder and had glanced skyward when he caught sight of something very strange in the sky above him.

"I don't know why but I looked to my left and in the sky above me was this brown conical craft traveling in total silence," he recalled.

"I could see the moonlight shining off it. It was funny, as I don't remember being scared when I watched it, although it is possible I was at the time."

Perplexed by what he had witnessed, Gordon walked to a nearby telephone box and called air traffic control at Edinburgh Airport to see if they had picked anything up.

"They went away to check and when the guy came back he told me that nothing had taken off or arrived at Edinburgh in the past hour," he recalled."He said their radar did not capture anything during that time either. At first I thought it was maybe circling round to land at Edinburgh airport but obviously not."

"I just told the controller that it didn't matter and headed home."

For a long time, Gordon decided not to tell anyone except his wife about the encounter and it is only now, 50 years later, that he has chosen to reveal his story to the public.

"With maturity I decided I did not care if people thought I was an idiot or seeing things," he said.

"I thought why should I keep this in, people can call me whatever they want."

"Hundreds of people reacted to my story with some reaching out and getting in touch. I did not realize that communities of like minded people existed."

Source: Mirror.co.uk | Comments (47)

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