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Comment author: [deleted] 08 October 2014 11:22:10PM 1 point [-]

Did you investigate what happened?

Comment author: Lumifer 09 October 2014 12:16:12AM 0 points [-]

What happened is that UFO sightings basically disappeared. Turns out it's much harder to talk about seeing UFOs when you can't answer the question "So, why didn't you take a picture with your phone?"

Comment author: [deleted] 09 October 2014 08:36:17AM *  4 points [-]

references?

[edit]: This graph shows the frequency of reported UFO sightings inn Canada over the last 25 years. There is a steady increase in sightings over the years:

http://www.canadianuforeport.com/survey/images/ttlreports2013.gif

The graph originates from this survey: http://survey.canadianuforeport.com/

conducted by the Canadian astronomer Chris A. Rutkowski and non-astronomer Geoff Dittman

Comment author: Lumifer 09 October 2014 02:42:23PM 2 points [-]

Hmm, interesting. Looks like I was wrong.