Name: UFOs in Scotland: A Down-to-Earth History
Start: 2026-05-28T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-05-28T19:30:00+01:00
Location: Central Library

UFOs in Scotland: A Down-to-Earth History

Did you know? Scotland has a long and surprising history with flying saucers and UFOs, stretching back to the early 1950s.
About this Event

Setting aside extraordinary explanations, this talk offers a down-to-earth historical view of UFOs in Scotland from the 1950s to the 1990s. It examines the different ways people have experienced, interpreted, and made use of UFOs – and how these stories connect to wider historical themes.

While it will delve into some of the country’s most well-known UFO cases, this talk from Gavin Miller places them in a broader and less familiar context – one shaped by Cold War anxieties, the utopian hopes of flying saucer contactees, the scientific goals of UFO investigators, and the realities of Scotland’s post-industrial economy

About the Speaker

Gavin Miller is Reader in Contemporary Literature and Medical Humanities at the University of Glasgow. He is currently writing a book, UFOs in Scotland: a Cultural History, for Edinburgh University Press.