• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
10 US 'hotspot' states where the chances of being abducted by aliens are higher than you think

Home> News> US News

Published 18:51 20 Mar 2025 GMT

10 US 'hotspot' states where the chances of being abducted by aliens are higher than you think

One state has seen a whopping 36,286 reported sightings of UFOs...

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

Where you live can apparently determine whether you'll be abducted by little green men, with some states just that much more popular with inquisitive extraterrestrials.

If you go to bed having nightmares about being abducted by aliens, you'll want to turn away.

Data from the National UFO Reporting Center - which contains 149,000 sighting entries - alongside digital media reports has revealed which states in the US are most often frequented by flying saucers and visitors from other worlds.

Numbers were crunched to figure out which states have had the most UFO sightings and subsequently could pose the biggest risk of being abducted by aliens, Casino.CA reports.

Advert

Coming in at spot number 10 is Nevada with a reported one UFO sighting per 1,740 people, Colorado following in just behind with one per 1,715.

Arizona comes in at seventh place with one UFO sighting per 1,512 and sixth goes to Pennsylvania with one sighting per 1,456 people.

But it's the top five where you should start really paying attention.

Have you ever spotted a UFO? (Getty Stock Images)
Have you ever spotted a UFO? (Getty Stock Images)

5) New York

You may've thought the bright lights of New York City might deter any UFOs from hovering overhead, however, the most populous city in the US has a sighting of one UFO per 1,301 people, seeing it take a place in the top five.

Advert

With a population of around a whopping eight million, this means there's been around 6,149 UFO sightings reported in the city.

4) Oregon

Oregon follows shortly after with one UFO sighting per 1,156 people.

With a population of around four million, this means there's been around 3,460 reports of UFO sightings in the area.

3) Florida

With over 11,000 UFO sightings reported over the years - roughly one for every 1,144 people - you may not want to move to Florida if you believe in aliens and your worst fear is something out of 2009's The Fourth Kind occurring.

Advert

A video was even shared online of a 'UFO' appearing to zoom '2,000 MPH' over a beach in Florida.

Drum roll please for the top two...

New York made the top five (Getty Stock Images)
New York made the top five (Getty Stock Images)

2) Washington

There've been a staggering 7,125 reported sightings of UFOs in Washington since 1974 and the state has a UFO sighting rate of one per 1,093 people.

Advert

And - given ET: The Extra-Terrestrial - it's only right that taking the top spot is none other than sunny California.

1) California

Since 1974, there's been a reported 36,286 sightings of UFOs making California 'the UFO capital of America'.

California's UFO sightings per person come to 1,075, one 'mass' sighting seeing UFOs allegedly spotted above a military base.

Advert

So, keep your eyes peeled for any flying discs next time you're taking a hike near the Hollywood Hills, eh?

Featured Image Credit: Getty Images/David Wall

Topics: Aliens, US News, UFO, Space

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

Advert

Advert

Advert

  • Unsettling footage shown to Congress of mysterious orb being shot by US Hellfire missile and ‘bouncing right off’
  • Man 'abducted by aliens' 30 years ago is still searching for answers as he recalls terrifying ordeal
  • Investigation may reveal why there are so many more UFO sightings in US compared to anywhere else
  • Wife of Apollo astronaut reveals husband's strange 'encounters' with UFOs he told her before he died

Choose your content:

an hour ago
2 hours ago
  • Getty Images/GraphicaArtis
    an hour ago

    Archeologists discover prehistoric dam close to pool where Jesus 'healed a blind man'

    The newly uncovered dam, located in Jerusalem, dates back to the 9th century BC

    News
  • Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty Images
    2 hours ago

    Heartbreaking reason Stephen Graham stated he’d be 'dead' without his wife in Emmy's speech

    Stephen Graham gave an emotional Emmy's speech on Sunday (September 14)

    Celebrity
  • Fox News
    2 hours ago

    News host blasted online after saying mentally ill homeless people should just be ‘killed’

    Brian Kilmeade, of Fox News, was forced to apologise for his comments which caused uproar on social media

    News
  • YouTube/Good Morning Britain
    2 hours ago

    Domestic abuse survivor reveals how Siri saved her life in brutal attack

    Emma-Louise Kelly used her iPhone voice assistant 'out of sheer desperation'

    Technology