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The decline in UFO sightings continues
SyracuseNewsTimes ^ | Cherly Costa

Posted on 07/28/2018 6:57:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin

MUFON sighting numbers have been suffering as well. In 2016 their average monthly sightings were between 350 and 400 per month. In 2017 sighting numbers fell between 275 and 300 reports per month. In 2018 the sighting numbers started at about 375 and bounced between 250 and 300 per month, as shown on the chart.

As shown in the chart, in 2016 the combined UFO sighting numbers hovered between 700 and nearly 900 per month. In 2017 the sighting numbers were down from 2016, and hovered between 260 to its lowest at 240, with a brief upsurge in June to a little over 325. In 2018, the combined sighting numbers started out at about 340 and bounced back and forth between 250 and 300, but are still heading downward.

Since the June article, I have had a great deal of social media commentary regarding this downward trend. The comments range from “The aliens don’t like us,” “People are apathetic about reporting,” and “Perhaps there’s something astronomically going on with where the aliens are from.” One comment suggested that the aliens are afraid of President Trump’s proposed Space Force.

Square/rectangle silhouettes have been on a steady increase since 2010, while all the other common UFO silhouettes have been declining. Even the square/rectangles have shown a slight decrease in the past two years.

But one UFO that still continues to increase in sightings is the Saturn silhouette. The Saturn shape has been around for some time: One was reported in village of Norwood in St. Lawrence County, New York, in July 1833.

(Excerpt) Read more at syracusenewtimes.com ...


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To: Hot Tabasco

Your friend’s experience speaks to a whole ‘nother dimension of the UFO phenomenon. It’s one I have no desire to experience.


61 posted on 07/28/2018 9:01:36 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: BenLurkin
Maybe they've finally decided there's no intelligent life here.
62 posted on 07/28/2018 9:17:33 AM PDT by JoeFromSidney
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To: BenLurkin

They will be back in time for the election.


63 posted on 07/28/2018 9:19:39 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 trillion dollars.)
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To: jonascord
This cop only had a Polaroid...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_triangle_(UFO)#2000_–_Southern_Illinois_incident

64 posted on 07/28/2018 9:31:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

They’ve gotten smarter and realize we are not real bright. So they are waiting for us to destroy ourselves and when the glow goes away, they will come in, exterminate the cockroaches and colonize without interference. Easier to do, cost effective, and takes less resources. Yes, there is intelligent life. And when they land, it will then be here.

rwood


65 posted on 07/28/2018 9:34:52 AM PDT by Redwood71
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To: BenLurkin
It's Global Warming I tell ya. It's getting too hot for them
there aliens. And I haven't even seen one of those
Trump shaking hands with an alien picture yet. The aliens
are also protesting the Trump tax cuts by staying away.
66 posted on 07/28/2018 9:37:16 AM PDT by StormEye
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To: Windflier
Have you ever seen a UFO? I have. My experiences were so fleeting, that by the time I processed what I was seeing, the object was gone. I could have had a camera in my hand at the time, and still couldn't have reacted quickly enough to get a photograph.

You're right. I saw an amazing object in the night sky some five years ago while camping in a remote spot in the mountains. It was large and very close, about a mile away. I had a video camera in my hand, but the object disappeared behind a hill before I could even lift my camera up to power it on.

67 posted on 07/28/2018 9:43:20 AM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: BenLurkin

http://www.nuforc.org/webreports.html

Looks like the article is correct. Down by about 25% from 2 years ago, but it looks like it is still elevated from 10 yrs ago.

It’s as if more UFOs appear when Democrats are in power.


68 posted on 07/28/2018 9:46:40 AM PDT by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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To: Windflier

My husband and I saw one once.


69 posted on 07/28/2018 9:46:43 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: xp38

Joke’s on you! :)


70 posted on 07/28/2018 9:47:31 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Windflier
I should also note that my friend is a UFO skeptic but also a highly intelligent Phd Psychologist and retired Wayne State professor.

His experience left him just as baffled as you and I.......

71 posted on 07/28/2018 10:10:48 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I once found a needle in a haystack but it wasn't the one I was looking for...)
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To: xp38

Yep, something is afoot. What do animals do prior to a catastrophic event? They flee. IMHO!


72 posted on 07/28/2018 10:17:27 AM PDT by partyrepub
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To: BenLurkin

ChemTrail spraying is down also, maybe they’re running out of money. *-)

(Oh wait, its a gubamint sponsored “research” program.. Run out of funding?? never happen, GI..)


73 posted on 07/28/2018 11:21:16 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: mdmathis6

BOL!

Or like my wife, she hasn’t figured out how take videos of moving objects, ufo’s and Big Foot.


74 posted on 07/28/2018 12:02:34 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Investigate how Mexico has manipulated, meddled & interfered in our elections, since Ike was POTUS!)
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To: Windflier
... by the time I processed what I was seeing, the object was gone

Same here. Noticed something in the sky, thought nothing of it for a few seconds, then once it was gone realized how unusual it was.

75 posted on 07/28/2018 12:25:40 PM PDT by ken in texas
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To: BenLurkin

the ufo’s finished their surveillance of our planet before they landed Obama to take us over


76 posted on 07/28/2018 12:35:54 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ( "Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: BenLurkin

It’s because Art Bell passed away.


77 posted on 07/28/2018 2:15:08 PM PDT by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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To: BenLurkin

The sightings are down because there are only so many wormholes sensitive to their metals and the wormholes are unpredictable and dependent on the negative energy of Liberals. What is seen is craft staging to enter the wormhole - that’s why they disappear so quickly, sucked up like a vacuum cleaner.


78 posted on 07/28/2018 9:15:52 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: BenLurkin; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks BenLurkin. Until UFOs start flying into the screens of mobile phones, this downward trend will continue.

79 posted on 07/29/2018 11:07:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: BenLurkin

https://video-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t42.1790-2/29049082_179349149531934_7637492153496633344_n.mp4?_nc_cat=0&efg=eyJybHIiOjMwMCwicmxhIjo1MTIsInZlbmNvZGVfdGFnIjoic3ZlX3NkIn0%3D&oh=979d48b67c0d3a3c16f0a025d5202555&oe=5B82F867

What the heck is this? Reflections in a car window?


80 posted on 08/26/2018 7:22:51 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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