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Scotland: Aliens' Official Favorite Destination

Posted by timothy on from the decent-haggis-hard-to-find dept.

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*?"

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  1. A book recommendation for the submitter: by TDScott · · Score: 5, Informative
    "The Demon-Haunted World" by Carl Sagan does an excellent job of debunking such myths and mysteries, as does the Skeptic's Dictionary.

    Funny what people believe, isn't it?

  2. Re:Possible Conclusions by guttentag · · Score: 2, Informative
    ... way to much ...
    Er, "too much"
  3. Re:You mean... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Your wish is my command Anonymous Coward one. See here. For the goatse.cx averse, cut-and-paste: www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/sextips/