File 140 · 9 November 1979
Robert Taylor, Livingston
Dechmont Law, Livingston, United Kingdom
Opened 9/4/2026
Ledger illustration of the file — not a photograph of the object. Ledger illustration of the report. Scottish woodland clearing. — Night Ledger illustration of the file
Standing
Unidentified
On the public record, and still open. A claim, paper, or film — not a finding that it was ours, and not a finding that it was not.
What was claimed
A forestry worker reported a sphere and two spiked devices that pulled him down. Police treated it as a criminal assault. Trace marks were photographed.
What is on the record
This file is a working record — a report, not a verdict. Official paper, if any, is linked where we have it.
Robert Taylor, a water-board and forestry worker with a clean record, walked into a clearing on Dechmont Law and said he found a dark sphere. Two smaller spiked objects rolled toward him, grabbed his trousers, and he lost consciousness. He came to with a headache, torn trousers, and a story he told first to his wife, then the police. Officers photographed ladder-like tracks in the grass.
Lothian and Borders Police opened an assault file — the only UFO case on the books as a crime. No one was charged. Taylor never sold the story hard. The trousers and the police photographs are in the record.
Could this have been ours?
The known sky, that night.
Satellites were already up. The station was not. Starlink was not.
Always
Aircraft, balloons, meteors
Landing lights, flares, lanterns, reentries, fireballs. They are on the known sky. They do not close a file by themselves — they are what a serious look has to hold the claim against.
The known sky
None of the above land
Stations, trains, and planets do not set down in a field or leave a body. This file is a ground report. The known sky still has to be named. It does not answer the claim.
Orbit · Space — the desks for lights that are already named.
Sources
Paper on this file
Official or public documents that belong with this case — not a verdict.
Related files
Same craft, same place, same years. A neighbor in the catalogue — not a conclusion.
Same craft · Same country · Same years · Late September 1977, ~11:00 PM
Ethel May Field Sighting
Parkstone, Dorset, United Kingdom · United Kingdom
Unidentified
Housewife Ethel May Field saw a round object with a dome hovering in her garden. Through windows in the dome, she observed two humanoid figures in silver suits and pointed headgear looking out. The craft emitted a humming sound, grey glow, and beams before departing.
Same craft · Same country · Same years · 4 February 1977
Broad Haven school, Wales
Broad Haven, Wales · United Kingdom
Unidentified
Schoolchildren at Broad Haven Primary reported a silver craft and a figure in a field. They drew it before they could confer.
Same craft · Same country · December 1, 1987
Ilkley Moor Entity Photograph
Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire · United Kingdom
Unidentified
Retired policeman Philip Spencer (pseudonym) encountered a small green humanoid figure on the moor while walking. He photographed the being before it fled. A disc-shaped craft was later seen rising from the moor. The photo was analyzed and deemed genuine by Kodak labs; the witness later underwent hypnosis revealing further details. One of the few British CE3s with physical evidence.
Same craft · Same country · August 12, 1983
Alfred Burtoo Canal Encounter
Aldershot, Basingstoke Canal · United Kingdom
Unidentified
77-year-old Alfred Burtoo was night fishing when a bright light landed nearby. Two 4.5-foot humanoids in green coveralls and visored helmets approached, gestured for him to follow, and led him aboard a disc-shaped craft. Inside, under an amber light, they told him in broken English that he was too old and infirm for their purposes and released him. He returned to fishing. Reported to local press a
Same craft · Same years · November 24, 1978
Gerena Hunters Encounter
Gerena, Seville, Spain · Spain
Unidentified
Four hunters encountered a landed spherical object near the Guadiamar River with a humanoid being standing beside it. The being was described as tall, wearing a dark diving suit, and the witnesses experienced fear and a strong odor before the object departed.
Same craft · Same years · November 24, 1978
Gerena Humanoid Hunters Encounter
Gerena, Seville · Spain
Unidentified
Four hunters near the Guadiamar River observed a large jar-shaped object on the ground with a tall humanoid in a silvery suit and dark helmet standing beside it. The being approached, causing the witnesses to flee. Physical traces were reportedly found. Investigated and reported in ufology publications.