Aerial sightings

The Dechmont UFO Trail and Plaque

Dechmont UFO Trail, Deans, Livingston

Plaque 1991; trail modern

The trail is a way for visitors to reach the spot associated with Robert Taylor's account of 9 November 1979. Undiscovered Scotland says the landscape has changed significantly since then: the forestry planted at the time has grown. Atlas Obscura also lists the trail and monument. The trail itself is a modern piece of local visitor culture and is recorded here separately from the 1979 report.

The pin is placed on Dechmont Law and is approximate, since the plaque and trail lie some way from the hill's summit.

Public woodland trail from the car park near Deans Community High School.
Evidence
Contemporary written record
Access
Open ground
Location
55.911, -3.549 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)

Sources: Undiscovered Scotland, "The Livingston Incident" [other]; Atlas Obscura, "Dechmont UFO Trail" [other]

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