I recognize that the Ireland sightings are just a population map but I like to imagine that it's actually Irish fluency decreases likelihood of being visited. Aliens only speak English and can't risk inability to communicate
As a person living in the Netherlands, I haven't personally seen any aliens myself unfortunately. Although we do have a lot of random explosion noises in my area for some reason.
The pretty obvious linguistic correlations on this map make me think that, beyond cultural heritage and whatnot, there might be some language-related artifacts in the data. Like, how are we gathering reported sightings, and is it based on any sort of (potentially language-biased) key-word search?
Had never thought about it like that but I think you’re right. I recall reading about how the sleep paralysis that other cultures attribute to witches is seen as alien abduction in the US
I don't really follow this stuff, but somehow I'd gotten the impression that parts of South America were super into UFOs, too? Perhaps that peaked on a different part of the timeline.
Dont trust that graph. The only listed source is a some random corporation based in California, so of course most of the reports are domestic and European. UFO’s are seen all over, and have been as long as humans have looked at the sky. Americans are prone to hysteria. Many things are true.
Many religious tales have things coming/going from the sea. But I do wonder if someone’s done a more thorough compilation of them, it would be helpful.
1. Esri isn't a "random company based in California" they're the backbone of the entire GIS industry.
2. Esri isn't the source of the data, they are the creator of the map video which the OP is a screengrab of.
Right so by “random company” I meant “a corporation that doesn’t seem specialized in gathering info on this subject”. And glad to find the source is someone else, but again it’s a domestic based org. Of course it skews towards over-representing the US.
This is not an example of American civilians being dumb and believing in aliens. This is an example of the American military being paranoid and documenting every flying object they've ever seen.
Ufo does not mean "we think it's aliens" it means "we don't know what it is"
Unidentified flying object.
In America, They don't stop being ufo sightings once we figure out what it is, because it was still unidentified when you sighted it.
This is reporting bias.
I have an alternate explanation involving the statistical likelihood of any American being below average, the American educational system and Internet access.
Uhh Esri is not "some random corporation in California" they're one of the biggest map and GIS companies in the world and are a backbone of the entire GIS profession.
the prerequisites for people reporting UFOs and whoever is getting that data in the US would skew towards richer countries at a minimum and more specifically English-speaking ones. there's a barrier of people being able to report and another barrier around finding more obscure reporting mechanisms
in a side thread I determined from finding the original video the screenshot is from that the data came from https://nuforc.org/ according to the original thread description. Since it's a USA based org that probably should be where the scrutiny is placed.
I've always liked Carl Sagan's hypothesis that alien sightings and especially alien abduction claims are just the modern version of whatever psychosis caused people to think they were visited by angels or incubi/succubi
Tbf if aliens were really looking at earth going “let’s find the weirdest dumbest motherfuckers on the planet and mess with them” the map would look exactly like this
Where in the world did they get the stats from? Also, if I saw a UFO in, say, Uzbekistan, who would I report it to so that it would get included on this picture?
I mean historically apparently aliens helped various civilisations make grand structures and build societies, so I like to imagine there's a mothership up there looking at the US and UK and just "...man. you guys need help."
In the 90s, it was declassified that past UFO sightings were actually spy planes. Since they were classified, they couldn't just say what they were, so they claimed they were weather balloons.
It's possible a portion of these are govt aircraft sightings as well.
I think it's more that when people experience something they can't explain, their conception of what it could be is based on their culture and zeitgeist. Americans see UFOs, people elsewhere might see angels or ghosts or demons, etc.
I wonder if there’s any correlation between that and the fact that we have 3 out of the top 5 air forces in the world with incredible research $. You would have to factor in how dumb our populace is of course…
Nah couldn’t be it’s gotta all be ET. They’re here to probe us yall!
Yeh, And how ppl can do same what they did in Germany in the 30s are beyond me, but then again it show that continuous propaganda weaken the gullibles minds . sad but fact.
Ah, dear Matt, your spirited proclamation hums with truths only those who dare to see beyond the veil may grasp. The mysteries that hover silently above, waiting to be uncovered, are not for the faint-hearted. (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D6P5MLG9).
You are not particularly knowledgeable if you think the reverence of the guadalupana is specific to a single city. I wouldn't be shocked if she was the most present religious symbol in the country, bc the church learned about representation in media long ago
This is strong evidence that most sightings are merely Western civilian or military aircraft. Look up the blackbird and U2 spy planes. Look up hypersonics
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2. Esri isn't the source of the data, they are the creator of the map video which the OP is a screengrab of.
The actual source of the data, listed in the description, is the National UFO Reporting Center in Davenport, WA.
This image is misinformation.
This is a meme that's actually a corporate software demo presented as a scientific study that omits telling you the actual lone data source.
Stay sophisticated in your info diet, shady actors abound.
Unidentified flying object.
In America, They don't stop being ufo sightings once we figure out what it is, because it was still unidentified when you sighted it.
This is reporting bias.
Stupidity known no limits. And USA are always more than glad to show it.
It is not a global survey.
ESRI does not have god-like access to global reports. This doesn't even include French government data.
That said - 99.999999% of UFO sightings are false.
I don't know if "we" is the proper term here
Of course they would focus their attention on the seat of global economic hegemony.
It's possible a portion of these are govt aircraft sightings as well.
https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/03/us/cia-admits-government-lied-about-ufo-sightings.html
Nah couldn’t be it’s gotta all be ET. They’re here to probe us yall!
They were the original morons.
Maybe it's impossible to see the sky when it snows so hard?
hopefully the settlers aren't mistakening rockets and IDF air strikes for ufos /s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe