SCOTS have been left bemused after two reportedly American fighter jets flew low passes over the central belt.

The website flightradar showed that there were multiple US fighters over the UK on Thursday evening.

One, a McDonnell Douglas F-15E Eagle, was tracked flying over Scotland before heading south over the Border. More recently, it was circling east of Peterborough, England.

A second Boeing F-15 Eagle has been circling west of Norwich for some time.

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Glasgow Times:

Twitter user @teagsy_ wrote: "Not every day you go for a wee nap and get woken up by 2 fighter jets flying overhead. Why are USAF [US Air Force] jets flying over Scotland?”

Conor Mockler added: "Two US F15 fighter jets just flew over the central belt of Scotland - Actually thought the world was ending and life flashed before my eyes."

User @alternateadman wrote: "Nice of the @RoyalAirForce or @10DowningStreet or @scotgov to advance warn folk there’d be American F-15 fighter jets low flying over towns and cities in Central Scotland at near supersonic speed.

"Lots of brown trousers in Lanarkshire."

Twitter user @mlcoolj2 said: "2 fighter jets have just flown over my house and I absolutely s*** my pantaloons.

"A thought it was armageddon. 

"Why they even flying over Cumbernauld?"

"So everyone in central Scotland collectively s*** their pants at they fighter jets then according to twitter. Glad I wasn’t the only one," Kevin Ryan added.

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An MoD spokesperson told The National it was their understanding that the fighter jets were American, but they were "not sure" what they had been doing.

They added that it was "probably just a training mission", but told them to contact the US Air Force for confirmation.

The USAF media line rang out multiple times, and the force has not yet responded to alternative requests for comment.