The truth, it seems, really is out there.
Strathclyde Police records released under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed 144 official records of people calling about supernatural sightings.
Aliens, witches, zombies and ghosts have all been reported to Strathclyde Police between 2009 and 2012 - the reports of which can be read in full below.
From left to right, the notes state the service code of the emergency, the police description and the comment on the report.
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Spooky goings on in 2009:
Assist member of the public : CALLER STATING ALIENS IN HOUSE : ALIENS IN HOUSE
Assist member of the public : REPORTER WISHES TO SEE POLICE : BELIEVES HAS SEEN SOME SORT OF UFO PHENOMENON....GIVEN THE APPROPRIATE ADVICE.
Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL : TALKING ABOUT ALIENS
Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL : GHOSTS ARE FOLLOWING
Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL : SEEING ZOMBIES, GHOSTS AND THE DEVIL
Assist member of the public : REP IS SCARED OF GHOST AT LOCUS : REP STATES GHOST/GHOSTS AT LOCUS
Assist member of the public : ASSIST MEMBER OF PUBLIC : REP IS SCARED TO RETURN HOME AS ALIENS MIGHT STILL BE THERE.
Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL : GHOSTS ARE IN HOUSE.
Miscellaneous : CALLER VIDEO'ED UFO : REPORTER STATES THAT HE HAS SEEN A UFO
Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL : REPORTER STATES THERE IS A SPIRIT AND GHOST IN HOUSE
Assist member of the public : CALLER REQUESTING POLICE : REP STATES EITHER ALIENS OR NAVY SEALS IN HER GARDEN
Assist member of the public : CONFUSED CALLER : REP COHERENT BUT TALKING ABOUT ALIENS
Assist member of the public : CONFUSED CALLER : REP STATES THEY ARE GHOSTS THAT SEEM TO APPEAR
Services - assist : AGITATED CALLER GHOST AT DOOR
Services - assist : SEEING GHOSTS : SEEING GHOSTS
Assist member of the public : CONFUSED CALLER : GHOST UPSTAIRS
Services - assist : ASSISTANCE NEEDED : WHITE WITCHES ARE COMING AFTER INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY MEMBER
Assist member of the public : CONFUSED CALLER : REP STATES INTERLOPERS IN HOUSE AND THAT THEY ARE GHOSTS.
Assist member of the public : YOUTHS REQUIRE ASSISTANCE : REPS ALLEGING THEY HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED BY ALIENS
Complaint : OBJECT IN SKY : REP STATES THAT THERE IS A UFO IN THE SKY
Assist member of the public : INTOXICATED/CONFUSED CALLER :REP STATES GHOSTS IN HOUSE AND WAS GOING TO "DO THEM IN"
Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL :ALIENS ARE AFTER FAMILY MEMBER
Theft : INTOXICATED/CONFUSED CALLER : REPORTING A GHOST IN THE HOUSE
Knife edge/weapon : AGITATED CALLER : REP SCARED OF GHOSTS AND THINKS THEY ARE COMING.
Assist member of the public : AGITATED CALLER : REPORTER BELIEVES GHOSTS AT WINDOW
Miscellaneous : LIGHTS IN THE SKY : LIGHTS IN SKY
And in 2010.......
Assist member of the public : POSSIBLE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES : REP IS STATING GHOSTS WILL FOLLOW THEM HOME
Missing person : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL : COMMUNICATING WITH ALIENS
Assist member of the public : AGITATED CALLER : SEEN GHOSTS IN FLAT
Complaint : ASSISTANCE REQUIRED :CONTACT WITH GHOST OF FAMILY MEMBER
Miscellaneous : BELIEVES HE SEEN A UFO :REPORTER HAS BEEN OUT WALKING AND HAS JUST SEEN WHAT HE CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS A UFO. OBJECT ORANGE IN COLOUR AND VERY BRIGHT.
Assist member of the public : INTOXICATED/CONFUSED CALLER : REP THINKS CAN SEE THE GHOST OF PARTNER
Assist member of the public : INTOXICATED/CONFUSED CALLER :REP STATES THAT THERE ARE ALIENS ABOUT AND HAS BEEN BITTEN BY THEM.
Assist member of the public : SILENT 999 : FEMALE STATES DIDNT MAKE CALL MUST HAVE BEEN A GHOST
Assist member of the public : DISTRESSED CALLER :REP HIGHLY DISTRESSED, STATING HAS A GHOST IN HER HOUSE.
Miscellaneous : ORANGE AND YELLOW LIGHTS IN SKY :REPORTER BELIEVES IT TO HAVE BEEN UFO FLYING IN DIAMOND FORMATION.
Miscellaneous : LIGHTS IN SKY :REP WAS LOOKING AT VIDEOS ABOUT UFOS AND THINKS THIS IS WHAT HE SAW
Assist member of the public : AGITATED CALLER :REP SAYS MOTHER IS GHOST AND WANDERING ABOUT TELLING HIM WHAT TO DO.
Assist member of the public : AGITATED CALLER :HEARING NOISES AND SEEING GHOSTS
Assist member of the public : UFO IN SKY :REP STATES SEEN WHAT APPEARED TO BE UFO IN SKY. NOTICED LIGHTS FLASHING IN SKY
Assist member of the public : DROPPED 999 :REP CAN SEE GHOSTS
Assist member of the public : AGITATED CALLER :REP STATES THAT THERE ARE GHOSTS ROUND ABOUT
Domestic incident : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL :TALKING TO ALIENS, ALLAH AND GOD.
Assist member of the public : AGITATED CALLER : GHOSTS RUNNING ABOUT HOUSE AND HAVE STOLEN KEYS
Suspect persons : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL :TAKING PICTURES OF GHOSTS
Services - assist : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL : SEEING GHOSTS AND THINKS PEOPLE ARE STEALING MEDICATION.
Complaint : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL :SOMEONE OUTSIDE BUZZING THE BELL --- WANTS ADMITTED AND SAYS ZOMBIES ARE COMING
Assist member of the public : MAST LOCATION :TALKING ABOUT A GHOST GIRL.
Assist member of the public : CAN SEE UFO IN SKY :CAN SEE A BIG LIGHT WITH LOTS OF FLASHING LIGHTS ABOUT IT
Miscellaneous : THINKS HAS SEEN UFO :BRIGHT GLOW LIKE FIRE AND WAS VERY LOW. THINKS IT IS A UFO
Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL :TORTURED BY GHOSTS.
Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL :BEEN ATTACKED BEFORE BY ALIENS.
Complaint : ERRATIC BEHAVIOUR :SHOUTING ABOUT WITCHES AND THE GESTAPO
Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL :SPEAKING TO GHOST OF A YOUNG CHILD
Assist member of the public : FLASHING LIGHTS FROM SPARE GROUND :REPORTER STATES AT SPARE GROUND BEHIND LOCUS. A LOT OF FLASHING LIGHTS
Drugs/solvent abuse : INTOXICATED/CONFUSED CALLER :ALIENS ABDUCTING REP
Complaint : TRYING TO FORCE HIS WAY IN :GHOST FORCED WAY INTO HOME
Assist member of the public : REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE :ALIENS
Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL :CHASED BY ALIENS, AND REFUSES TO GO HOME. ALIENS HAVE KILLED FRIEND
Assist member of the public : SPACESHIP TOOK PARTNER :ALIENS HAVE TAKEN PARTNER.
Assist member of the public : POSSIBLE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES :STATES THAT ALIENS HAVE CHOPPED UP PARTNER
. Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL :REP SAYS WHEN DRINKS HAS SEEN ALIENS IN ROOM.
Services - assist : POISONED :VISITED BY A GHOST AND IT IS THIS GHOST WHO HAS POISONED A FAMILY MEMBER
And even more ghostly goings-on in 2011......
Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL :SEEING GHOSTS
Assist member of the public : INTOXICATED/CONFUSED CALLER :GHOSTS ARE IN PARENTS HOME
Housebreakers : MOVEMENT FROM DOWNSTAIRS :HOUSEHOLDER BELIEVES IT MAY BE A GHOST
Disturbance : PEOPLE SCREAMING WITHIN :THINK THEY HAD GHOSTS IN THEIR ROOM
Assist member of the public : SEEING GHOSTS :GHOSTS MOVING ABOUT IN THE FUNERAL PARLOUR.
Suspect persons : ASSISTANCE REQUIRED :OWNER OF PROPERTY TAKING PICTURES OF GHOSTS
Assist member of the public : ALIENS HAVE LANDED :CALLING TO SAY THAT THE ALIENS HAVE LANDED AND WANTS TO SEE THE POLICE.
Assist member of the public : POSSIBLE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES :SEEING GHOSTS COMING OUT THE WALLS
Complaint : FIREBALL SEEN :REPORTER STATES HAS JUST SEEN A FIRE BALL IN STREET WHERE THERE ARE
WORKMEN. THINKS IT WAS A UFO.
Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL :REPORTER CALLED STATING THERE IS A GHOST.
Complaint : NUISANCE CALL : WANTING GHOSTBUSTERS AS BEEN ATTACKED BY A GHOST AND IS FRIGHTENED.OTHERS HEARD LAUGHING IN BACKGROUND.
Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL : GHOSTS IN HOUSE
Services - assist : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL : HAS SEEN A GHOST
Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL : OUTSIDE LOCUS STATING THERE IS ALIENS IN THE HOUSE.
Assist member of the public : CALL FROM CALL BOX : STATES THERE ARE PEOPLE/ANIMALS/ALIENS FIGHTING IN FRONT OF HIM.
Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL : HAS BEEN HEARING VOICES AND THINKS THERE IS A GHOST IN THE HOUSE.
Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL : TRYING TO DO SOMETHING REGARDS ALIENS
Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL : HAS A MEETING WITH THE ALIENS
Missing person : MISSING PERSON : HEARS VOICES OF GHOSTS
Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL : ALIENS DISGUSED AS HUMANS IN WHICH ARE OUT TO GET HIM.
Assist member of the public : HYSTERICAL : GHOSTS IN HOUSE
Assist member of the public : REP BELIEVES CAN SEE UFO : TOLD THE OPERATOR IT WAS A UFO
Missing person : MISSING PERSON : EXPRESSIONS OF ALIENS IN HEAD.
*Complaint * : PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE : PEOPLE IN HOUSE AND COMING IN DOOR. COMING IN FRONT DOOR AND THINKS THEY
MIGHT BE GHOSTS AS NOT TALKING.
Assist member of the public : CONCERNS FOR INDIVIDUAL :STATES THE GHOSTS ARE BACK AGAIN. CALLER MAY BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE AS SLURRING WORDS.
Assist member of the public : CONCERNS FOR INDIVIDUAL : CONCERNS FOR INDIVIDUAL, SOUNDS CONFUSED AND IS TALKING ABOUT GHOST
Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL : WITNESSED GHOSTS
Housebreaking : POSSIBLE ATTEMPT : THINKS THERE IS A GHOST IN THE HOUSE
And finally, from the beginning of this year....
Assist member of the public : SEEING GHOSTS IN THE HOUSE : SEEING GHOSTS IN HOUSE
Complaint : CALLS FROM MOBILE TO REP :UNDER THE INFLUENCE, THINKS THERE MAY BE A GHOST IN HOUSE
Assist member of the public : CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUAL : GHOSTS IN HOUSE.
Assist member of the public : THINKS SEEN A UFO : UFO IN THE SKY
Assist member of the public : KIDS BEING CHEEKY : KIDS BEING CHEEKY AND ABUSIVE TO OPERATOR, SAYING ALIENS WERE LANDING.
*Assist member of the public * : INDIVIDUAL NOT MAKING SENSE :GHOSTS IN THE LIVING ROOM
Assist member of the public : POSSIBLE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES : PEOPLE OUTSIDE WHO LOOK LIKE ALIENS.
Complaint : DROPPED 999 MAST LOCATION : HEAVILY INTOXICATED AND SPEAKING ABOUT ALIENS THEN HUNG UP PHONE
Missing person : MISSING PERSON : THOUGHTS OF GHOSTS BEING PRESENT
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