That's compared to the national average of 34.3 sightings per 100,000 residents.
By comparison, Lincoln County, Nevada — home to Area 51 — had the most of any U.S. county, with 820.9 per 100,000 residents.
The intrigue: Houston ranked last among major U.S. metros for the rate of sightings.
Houstonians reported just 1,103 instances of UFO sightings in that time frame.
The intrigue: UFO reports spiked when SpaceX's Starlink satellites — which can look like a train streaking across the night sky — were first launched in 2019 and 2020, says Christian Stepien, the National UFO Reporting Center's chief technology officer.
Yes, but: That's less the case now, he says, as more people learn what Starlink looks like.
💠Jay's thought bubble: I didn't know it at the time, but I once witnessed a Starlink launch and indeed was dazed and confused at the sight.
The bottom line: Despite rising public acceptance of UFO chatter, there's still no proof that we're being visited by extraterrestrials.