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  1. Rory

    Something on a NASA photo from Mars [Cosmic Ray]

    It seems kind of random what they take and when they take it. I've seen others that were shot at 13 second intervals without any apparent glitching in the photos, and several photos in a short span looks pretty normal. Also, a lot of the pictures are of nothing much (also from Sol 3613): If...
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    Misleading "worldwide" UFO reporting map - actually based on US data

    Hey look: Vermont, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Montana and Maine are all among the highest states for marijuana use too. ;) Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/723822/cannabis-use-within-one-year-us-adults/ And you know who's bottom? Texas. Might have to add a column for that...
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    Misleading "worldwide" UFO reporting map - actually based on US data

    You're so right about that: dividing land areas by state lines certainly isn't the best way to do it since portions of some states will have more in common with their neighbours than with other parts of their own state, or regions within states would be better off considered separately. But I...
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    Misleading "worldwide" UFO reporting map - actually based on US data

    And here's a quick chart showing the ratio of UFO reports to bigfoot sightings: Which is kind of revealing in some ways: Nevada with its lack of forest is #1 (176 times more likely to report a UFO than bigfoot) Smaller more heavily populated eastern states are near the top (or bottom...
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    Misleading "worldwide" UFO reporting map - actually based on US data

    In some cases yes, in some cases no (compare Montana, Washington and Oregon to Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont):
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    Misleading "worldwide" UFO reporting map - actually based on US data

    That's actually quite a good suggestion (might tally with the "mindset" category). I'll have a look for a decent and easily pasteable full state list. But according to this site good ol' Washington is number one both in terms of sightings per capita and sightings overall: Probably bigfoot...
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    Misleading "worldwide" UFO reporting map - actually based on US data

    Thinking about how evidence for that might show up in the data I figured that the early years might possibly feature Washington more heavily, with other states "catching up" once the reporting centre became more widely known and used. Here are the numbers of reports for Washington, New York and...
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    Misleading "worldwide" UFO reporting map - actually based on US data

    That's total. I don't know if I would say Washington is an outlier: it still lags behind Vermont in sightings per capita and is pretty closely matched with six or seven other states. As an example, since state boundaries are mostly arbitrary, let's add Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire...
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    Something on a NASA photo from Mars [Cosmic Ray]

    I don't know either. Perhaps you could check on the ones you've seen and see which camera they were from. Exactly. That's why I wondered if it was just a coincidence.
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    Something on a NASA photo from Mars [Cosmic Ray]

    Well, all the ones I've seen were from the right navigation camera. Others were from different cameras?
  11. Rory

    Something on a NASA photo from Mars [Cosmic Ray]

    So just coincidence that they've thus far all appeared on the same camera (afaik)?
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    Misleading "worldwide" UFO reporting map - actually based on US data

    Montana 876 reports per million people, Connecticut 534. Full list (RPM = reports per million):
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    South Texas Thing - Strange Object on Path [Butterfly]

    A totem can be whatever's showing up for you in the moment. Mainly if a particular animal appears repeatedly or in unusual circumstances, then it's a good time to pay attention to whatever 'message' it might have for you. And if they sit down and start talking to you that would be considered...
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    Misleading "worldwide" UFO reporting map - actually based on US data

    If we really wanted to work out why some places in the US had more reports than others we'd have to do all sorts of cross-checks. Population total is of course the first level but it doesn't really tell us very much - what I'd be thinking about are things like: Air traffic Number of days/nights...
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    South Texas Thing - Strange Object on Path [Butterfly]

    Ah yes, of course: transformation, metamorphosis - makes sense. Ted Andrews used to be my go to guy for animal totem definitions:
  16. Rory

    Unidentified object in Danish photo of birds (bird poop)

    Here's a shot of some birds (Eurasian widgeons, I believe) that was shared today in a Danish UFO group: Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/112842926337/posts/10158628324866338/ Upon looking on the computer the photographer noticed a small object in the top left corner and felt it could...
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    South Texas Thing - Strange Object on Path [Butterfly]

    Well I hope we've managed to put your mind at ease. Must have been scary - but if I remember my animal totems correctly butterflies are harbingers of joy and a reminder to enjoy the dance of life. A good omen indeed. :)
  18. Rory

    Mick (and other members) in the media

    I'd like to start this thread so that appearances in the media from Mick and other metabunk members can be shared, since they sometimes fly under the radar. I'll kick off with this excellent video from reason.com all about the current UAP situation and Mick's take on it: Source...
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    Misleading "worldwide" UFO reporting map - actually based on US data

    I don't know whether this is the best place (since the debunk's all done) or the other thread is (Szydagis's number two) but it would be interesting to note how other countries gather data and how easy it is to make a report. If I search for "report a ufo sighting" the top hit (on a clean...
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    Misleading "worldwide" UFO reporting map - actually based on US data

    Oh indeed, I don't doubt that people in the US are much more prone to imagine they've seen aliens or something weird - but this thread is purely about the map in question and showing that it can't possibly tell us anything about the spread of UFO sightings across the world, as some people have...
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