Stand by for an alien invasion of Scotland - the Japanese have spotted UFOs at a hotel in Gullane.
After years of telling the nation that little green men are about to land, UFO-watchers are convinced they finally have the proof they need to stop us all laughing.
But the most stunning discovery in the history of mankind was not made by NASA, or the FBI, or even Agents Mulder and Scully.
The evidence comes from a Japanese TV crew who stuck a camera on a hotel roof and left it there for a year.
The remote camera kept capturing strange balls of light hovering in the skies above Gullane's Templar Lodge Hotel.
Who knows what is attracting these unearthly visitors to this sleepy and scenic corner of East Lothian.
Maybe the Templar Lodge does great bar lunches, or they fancied a quiet game of golf or a dip at the village's famous beach.
Whatever it is, they're here, according to UFO expert Ron Halliday, who has spent years trying to persuade us we're not alone.
Now, finally, he is convinced his days of being branded a crank are over.
He said: "Sceptics cannot continue to scoff after this. The Japanese film will silence many critics.
"It may be proof that aliens are targeting Scotland for a landing.
"Could these objects be reconnaissance crews from another planet? The prospects are mind-boggling. With this hard evidence, scientists and sky- watchers will take such sightings far more seriously in future."
The Japanese filmed several objects, all quite distinct, in Gullane, the USA and Mexico for a UFO documentary.
They're so excited that they will only release the pictures at a London premiere.
But to make sure we're all ready to welcome our guests when they arrive, we've created an artist's impression of what the spacecraft might look like.
Ron chairs the Scottish Earth Mysteries organisation, and often gets reports of sightings from the "Bermuda Triangle" between Edinburgh, Stirling and East Kilbride.
He says one video of the skies over East Kilbride showed a Goblin-like creature in what looked like a rubber suit, moving around a bright light just above the ground.
Another featured an odd-looking light with an "entity" stepping out of it.
Locals in Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire, have described dozens of UFO sightings in the last 10 years.
Ron insisted: "The reports we receive cannot all be imaginative hoaxes. The people who come us are far too serious and sensible to be making up stories just for the publicity."
Templar Lodge manager Stephen Prior said: "I'm a sceptic about these things, but we'll see."
THEY ARE NOT ALONE
Only last month we told how Record photographer Mark Runnacles caught a UFO on film over Glasgow at dawn.
His pictures clearly showed a glowing saucer-shaped object in the sky.
Japanese Camera Crew Films UFOs In Scotland
[Original headline: AH SO, UFO ]
TV crew from Japan claim they have proof that aliens are ready to invade Scotland
East Lothian is not the only Scottish location where alien-type crafts have been spotted.
Daily Record / Scotland - July 10 2001
