UFO Sightings | 1950 - 2021 👽🛸📊

Bar chart race that shows 50+ years of reported UFO sightings by U.S. state on a per capita basis; month/year state reportings are running totals and normalized for population using latest state population available. Map insert shows geographic location of each sighting on a monthly basis from 1950 thru 2021; the size of the dot is scaled by the number of reports in the area.

Chapters:
00:00 Area 51 history
00:13 Area 51 declassification
00:23 Area 51 security
00:33 Sheahan family and private property on Area 51
00:43 "Janet" planes to Area 51
NASA and Area 51
00:54 Area 51 on Google Maps
01:04 Area 51 size
01:14 Area 51 nicknames
Why number 51 in Area 51?
01:25 How area 51 got its name
01:52 Area 51 and weather balloons
02:02 Captured aircrafts at Area 51
Hillary Clinton and Area 51
02:16 Bill Clinton and Area 51
02:33 Moon landing and Area 51
02:43 Spaceship cursor and Google Maps
Continued activity at Area 51
02:56 Google Earth images and Area 51

Top 10 states with the most UFO sighting:
1. Vermont
2. Montana
3. Washington
4. Alaska
5. Maine
6. New Hampshire
7. Oregon
8. New Mexico
9. Idaho
10. Wyoming

Top 5 states with the fewest UFO sightings:
1. Texas
2. Louisiana
3. Georgia
4. Mississippi
5. Alabama

Data: National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC)
http://www.nuforc.org/webreports/ndxe202007.html

Publications Used:
https://www.rd.com/list/ufo-myths/
https://www.britannica.com/story/what-is-known-and-not-known-about-area-51
https://www.livescience.com/60916-strange-facts-about-area-51.html
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/588504/area-51-facts
https://www.kxlh.com/cnn-national/2019/07/31/area-51-fast-facts/
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-aliens

Track:
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Song: Lost World | https://soundcloud.com/desperate-measurez/sci-fi-atmospheric-music-lost-world-royalty-free

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