Edit: this article is the source

  • @EnchantedWhetstones
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    181 year ago

    I capped the heatmap at 25 sightings per 10M, but as you’ll see in a second, that’s because people in the USA are hilariously more likely to report a UFO sighting than anyone else. If I let the scale be free, it pretty much makes the rest of the map the same shade of blue.

    In fact, people in the USA report about 2500 sightings per 10M, a number almost 300 times greater than the global median. Why are Americans obsessed with UFOs? Maybe it’s related to Internet access. You have to have Internet access to submit a report, after all.

    the plot thickens

    • alunyanneгs 🏳️‍⚧️♀️
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      91 year ago

      That, or Usonians just happen to be the most psychotic branch of Anglos.

      I say this because (although I’m not very knowledgeable on UK politics, but nontheless) I feel UK politics is saner compared to Usonia’s (with the latter even treating it as pop culture/sports with the amount of political banners and whatnot), and I feel oddly confident that the UK is more likely to see a successful communist revolution in our lifetime than the US (though I hope it does too).

      • @Shrike502
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        111 year ago

        I feel UK politics is saner compared to Usonia’s

        I used to think the same until last year. The Ukraine war really brought out the dirt

      • @EnchantedWhetstones
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        51 year ago

        Yea they’re making the assumption only people in America have lots of internet access??