Happy World UFO Day

Above, aliens and a flying saucer display at the International UFO Museum
 and Research Center in Roswell, New Mexico. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Happy World UFO Day!

Yes, today is World UFO Day, which is to bring awareness to strange aerial phenomena that have baffled generations.

To celebrate, USA Today has an article on the top 5 states with the most UFO sightings.

They begin it with:

The truth is out there. Extraterrestrials are more likely to visit from the North.  

That’s one way, anyway, to interpret the results from a new report on the states with the most unidentified flying object sightings per capita. Washington State topped that list, followed in order by Montana, Vermont, Alaska, and Maine. 

Or maybe Northerners just believe more. 

So much for Roswell, New Mexico, or the lonely Nevada desert. New Mexico came in 8th on the list; Nevada 13th. 

Meanwhile, the states with the least frequent UFO sightings per capita — Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama -- are all down South. 

The list was put together by the analysts and space nerds at internet provider SatelliteInternet.com, which culled data from the National UFO Reporting Center and the U.S. Census, to attract attention in time for World UFO Day on July 2. (Yep, there is such a day.)

To read more, go here.

By the way, the annual Roswell UFO Festival is taking place this weekend (July 5-7, 2019) in Roswell, New Mexico (of course). I went to it last year and had a lot of fun!

Keep watching the skies!