Feb 20, 2024 - News
Map du jour: UFO sightings
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While your attention is turned to the sky, keep an eye out for UFOs.
What's happening: Discussion and reports of UFOs — or the more modern term, UAPs (unidentified anomalous phenomena) — have been going more mainstream in recent years amid a push for answers from lawmakers and others.
Zoom in: The Indy metro area had 31.6 UFO sightings per 100,000 residents between 2000 and 2023, according to an Axios analysis of National UFO Reporting Center data.
- That's just shy of the national average of 34.3 sightings — not unusual for a major metro area with lots of light pollution.
Quick take: Hot spots on the national map roughly correlate to dark sky locations, which tracks given that it's easier to see interesting stuff in the night sky when you're far from light pollution.