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Scotland: Aliens' Official Favorite Destination
scubacuda writes: "This Reuters article says that Scotland has the highest concentration of UFO sightings--300 per year, the most per square kilometer and per head of population of anywhere in the world. That means 0.004 UFOs for every square kilometer of Scotland -- a rate four times as high as in France or Italy, earth's other UFO hotspots. (In comparison, only 2,000 UFOs are spotted every year in the United States represent, making just 0.0002 sightings per square kilometer. Bonnybridge--30 miles west of Edinburgh--seems to be the Scotland equivalent of Roswell, New Mexico). UFO nuts explain it in terms of aliens being attracted to remote areas. But can anyone say *autosuggestion*?"
going to see the Loch Ness Monster.
Can anyone say *autosuggestion?*
Sure: "Autosuggestion."
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I am not a number! I am a man! And don't you
...If it's not Scottish, It's CRAP!
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Strange creatures in strange garb, from a faraway place, speaking a strange language (the accent gets deep enough...) and with no apparent knowledge of human (or at least local) customs.
and they're always trying to 'probe' the local women (not to mention the sheep)!
Sometimes boldness is in fashion. Sometimes only the brave will be bold.
in related news, Scotland also leads the world in Lochness Monster sightings per capita...
"Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true." - Homer Simpson
UFO sitings may be higher in remote areas, but I think the frequency of sightings can be more closely correlated to the alcohol consumption rate in a given area.
-ted
It's probably just a bunch of Thermians visiting the birthplace of Mr. Scott.
"Derp de derp."
Come for the Haggis, stay for the anal probes.
Actually the favourite dish in England and Scotland these days is curry so maybe it is .
the Vindaloo
Last I heard it's tough to get a good Vindaloo
in Roswell.
However, I think that the skeptical nickel has already been spent on UFO's. We are beyond the point where we should be doubting basic facts like the existence of these objects and we should instead be concentrating on figuring out what they are and what the occupants want with us.
Many abductees speak of messages of peace but these are strangely juxtaposed with rough treatment in the area of the rectum. Could it be that these are interstellar proponents of Open Source software, here to talk of love but then commit rape? I think the chances are good.
Sounds like they have good taste! Scotch, spaghetti and wine sounds like a winner to me!
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scot 2: 'Bloody hell Angus, I think that's 0.004 of a UFO!!'
If it's true (*laugh*), then it is because of a higher population density... simply more people there to see them. Too many rural areas in the US for us to catch em all.
But since I find it hard to buy that aliens go for an interstellar joyride in Scotland all the time, this means it's obviously the supersecret british skunkworks aerospace base causing these sightings. They have stuff 60 yrs ahead of anything we have, after all. (*ROFLMAO*)
The reason that extraterrestrials visit Scotland so often is that Scottish men wear kilts. That makes the anal probes much easier to perform. No fumbling with belts, zippers, etc.
there are computer geeks that actually DO get dates???? Fuck, now I'm even more lonely and depressed. ;)
I never believed in UFO's before, but now I do.
I was particularly convinced by the comment "Digital photo's can't be faked". Anyone who can say that and mean it *must* be from another planet.
-aiabx
Just this guy, you know?
Oh god, that was funny. Of course the best line is
"It should be noted, " remarked Dr. Von Vickersburg, "that digital photographs can not be faked, And these are digital photographs. I find their existence very disturbing!"
Digital photos can't be faked? WHAT!!!!!
Look at the little green baby.
Ah tell you what. You can KEEP yer spaceship, you can keep yer photos, but ahh want the little green alien baby.
Ahh want mah green baby green baby green baby green baby
GET IN MAH BELLY!
Ahm higher on the food chain than you.. GET IN MAH BELLY...
Sorry. Hindsight tells me that the previous post is very silly. Please ignore.
- "I'll tell you, too, that's starting to depress me about UFO's, about the fact that they cross galaxies or wherever they come from to visit us and always end up in places like Fife, Alabama. " (maybe that should read "Fife, Scotland"?)
- "With a five-minute UFO experience I got a taste of holiness I never got in 20 years of religion."
- "Would you let the aliens land, please? They might be here to pick me up."
Is there anything that The Great One didn't have an opinion on?(this is not a
As my grandpa used to say, "I saw a UF, but I couldn't quite make out any O."
How ya like dat?
I believe in UFOs.
Here are the criteria for establishing whether you have seen an honest to goodness UFO.
1. Could you identify it?
2. Was it flying?
3. Was it an object?
If, indeed, you could not identify it, it was flying, and it was an object then, yes, it was a UFO (Unidentified Flying Object).
With the above criteria I would expect greater amounts of UFO sightings among the near-sighted as they/we are more prone to be unable to identify a flying object.
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I have a hard time believing Scotland would lead in UFO sightings. It doesn't strike me as an area of the world with the right popluation center. After all, do they even HAVE trailer parks there?
Did anyone compare the alcohol consumption per capita with UFO sightings per capita? Perhaps someone should survey for pink elephant and leprechaun sightings too.
Everyone knows that the delicacy of choice for non-earth creatures is Haggis!!
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I was certain it was going to be Debian...you know.. those Debian Slime Devils...
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