Type: Eyewitness Testimony
Source: Civilian Witness Report
Written statements from the hikers describing the object's shape, movement, silence, and rapid vertical departure.
Key details from the statement and subsequent investigations include:
Military Presence: The witnesses observed Harrier fighter jets making low-level passes and circling the object, which they feared was a military response to their sighting.
Photographic Evidence: The hikers captured six color photographs of the event; the negatives were passed to the Daily Record newspaper and subsequently to the Ministry of Defense (MoD) for analysis