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Robert Taylor Incident

DATE9 Nov 1979
LOCAL TIME10:30 AM
LOCATIONLivingston, Scotland, UK, United Kingdom
COORDINATES56.84°N, 4.00°W

Forestry worker Robert Taylor encountered a dome-shaped metallic object hovering in a clearing. Two spiked spheres dragged him toward the craft before he lost consciousness. Police investigated as a criminal assault, making it the only UK UFO incident subject to a formal criminal investigation.

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