CaseDisk1977

Edinburgh (UK/Scotland), United Kingdom

Huge craft appeared slowly in the west,it looked to be very large for something that was at least two miles away(approx)it travelled ve

Report quality: Moderate55/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 150s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1977-07-19
Where
Edinburgh (UK/Scotland), United Kingdom
Shape
Disk
Duration
2-3mins
Geo
55.952, -3.196 · exact
Slug
disk-over-edinburgh-uk-scotland-1977-fba475
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1977–1978

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In context

  • This is one of 21 reports logged in Edinburgh (UK/Scotland), United Kingdom.
  • This case is one of 6 United Kingdom reports filed in 1977.
  • Disk craft made up 22.6% of 1970s reports, vs 5.9% across the whole archive.

Report

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