Falkirk Triangle / Bonnybridge Flap (1990s).
folkloresighting_flapRendlesham Forest (RAF Bentwaters/Woodbridge)
1990s sightings wave centred on Bonnybridge within the 'Falkirk Triangle', dubbed Scotland's Roswell. Driven by local investigator Malcolm Robinson and councillor Billy Buchanan, who petitioned Parliament. Claimed ~300 sightings/year are uncorroborated; best read as a media- and tourism-amplified folklore phenomenon.
Distinct from the core Bonnybridge sighting node, this captures the wider flap: packed public meetings, National Enquirer/UK tabloid coverage, UFO-themed hotel breaks, and lobbying of successive PMs for an inquiry, which the government declined on national-security grounds. Sceptical accounts frame the boom as largely a human-driven cottage industry; no hard physical evidence underpins the headline sighting counts.