Minsitry of Defence release top-secret archives containing information about UFO sightings across Scotland.

Scottish alien encounters detailed in newly released files

Flying Toblerones, mysterious illnesses and silky-white substances are among hundreds of close encounters described in previously top-secret files released by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Wednesday.

More than 6,000 pages of material spanning from 1994 to 2000 holds hundreds of other-worldly experiences with unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and apparent aliens across Britain.

They include reports of hundreds of alleged sightings over Bonnybridge, near Falkirk - as well as a report by a senior air traffic controller at Prestwick Airport, near Ayr.

Aircraft of all shapes and sizes have been witnessed flying over a wide range of locations - including Chelsea Football Club and the former Home Secretary Michael Howard's home in Kent.

This fifth instalment of documents released under a three-year project between the MoD and The National Archives consists of 24 files of sightings, letters and Parliamentary Questions.

They include a request submitted to former Prime Minister John Major from a councillor for an inquiry into 600 alleged sightings in Bonnybridge, Scotland, known as the "Bonnybridge Triangle".

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