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My partner, myself and baby went for a drive last night and ended up driving down to the beachfront at 20.45 to the minute or so. Before I stopped the car I saw a flare being shot out at sea which caught my attention. I then pulled in the to the roadside and then I saw what I thought was maybe a beacon which resembled someone transmitting a message via a torch or similar. My partner did not see the flare being shot but we watched the flashing light anyhow. I decided to call the coastguard at 20.55 or so to relay what I had seen thinking it may be a boat in trouble as there has been recently. The coastguard told me there had been lots of phone calls also reporting the same type of thing and she took my details but got cut off I think and didn’t bother to call back.
The crux of this was really that looking out to sea in the direction of this flare etc to the right of this towards Stonehaven town south of Aberdeen I saw what I would describe as a copper coloured star in the sky changing colour from copper to white but it was totally stationary. I decided to drive a bit closer about ½ a mile in a southern direction and both my partner and I saw it expand to a much larger size than when I first spotted it. It was a bit strange I felt so decided to drive closer to it to a town south of Aberdeen called Cove about 2-3 miles out of Aberdeen but I’m afraid I lost it before I reached Cove. Looked up to the sky for a while but nothing to be seen except stars. I have never seen anything strange in the sky but this my first glimpse of something which I would consider strange or out of the norm. Perhaps someone could comment on this or whether I am seeing something that’s a normal occurrence. It does make me wonder as the coastguard said “ there had been a lot of activity last night in the sky with quite a few calls from the public.” Regards, Neil Prosser
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Neil Prosser
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