Ancient Aliens - Mysteries of Scotland

Episode Date: April 10, 2025

For thousands of years, Scotland has been an epicenter of otherworldly phenomena. It is home to mysterious ancient stone circles, stories of strange beings, and is a major hotspot for UFO sig...htings. Could it be that Scotland is a magnet for extraterrestrial visitors?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Starting point is 00:00:03 For thousands of years, Scotland has been an epicenter of otherworldly phenomena. So many high-profile UFO cases and other mysteries are centered on Scotland and actually go back to the dawn of time. It is home to many mysterious ancient structures. One of the theories about the stone circles in Scotland is that they're energetic. And is a major hotspot for UFOs. for UFO sightings. The volume of UFO reports in Scotland compared to the population is astronomical.
Starting point is 00:00:42 Could it be that throughout its history, Scotland has been a magnet for extraterrestrial visitors? I think that that particular area of the world is crucial in figuring out the larger picture that our origins is not down here on Earth, but out there. There is a doorway in the universe. Beyond it is the promise of truth.
Starting point is 00:01:12 It demands we question everything we have ever been taught. The evidence is all around us. The future is right before our eyes. We are not alone. We have never been alone. Scotland, the most northerly nation in the British Isles, is a land known for its stunning geography, mysterious ancient structures, and a rich mythological tradition that dates back thousands of years.
Starting point is 00:01:46 Here's mythologist Pamela J. Smith and Malcolm Robinson, the founder of strange phenomena investigations. Scotland, by its very nature, is a land of mystery. It's a land of mists. It's a land of Craigie Moors. It's a land of firths, snaking up between green hills and mountains. Scotland as a nation is a mystical land, and it's seen a number of strange sightings of small little elves, fairies. Of course, we have the famous Loch Ness monster as well, formerly known as a Water Kelpie. That was the ancient name given to this creature. This is Andrew McGillan, co-host of That UFO podcast. Celtic lore for the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish is very strong.
Starting point is 00:02:35 Traditionally, your grandparents and their grandparents would tell a lot of stories going back to when they were children. Here is author Hugh Newman. There are many mysteries associated with Scotland, from ancient times all the way up into the modern era. The mysteries of Scotland extend even to its very origins. Some scholars suggest the country's name is derived from the Greek word, Skotos, meaning darkness and gloom. But ancient legend says, it comes from Scotland's true founder, who was the sister of the famous Egyptian pharaoh,
Starting point is 00:03:11 King Tut. Here is Andrew Collins, author of Origins of the Gods. One of the founders of the Scottish race, according to ancient tradition, was a princess or a queen by the name of Skota. She actually came from ancient Egypt, and Skota can be found in ancient Egyptian chronicles, identifying her as the daughter of the Pharaoh Akhenaten. And according to the story, she left there at a time of persecution. Tutankhamun, her younger brother, takes over, and she settled in Scotland, and therefore her descendants are the Scottish.
Starting point is 00:04:02 people of to die. Researchers say support for this version of Scotland's origin story can be found in the history of Egypt, written in 300 BC by an Egypto-Greek historian named the Metho. But very little was written about Scotland before Roman soldiers arrived in the British Isles in the first century AD. This is author and investigative mythologist William Henry. The Romans saw Britain as this mysterious island at literally the edge of the world. Now, the Roman Legion is notorious for their might,
Starting point is 00:04:41 but yet they went to great lengths to protect themselves from the people who lived to the north to keep them away from the rest of the Roman population. In 128 AD, Roman soldiers built a massive stone wall stretching across the southern border of Scotland, named for the Emperor Hadrian. The imposing 73-mile, long structure was 12 feet thick and stood 15 feet high.
Starting point is 00:05:07 One of the most interesting constructions in ancient Britain is Hadrian's wall. They were trying to keep out the invading tribes coming down from Scotland. The tribes were part of a confederation called the Picts. And these people were remarkable warriors. They painted themselves blue, tattoos all over their bodies, and they would attack their enemies naked and fearless. Even up to the 4th century AD, they were still coming over the wall, and virtually they kind of drove the Romans out of Britain.
Starting point is 00:05:43 Scotland has maintained its reputation as a fiercely independent nation throughout its history. With heroes like William Wallace and Robert the Bruce and their legendary battles for Scotland's independence from English rule, and just as unique and volatile as Scotland's history, is its landscape. Here's author and researcher, Kathleen McAllen. There is something geologically special about Scotland. It's visible with the naked eye when you drive through the highlands,
Starting point is 00:06:12 when you drive through the Scottish mountains, and you see the grandeur of the place. It's obvious when you come to understand how much volcanic activity there was in Scotland, how many extinct volcanoes there are all over Scotland. that there is a very specific and powerful fault structure and system across Scotland. There are just some places in the world where the earth itself is powerful. And Scotland is at the very, very top of this list.
Starting point is 00:06:43 This is geo-archologist Caroline Whitehill, Ph.D. Scotland has really overlooked geologically in terms of its seismic activity. To have greater than a magnitude 5 earthquake is a, pretty common. If you look at what we call the structure of Scotland, it's a structure or an amalgamation of tectonic activities going back hundreds of millions of years that have really pieced together this island and it's still very active. These are deep crustal falls. So when you consider the whole configuration of it, it's a very, very energetically dynamic place. Scotland's energetic landscape is of interest not only to geologists, but also to ancient
Starting point is 00:07:28 astronaut theorists, because they believe it could have a connection to another defining characteristic of Scotland. It's unusually high number of unidentified aerial phenomena. Scotland as a nation, as a country, has been touched by the UFO presence. I've travelled the length and breadth of Scotland to look and investigate these cases properly. The earliest known sighting reported in Scotland was at the Roman conquest of Great Britain in AD 80. A number of soldiers saw what they described as a flying shield in the skies above mid-Skotland. There's a very interesting correlation between UFO sightings and earthquakes and other underground activity.
Starting point is 00:08:15 In fact, there are numerous places around the world where portals are talked about, Native speak of these portals, that are also sites where there's this seismic activity. You think of places like the Big Island in Hawaii, Karnak Stones in France, and also Mount Shasta. You think of Mount Adams in southern Washington, where for centuries we've been told about this place as being a gateway into the inner earth. It's actually a dormant volcano. These are all places the natives or the locals speak of UFO activity, portals. and there are also having to be sites where there's extreme seismic activity as well. In Scotland, they have exactly the same thing involving UFOs and paranormal phenomena.
Starting point is 00:09:01 This is Nick Pope, a former member of the UK Ministry of Defense. So many high-profile UFO cases and other mysteries are centered on Scotland. And Scotland may be at the heart of of a lot of things which might help us unlock this mystery. Could it be that among the mist shrouded mountain peaks in Boggy Moorlands of Scotland lurks an otherworldly presence, one that has been around for thousands of years? Perhaps further clues can be found by examining a small town in Scotland,
Starting point is 00:09:40 known to be one of the most active UFO hotspots on Earth. Central Scotland. Situated between Glasgow and Edinburgh, lies a mysterious region famous among UFO researchers as the Falkirk Triangle. Centred around a small village of Bonny Bridge, it boasts the highest concentration of UFO sightings on Earth. The Falkirk Triangle is a hot spot not only in the UK, but in the world for UFO sightings. It's located out the way. There's no major cities in the way, so it's got beautiful, clear skies at night
Starting point is 00:10:17 and a huge lack of light pollution given the high number of reported sightings. Here's Ryan Spray, author of Somewhere in the Skies. The volume of UFO reports that come within the Falkirk Triangle in Scotland compared to the population of these areas is astronomical and immediately shoots it up to being one of the biggest UFO hotspots in the world. You have to say to yourself, what is it that's going on in this area? Why is this area so special? Since 1992, approximately 300 UFO sightings are reported every year in the Falkirk Triangle.
Starting point is 00:10:58 And for the past 30 years, this extraordinary statistic has been well documented in recorded images captured by local residents. Not only do we have witness testimony coming from the Falkirk Triangle, we also have video footage as well. This gentleman by the name of Craig Malcolm, he's a local person in the Bonny Bridge, area and he has taken a number of footage of strange aerial objects in the sky. Here's Craig Malcolm. The very first one was in the early 90s, a ball of the light in the sky and it was like rotating like a figure of eight going across the top of a building and that was what kind of got the whole thing started. I started to video them because I wanted to get nuts and bolts proof that there was
Starting point is 00:11:49 something out there to prove to people that I wasn't being silly. Over the years, Craig has filmed an unprecedented 18 hours of UFO footage, much of it from his backyard in Bonnie Bridge. And neighbors like Stephen Bird have captured additional footage. Stephen Bird was on the Oco Hills, which overlooks Bonnie Bridge. He was taking a panoramic view on his camera, and he was astounded to see this black object on screen and then it just disappeared. And this adds to the weight of evidence that we have coming from Bonnie Ridge.
Starting point is 00:12:29 And this is why video photography is so important to back up witness testimony. While most people cite 1992 as the year the Falkirk Triangle became a UFO hotspot, locals say that mysterious encounters have been happening in the area for far longer, and as evidence point to one of the most famous UFO incidents in Scottish history. Degman Scotland, November 9th, 1979. In the center of the Falkirk Triangle, just 20 miles from Bonnie Bridge, for a supervisor Bob Taylor walks down a wooded path when he sees something extraordinary in the clearing ahead. A huge object hovering above the forest floor.
Starting point is 00:13:16 What Bob Taylor came across was a physical object, one that appeared to be disc-like in appearance, but it would seem to have these very odd propellers. He's never seen anything like this in his life. And then the object started to disappear, and it would resolidify, desolidify, and as if this subject couldn't get any more bizarre it did. because what happened was what resembled two Second World War sea mines descended from beneath this object, started rolling across the grass towards him. Then suddenly these objects stopped in front of him and projected these projections towards his person.
Starting point is 00:14:07 They grabbed him forcibly at the hips and started to pull him towards this larger object. And then he lost consciousness. When he regained consciousness, he had a nasty graze under his chin. He had a graze on his head. His clothes were all torn. His jersey was muddy. They felt nauseous.
Starting point is 00:14:27 He had a terrible headache. Taylor managed to stagger the mile and a half back to his home and called the police. As a result, the Bob Taylor incident remains one of the only UFO encounters in history to be officially investigated as a criminal matter. The case was also taken up by young UFO investigators Malcolm Robinson and Andrew Collins, who were both just 22 years old.
Starting point is 00:14:53 Now they are returning to the scene with researcher Hugh Newman in search of new evidence that could shed light on the 44-year-old mystery. Welcome to Deckman Woods. Why, that's a proper plinth. Wow, marking the spot. Well, basically, we erected this plaque because we're people traveling from all over the world. to try and find this location and they couldn't generally find it. Was it just right here?
Starting point is 00:15:17 Is this where it was? It was indeed. And he was standing where that log is there. And the object he saw was probably about head height, you know, about six to seven feet above the surface of the grass here. There were over 20 police officers here at this site behind you, Hugh. A full criminal investigation was undertaken because it was an assault by persons unknown.
Starting point is 00:15:40 They were gobsmacked, by what they had. And then you put the word out to the UFO community, and this is where Andrew got involved, I believe. I mean, I came straight up here immediately because we realized just how significant this case was. And there I met Malcolm for the first time. That being 44 years ago, almost to the day now.
Starting point is 00:16:02 Yes. There were still a load of people here that were still coming the area, investigating it, and we saw the marks on the ground. The marks were in a... circular arrangement and there was no way that these were caused by some kind of mundane events such as horses passing through you know these were very clearly heavy duty marks pushed right into the ground Bob Taylor's
Starting point is 00:16:30 account stands apart from many others due to the abundance of physical evidence including the trousers he was wearing which he claimed were torn by the objects that tried to pull him into the craft These are the actual trousers that Bob Taylor wore on that day. Now, as you can see, that's quite a consistent tear. They are proper thick, aren't they as well? Look at these. That is unusual. You can see the way it's being cut accurately.
Starting point is 00:16:56 It's not just like a random branch or a stone cutting it if you fall over, is it? It's something else going on here. What we have to bear in mind is the testimony from the police forensic scientist Lester Nibb, who did say that these tears were were made in an upwards mechanical manner. They were not caused by any forest debris, sharp stones, or twigs.
Starting point is 00:17:18 And they are heavy duty material, so it takes a considerable punch in and a pull up to make tears of this magnitude. Very, very bizarre. It just doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Does Bob Taylor's extraordinary encounter, supported by physical evidence and a large-scale police investigation, provide the ultimate evidence
Starting point is 00:17:41 of an extraterrestrial presence in the Falker Triangle? And if so, is some mysterious force attracting alien visitors to this particular location on Earth? Ancient astronaut theorists say, yes, and suggest that further evidence can be found not by looking to the skies above Scotland, but by examining the Earth beneath it. All, pay off your home, travel for life,
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Starting point is 00:18:47 neighboring town of Larbert on the Falkirk Area Council. It is the same year that hundreds of UFOs begin to be witnessed in the region known as the Falkirk Triangle. And the locals come to Councilman Buchanan in droves to report their strange encounters. Here's Billy Buchanan. There have been thousands that came to me saying that they have been seeing things in the sky that weren't what you could say conventional aircraft. And I had to try and give them an answer, as I'm still trying and being unsuccessful. Because all we've had as answers is that the Ministry of Defense said that there is nothing
Starting point is 00:19:27 happening above the skies in Bonny Bridge that is a threat to national security. So that means that either everybody in this area is talking a lot of rubbish or else they know exactly what's going on. Billy Buchanan lobbied the government, first the Ministry of Defense and then the Office of the Prime Minister. and he was calling for a public inquiry. And I think Billy came to view me as one of the bad guys here because his central allegation was that the Ministry of Defence
Starting point is 00:19:58 knew all about this and was covering it up. And, you know, I don't like to fall back on the Nuremberg defense but this was my job to play down the phenomenon. But Billy and the people of Bonnie Bridge, I apologize. There's something going to be a bit of the phenomenon. There's something going on in the Falkirk triangle. What could explain why this area of Scotland experiences even more UFO sightings
Starting point is 00:20:25 than the rest of the country? Curiously, geologists have found that the seismic pressure beneath the Falkirk triangle is particularly intense. When you look at that triangular area, there's a break in seismicity. And we call that break a seismic gap. If you live in a seismic gap,
Starting point is 00:20:45 It's actually more prone to have a next big earthquake because it's locked. I mean, our pressures are being put on it from what we call the insituous stresses. We see the Falkirk Triangle falls into one of these seismic gaps, and I think that's very, very relevant to the story here. Some researchers have theorized that aerial phenomena witnessed throughout Scotland is connected not only to seismic activity, but also the country's geological makeup. A lot of the country is made up of igneous rocks that were produced by volcanoes across many millions of years.
Starting point is 00:21:22 And this creates an intense type of geology involving certain types of minerals, such as quartz and tourmaline, which generates electricity. So is it possible that the presence of this incredibly intense geology here is, producing a portal into another realm or another place in space and time, or indeed perhaps even a higher dimensional reality. Could the geology and seismic activity in Scotland be creating exotic energy that attracts extraterrestrial visitors, or even opens portals to other realms? Curiously, a major fault line runs directly through one of the most famous sites in Scotland, Loch Ness.
Starting point is 00:22:17 One of the most intense geological areas is Lockness, because passing along the entire length of the lock, immediately beneath it, is the Great Glen Fault line. The rock walls of the chasm that exist in Loch Ness contained a high concentration of quartz, which is known to be an efficient conductor of electricity. Some researchers have suggested that quartz, coupled with the narrowness and the depth of Loch Ness, create a perfect storm of highly charged electromagnetism that could generate portals in space-time through a process called the Kazimir effect. This is Michael Denin, a professor of physics at UC Irvine.
Starting point is 00:23:04 The idea is if I take two metal plates and stick them in the vacuum of space, It turns out because of quantum fluctuations, this creates an effective, attractive force between the plates. One can think of this as a negative energy. Now, an intriguing idea that we get is that this is exactly the principle we need to understand perhaps how to stabilize a wormhole. Georgiosucalos is an ancient astronaut theorist. Perhaps Loch Ness creates a window into the past.
Starting point is 00:23:36 And so what if because of the Casimir effect, which at Loch Ness is a physical possibility, a window in time opened and the Loch Ness monster is witnessed essentially almost by coincidence. Could it be that those who witnessed the Loch Ness monster are actually looking through a window in time? Or is it possible that Nessie is an alien entity that is able to pass through a wormhole that exists at Loch Ness? If it was only Nessie, then we could ignore this as perhaps being a clue to understanding the greater importance of Scotland. But it's not, because what we also find is that UFOs are regularly seen, either above the lock, on the shores of the lock. Sometimes they fly down the length of the log. We have bigfoot sightings on the shores of Loch Ness.
Starting point is 00:24:39 We have fairy encounters in the modern die. So is this underlying geological fault producing the right type of environment to allow the manifestation of UFOs? Is it possible that the geology and seismic activity in Scotland creates an energetic environment that attracts extraterrestrial visitors, or even opens portals to other realms. Perhaps further clues can be found by examining another of Scotland's many mysteries. The ancient stone circles. For more than 2,000 years, Scotland has maintained a connection to its ancient Celtic traditions of little people and fairy folk.
Starting point is 00:25:29 According to legend, these magical beings inhabit stone circles and standing stones. and standing stones across the country, and sometimes even abduct humans into their realm. Most scholars regard such Celtic mythology as purely fictional, but to many Scots and other descendants of the Celtic people, stories of fairies and other non-human entities are anything but fantasy. In Scotland, there's been all sorts of stories dating back through the lore of, like, fairies, and they'll always be a grandparent to say, actually, I remember, when I was a child, I saw these ferries at the bottom of the garden. People saw something that they couldn't understand,
Starting point is 00:26:10 maybe non-human entities. Scotland's fairy folk are often associated with its rich trove of stone circles that date back more than 4,000 years. Legends have persisted for centuries that these sites attract other worldly entities and serve as portals to other dimensions. Scotland does have a lot of stone circles, And some of them are similar somewhat to Stonehenge in that they are upright stones of varying size and heights.
Starting point is 00:26:43 And typically the layout seems to correlate with the summer and winter solstices and the equinoxes. Knowing the changing of the seasons is really important because you need to plan your agriculture around it. You need to plan your hurting around it. And some people think the stone circles might have a hidden meaning that speak of a higher connection to something. One of the first researchers to document the strange happenings witness near Scotland's ancient standing stones was a 17th century Episcopalian minister in the Scottish Highlands named Robert Kirk. Robert Kirk made it his life's work to document supernatural activity. around Scotland. And he created a volume called The Secret Commonwealth.
Starting point is 00:27:36 And Kirk really focused on the idea that the fairy folk were guardians of portal areas, that there were places in Scotland where you could slip in and out of different dimensions. The accounts Kirk documented came from his parishioners many striking stories about elves, fairies, wraiths, and other mysterious beings. Kirk believed these stories constituted strong evidence that another world exists parallel to our own. The fascinating thing about Robert Kirk is right before he published the Secret Commonwealth,
Starting point is 00:28:13 he died and his body disappeared. And it's believed to this day that he was taken by the fairy folk into another dimension through one of the very portals that he was writing about. Could it be that the fairy folk described in Scottish folklore, truly exist. According to some researchers, the fairy sightings reported at stone circles may be connected to the modern-day UFO phenomenon. In the folklore of Scotland, the fairies
Starting point is 00:28:45 became the inhabitants of the stone circles. So how can we relate this to the UFO phenomena? Well, we can in the sense that we know that these monuments are associated with the appearance of mysterious lights. This is found not just in Britain, but also across the world. In other words, it's very obvious that our ancestors built these monuments where mysterious lights would appear on a regular basis. Andrew Collins and Hugh Newman have spent decades researching UFO activity associated with the standing stones of Scotland.
Starting point is 00:29:25 In 2023, they traveled to the northern edge of the Falker Triangle to invent a investigate London Lynx, three ancient monoliths associated with mysterious lights and other phenomena. This is really a fascinating area. London Lynx is an incredible megalithic site, some of the tallest standing stones in Britain, in fact. And these have been compared to the sites on Orkney, like the stones of Stennis, but also the Ring of Brodgar and a few other places. So these are just so similar. They're so outrageously tall for Britain. for Britain.
Starting point is 00:30:00 We're in a landscape that was created as much as 300 million years ago, but intruding into that is this incredible hill behind us. Largo Law, as it's known, locally. That could be important because we know that Largo Law was once a volcano, so there could be a lot of unusual geology which could create energies within the landscape. Yeah, and those energies are generated through the extreme. actions going on below the earth through the process of pizza electricity and through them portals might open.
Starting point is 00:30:37 Folklore plays an incredible role in the memory of historic UFOs. They were associated with the fairies, the little people. So what is the relationship between these megalithic monuments here and the UFO phenomenon? Is it possible that this whole area is One big UFO hotspot whereby structured craft can come through. Structured craft like Bob Taylor saw in 1979. It certainly seems like that because we're literally on the edge of the Falkirk triangle. It just seems like there's something really special about this place
Starting point is 00:31:17 and this was marked by these giant standing stones that we have here at London Links. Could it be that the people of ancient Scotland were instructed to erect stone circles by extraterrestrial visitors in order to harness the energy of the Earth? Do the many modern-day UFO sightings reported throughout Scotland, point to an alien presence that remains in this region of the world even today? Ancient astronaut theorists say guess, and suggest the most compelling evidence of all, has been kept hidden by the British government for more than three decades.
Starting point is 00:31:59 August 15th, 2022. Newsweek magazine publishes the provocative headline, Best UFO Picture Ever, the Calvin photo found after 30 years missing. This photograph from the Calvin Hills in Scotland is crystal clear, it's in color, and it shows this just magical looking 100-foot long diamond-shaped craft that is clear as a bell. Not only that, we also see a Harrier jet trailing the object. As soon as this photo was released to the public, people went crazy. It was a big deal.
Starting point is 00:32:37 Here is investigative journalist Linda Moulton Howe. It has been called the greatest UFO photo ever, and I agreed. In fact, I've had a picture of the Calvin photo on my wall for the last year. While the image is compelling, of greater interest to UFO researchers was the sudden publication of the photograph. It was taken 32 years earlier in August 1990 by two hikers outside the small village of Calvine. The identities of the two hikers have never been revealed. But according to the story, they delivered the photos to Scotland's biggest newspaper, The Daily Record. They had six photographs, and they go to the local newspaper to have them published.
Starting point is 00:33:26 And for reasons that are still not clear to this day, This Scotland newspaper, instead of immediately putting these six incredible photos on the front page, which is what I would have done as a reporter, somebody calls the Ministry of Defense in London, and they are ordered to send the photos and the negatives from the newspaper to somebody in the government. The only people to see the Calvin photos were the hikers who took them, a handful of people at the Daily Record, and a select group of employees at the Ministry of Defense. Among them was former Ministry of Defense UFO investigator,
Starting point is 00:34:11 Nick Pope, who was present for classified briefings regarding the images. The photographs and the negatives went to Jarrick, which is Joint Air Reconnaissance and Intelligence Center. This is part of the intelligence community that specializes in imagery analysis. Their opinion was that this was not a fake. These were genuine pictures and they showed a solid, structured craft. And also, critically important, parts of the countryside were visible. So, trees, fields, a fence.
Starting point is 00:34:48 And what that meant was that our Ministry of Defense experts could start to make some calculations and estimate distance from the lens, height above ground, above ground, diameter of craft. One of the things we were most interested in is the apparent lack of conventional aerospace parts and shapes. No wings, no tail, no fuselage, no obvious engines. While the Ministry of Defense claimed the Calvin photos
Starting point is 00:35:21 were returned to Scotland's daily record, the newspaper said they never received them. them. The images remained a mystery for the next 30 years, until former Ministry of Defense Press Officer Craig Lindsay revealed that he had kept a copy of one of the photos and shared it with Newsweek for publication. Craig Lindsay managed to keep a print of one of those negatives thinking at the time, you know, I might have one of the greatest photographs of all time here. He kept that in his possession and kept it quiet for over 30 years and we've got now the clearest photos of what potentially is a craft of non-human origin.
Starting point is 00:35:59 While it is unknown exactly what happened to the originals, some believe the Ministry of Defense secretly took measures to ensure that the photos would never be seen by the public. My theory is that the Ministry of Defense bought the photos and the negatives, and the witnesses effectively signed a non-disclosure agreement. Were these photos hidden by the government?
Starting point is 00:36:26 government for more than 30 years because they know that what was captured is in fact an alien craft? Could the Calvin photos provide the strongest evidence yet of an other worldly presence in Scotland? According to ancient astronaut theorists, the mysteries found in Scotland extend throughout the entire region of the British Isles. And their connection to extraterrestrials is well known to the royal family. London, England, April 9th, 2021. Across the United Kingdom, people gathered to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth's husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who passed away at the age of 99.
Starting point is 00:37:13 In the months after his death, reports surfaced that Prince Philip spent more than half of his life investigating UFO reports. Over the years, he allegedly used his influence to amass a trove of classified reports and statements from the British military. The late Prince Philip had this incredible interest in the subject of uphology and would follow it avidly. He would actually even invite witnesses to come to Buckingham Palace to actually discuss their encounters. Using the intermediary of a royal equerry, he actually invested
Starting point is 00:37:54 He investigated a number of cases himself and had witnesses brought in. And interestingly, he was the Duke of Edinburgh, Edinburgh being the capital of Scotland. So with Prince Philip's interest in this in mind, it does pose the intriguing possibility that the royals are aware not only of Scotland's ancient mysteries, but are the ultimate guardians of the UFO secret. The British Isles account for only 0.2% of the Earth's surface above sea level.
Starting point is 00:38:30 But despite their small size, they are home to many of the world's greatest mysteries, like the towering monoliths of Stonehenge, the giant New Grange mound in Ireland, the crop circle phenomenon, and Rudlow Manor, an underground military installation where it has been rumored that the British government is hiding an alien craft. Is it possible that the British Isles have been a prime destination for extraterrestrial visitors dating back thousands of years? And if so, might the modern UFO hotspot of Scotland provide important clues to understanding why? Scotland seems to have the largest number of recorded events, whether it's recorded in folklore or recorded in modern times. Scotland seems to have more supernatural, unexplained events and circumstances
Starting point is 00:39:25 than maybe any other place in the world. To this day, Scotland has incredible UFO sightings, and we can see this also in ancient times. So I think that that particular area of the world is crucial in figuring out the larger picture that our origins is not down here on Earth. on Earth, but out there. Is Scotland, with its long history of unusual phenomena, a hub of otherworldly activity?
Starting point is 00:39:57 Could it be that thousands of years ago, extraterrestrials made this area a connection point using megalithic stone circles to harness the energy of the Earth? And does the region's unique geology still attract otherworldly visitors today? solving the mysteries of Scotland will provide the key to reuniting with our alien ancestors.

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