The Dechmont Law Incident (1979)
On November 9, 1979, near Livingston, Scotland, forester Robert Taylor reported seeing a dark dome resting in a clearing, from which two small spiked spherical objects emerged, seized him and tried to pull him toward the craft before he blacked out. Found dazed, with torn clothes and a grazed face, he later discovered ladder-like marks on the ground. Police recorded the case as an assault.
Witnesses
1 forester
Why it endures
The only UFO case in the world to be investigated as a criminal assault, with physical marks confirmed by police themselves.
Official version (contested)
The police investigation never identified an assailant. Taylor maintained an unchanged account until his death nearly thirty years later.