Reported UFO Sightings, 1906 to 2014

@Rutterman Oh, I doubt if anything I've seen was actually "aliens" visiting, but some weren't easily explainable.

@Piper I'm sure you're right about that. UFOs are simply unidentified flying objects. Just because we don't know what these objects are doesn't automatically mean extraterrestrial beings have come for a visit. There are plenty of other explanations that make more sense to my skeptical mind.

@Rutterman I'm pretty skeptical too, but not about the possibility that beings from other planets exist and might have visited ours.

@YourMomsSecretCrush I've never seen one either, but I don't doubt that others have seen objects in the sky that they can't identify. Of course, this doesn't mean they saw alien spacecraft. I think that's pretty unlikely and that there are other explanations for what they witnessed.

@Lilymoon 😅 Beam me up, kitty. 🛸

@ElwoodBlues The reported sightings are heavily concentrated in the US, but I'd add that southern Canada, the UK, and the Netherlands-Belgium area have had quite a few as well, at least according to ESRI.

My mind is open too, but I suspect less exotic and more mundane things (e.g., satellites, test balloons, lenticular clouds, meteors, upper-atmospheric lightning, and Fata Morgana mirages) account for what people typically see when they report UFOs.

Interesting map. Thanks for sharing it.

@Vivaci That's a good observation. It makes sense that people near busy international airports might be likely to spot flying objects they can't identify.

No, unfortunately. I can't find this video on ESRI's website or their YouTube channel, so I can't provide any details about it. I found the video while browsing on Reddit and downloaded it from there, which enabled me to post it on my YouTube channel.

@JohnOinger Yes, you will.

@Rutterman nice

@Rutterman Cant wait for this answer

@JohnOinger Magic 8-Ball sez...

@Rutterman nice

@jackjjackson It's odd, isn't it? I think it's coincidental, but...who knows?

😳 @Rutterman

@jackjjackson In the US, the number of reported sightings pretty much corresponds with the population in a given area. That's not too surprising. More people = more sightings. I'm guessing there was a big increase in reports in recent years due to more satellites and other objects flying through the skies.

Internationally, I'm not sure what's going on. Some countries with large populations have had relatively few reports of UFO sightings. Maybe a lot of people in these places simply don't report UFOs when they see them. It's also possible there are fewer objects flying over these areas.

🤷🏼‍♂️ @Rutterman