The A70 Abduction Case (1992)

On August 17, 1992, ambulance technician Garry Wood and his friend Colin Wright were driving on the A70 between Edinburgh and Tarbrax when their lives changed forever. A two-tiered disc-shaped object descended and hovered twenty feet above the road ahead. As they passed beneath it, a curtain of shimmering white light touched their car - and everything went black. A thirty-minute journey took ninety minutes. Under separate hypnotic regression, both men recalled being taken aboard a craft by small humanoid creatures and subjected to medical examination. This became Scotland’s most famous alleged abduction case.

The Journey

The Night

August 17, 1992:

• Garry Wood and Colin Wright
• Driving between Edinburgh and Tarbrax
• A70 road through rural Scotland
• Near Harperrig Reservoir
• Expected thirty-minute journey
• Clear night conditions

Who They Were

The witnesses:

• Garry Wood: ambulance technician
• Trained medical professional
• Colin Wright: friend
• No prior UFO interest
• No history of fabrication
• Credible, grounded individuals

The Encounter

The Object

What appeared:

• Two-tiered disc-shaped object
• Hovering approximately 20 feet above road
• Directly in their path
• Clearly structured craft
• Not lights or phenomenon
• Solid, technological object

The Light

What happened:

• “Curtain of white light”
• Also described as “shimmering mist”
• Touched their vehicle
• As they passed beneath craft
• Everything went black
• Consciousness interrupted

The Missing Time

The Gap

What they noticed:

• Journey should take thirty minutes
• Actually took ninety minutes
• One hour unaccounted for
• No memory of extra time
• Arrived confused and disoriented
• Knew something was wrong

Immediate Aftermath

Their condition:

• Both shaken and disturbed
• Unable to explain lost time
• Memories fragmented
• Sense of something happening
• Physical effects reported
• Psychological impact significant

The Recovery

Hypnotic Regression

Seeking answers:

• Both men underwent hypnosis
• Conducted by qualified hypnotherapist
• Sessions held separately
• Independent recall
• No collaboration possible
• Memories emerged consistently

What They Remembered

The abduction:

• Taken aboard the UFO
• Small humanoid creatures present
• Beings conducted examination
• Medical procedures performed
• Both men recalled similar experiences
• Details matched between accounts

The Beings

What they described:

• Small humanoid entities
• Non-human appearance
• Conducted themselves purposefully
• Examined the witnesses
• Eventually returned them
• To their vehicle on the A70

The Investigation

Documentation

How it was studied:

• Case thoroughly investigated
• Hypnotherapy sessions recorded
• Witnesses interviewed repeatedly
• Consistency checked
• No deception detected
• Researchers found credible

Physical Evidence

What was noted:

• Missing time verified
• Route timing confirmed
• No alternative explanation found
• Both men affected physically
• Psychological impact documented
• Case remains unexplained

The Witnesses

Their Credibility

Why they’re believed:

• Garry Wood: medical professional
• Training in observation
• Both maintained accounts
• No profit motive
• Subjected themselves to scrutiny
• Consistent over years

The Cost

What it meant:

• Public exposure
• Ridicule faced
• Personal lives affected
• Yet maintained their story
• Never recanted
• Still speak of experience

Significance

Scotland’s Premier Case

Why it matters:

• Most famous Scottish abduction
• Two independent witnesses
• Corroborating accounts
• Professional backgrounds
• Hypnotic verification
• Template for serious investigation

The Pattern

What it showed:

• Missing time phenomenon
• Close encounter sequence
• Abduction with examination
• Memory suppression
• Later recall under hypnosis
• Classic abduction elements

The Question

August 17, 1992. The A70. Rural Scotland.

Garry Wood is an ambulance technician. He’s trained to observe. Trained to stay calm. Trained to report what he sees accurately.

Tonight he’s just driving with his friend Colin. Edinburgh to Tarbrax. Thirty minutes on a quiet road.

Then the disc appears.

Two tiers. Hovering twenty feet above the road. Right in front of them. No way around it.

They drive beneath.

A curtain of white light touches the car. Shimmering. Bright.

Then nothing.

The next thing they know, they’re still driving. But ninety minutes have passed. Not thirty. An hour is gone. Just… gone.

They don’t know what happened. They just know something did.

Under hypnosis - separately, independently - they remember.

Being taken aboard.

Small beings. Humanoid but not human. Examining them. Procedures. Then returned.

Their stories match. Details align. They didn’t collaborate. They couldn’t have.

This is Scotland’s most famous abduction case. Not because of sensationalism. Because of credibility.

An ambulance technician.

His friend.

A disc above the road.

Ninety minutes of missing time.

And memories that emerged only later.

The A70.

August 17, 1992.

They drove under something.

Something took them.

And sent them back.

What happened in that missing hour?

They know.

They just wish they didn’t.