Woman spots strange lights 'in formation' over East Lothian town

A Scottish woman has been left perplexed after spotting a strange set of lights hovering ‘in formation’ above East Lothian.

Sarah, who lives in Fife, was putting her horses in the field when she looked across the Firth of Forth and claims to have seen two blue lights streaking through the sky.

She says that she later saw a strange cloud and three lights that kept appearing and disappearing in a uniform formation in the night sky.

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The incident happened at around 10.40pm on Thursday April 25 with the bamboozled onlooker capturing footage of the strange event.

Sarah has shared her footage and stills of the peculiar occurrence in the hope that someone may have answers.

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“I was looking out towards East Lothian from my home in Fife and saw a row of lights that appeared almost above Musselburgh,” Sarah said. “At first I was not sure if an event was happening.

“I was going to put my horses out into the field and it was when I walked down the path that I saw them hovering above a row of houses. I then witnessed blue streaks that were going up diagonally from the ground up into the sky.

“It all happened incredibly quickly, it was a flash, then another flash, like lightning but going upwards. It was so weird, it gave me a bit of a shock and I just thought, what is that?

“It was unlike any strobe lights or anything I’ve ever seen before. I ended up putting the horses away and when I left the yard I noticed three flights flashing.

“I could see what looked like helicopters but they were below it. There was a weird cloud next to the light activity.

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“I don’t know what it was but the lights keep appearing in a uniform pattern before swapping around. I was intrigued, so I watched it for a few minutes.

“I decided to get my phone out and film it but it was not as clear on my phone. I’d love to know what it was, they kept appearing in a very specific pattern.

“There is a lady on a UFO group on Facebook trying to persuade me that it is a nautilus cloud, and the lights are a plane or helicopter - but I don’t think that’s right.”