EVERYONE who knows anything about aliens know that if they are going to visit us earthlings, they will need to do so via a time travelling portal, an intergalactic fold in space that might enable advanced civilisations, which excludes us, to travel between different dimensions, galaxies and planets.

Now there’s the intriguing theory that a portal opened up over Midlothian – next door to West Lothian which is already well known as Scotland’s UFO “capital” –the other night.

A time lapse video taken on May 20 appears to show a bright hole in the sky, and the clip shows that the blue circular light has something fly by it, before the gap closes and completely disappears. Since the video was uploaded to Youtube, it has been shared on popular conspiracy channel secureteam10.

Tyler Glockner, who runs the Youtube page which first posted the video, said: “It truly does look like something outputting a lot of light.

“It is definitely not a spotlight on the ground. It appears to be shrinking and shrinking, until the sky completely swallows it up.”

The video was originally uploaded to Youtube channel MotherNature 444. The uploader claimed that the portal was visible in the skies until sunrise.

The argument over the Midlothian phenomenon has already started with theories ranging from a time travelling portal to merely one that allows long distance travel, a possibility that was conceded by no less a personage than Albert Einstein – and Donald Trump some time ago.

Commenter Brice Lindy said: “There is something strange going on that they are trying to hide. Ever notice how most days there are clouds covering the sunset? In the early afternoon, you can see the chemtrail planes at work, come time sunset, covered by clouds. They are hiding something up there and its serious business.”

That was countered by another commenter Earth2 who said: “As a drone pilot who shoots constantly in sunrise morning conditions, I can tell you that the “portal” is simply a parting of the thick clouds with light brimming underneath. It’s not to different from when you get a sun ray, only in these conditions the sun is low in the horizon. I’ve captured that many times in my drone videos.”

Commenter Scott Cramp, said that the light in the sky was actually from the moon hidden behind the clouds. Spoilsport.

The time travelling portal appeared in the Scottish sky just before former Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy and his Labour Lord chum Alistair Darling joined the Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson in London for a “Better Together” reprise in praise of the Union.

At least now we may have an indication as to where Murphy has been.