An Edinburgh dad has been left scratching his head after capturing ‘UFO lights’ from his Leith flat.
The 32-year-old hospitality employee claimed the lights started to appear from October 20 and continued to reappear for a number of nights after that.
In footage shared with Edinburgh Stay, brilliant lights may be seen to flash and transfer throughout the sky earlier than disappearing. Plane may be seen coming in to land on the capital airport in between the sequences.
The dad, who wished to stay nameless, stated he was perplexed by the lights which might present up from 9pm within the night and final till round midnight. The clip was captured from the Restalrig Park space of the town.
“I began to note them from October 20, most nights from 11.15pm till 11.35pm, however some nights I might discover them from 9pm proper up till 11pm,” they stated. “I am seeing them from my kitchen window in Restalrig Park, however from the place I’m I might say they’re above Mossmorran and Burntisland.
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“I am uncertain what they’re, they may very well be something at this fee. Some folks on reddit have stated Star Hyperlink satellites, however I do not suppose it’s as they are not a prepare and so they would not glow this brilliant as LEO satellites and would transfer approach quicker.
“They reappear in the very same place a number of occasions in the identical night time, and nights after that. What I discover unusual is they seem proper on an lively flightpath, however there was no shutdown on the airport, or stories of suspicious drones and so on. And in these movies, you’ll be able to clearly see them as plane are approaching.
“Most flights coming from the north, Iceland and Norway, are finished in the course of the day or early night, there’s the odd air ambulance that seems however thats about it. I’ve watched them with my companion and eight-year-old and we’re all at a loss at what they’re.
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“Clearly, my son is like “ALIENS” however who is aware of. Im fairly open minded about stuff like that, however with what is going on on in New Jersey, Denmark and Belgium, and some different European nations, it does make you surprise. Because the Manchester airport incident, these ‘drone’ sightings appear to occurring increasingly typically however no one can get a transparent picture or take one out. I discover it unusual.”
For those who spot one thing inexplicable or doubtlessly out of this world above your own home in Edinburgh or the Lothians, please contact: Jacob.Farr@reachplc.com
