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If You Want to Find an Alien, Go West!
Go west if you’re searching for UFOs and aliens in the United States. Over 100,000 reports of alien sightings were filed with the US Census Bureau and the National UFO Reporting Center between 2000 and 2023. There was an ‘extraterrestrial’ presence in some regions but not in others.
Since former US intelligence officer David Grusch appeared before Congress last year, claiming that the US has been reverse engineering recovered alien craft since the 1930s, there has been a massive influx of UFO-related news. In the meantime, an investigative filmmaker released a video of a “jellyfish UFO” that was photographed in 2018 and flew through a US military installation in the Middle Eastern country. The video was real.
There have been many reported sightings of extraterrestrials in America, with Area 51, located in Lincoln County, Nevada, topping the list with an astounding 820.9 sightings per 100,000 citizens since 2000. Other hotspots include La Paz County, Arizona; Alpine County, California; and Petroleum County, Montana, which reported close to 500–600 sightings between 2003 and 2023.
There are many legends concerning aliens and UFOs from Area 51, one of the Air Force’s most classified bases. However, there are more UFO hotspots than Area 51 and Nevada. With only 434 inhabitants, Arthur County, Nebraska, came second with 618.6…