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SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR,
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According to Ufology Research, there were more than twice the number of UFO sightings in 2012 than in 2011. In fact, there were record numbers of UFO sightings in almost every province.
Source: canadianuforeport.com
1989
141
1993
489
1998
194
2004
882
2011
986
reported sightings of UFOs
2012
1,981
5
Average number of UFO sightings reported each day:
2012’s sightings
By province
Ontario had 41% of all sightingsIn total, only 279sightings have ever been reported in the Territories since 1989Only 2% of all sightingsin 2012 were “closeencounters”
44
Number of timesfigures/entitieshave reportedly been encountered since 1989
42
Number of timespeople have reported an abduction or contactexperience since 1989
(1,070)
54%
of the 1,981 sightings in 2012 were light(s) in the night sky
(1,076)
55%
were starlike-shaped objects
(the classic flying saucer shape only accounted for 3% of sightings)
Wild for UFOs
10-11 p.m.
Most sightings were observed from
12693
orange
The most common colour of light seen was
Total reported sightings
By year
822
124
399
6
Yukon
124
236141
2
B.C.
323
Alta.
55
Sask.Man. Ont.Que.N.B.N.S.P.E.I.N.L.
10913615018016614027228319415181116JFMAMJJASOND
By month
(546 reports)
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