Pennsylvania Is 20th in U.S. UFO Sightings: Seasonal Trends and the Zamora Case Highlight Regional Patterns

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Pennsylvania ranks 20th in UFO sightings with a notable Philadelphia Fourth of July report, and from 2001 to 2015 it recorded 5,176 sightings—the fifth highest total in the country—while per-capita rankings name several northern and western states as top locations, sightings tend to rise in warm weather when more people are outside, most reports describe lights though other shapes such as disks or spheres are also noted, Lonnie Zamora’s 1964 Socorro encounter is cited as credible by Project BLUE BOOK but remains unsolved, and the takeaway is that the Northeast can be as likely as the Southwest to produce sightings, reflecting ongoing curiosity and uncertainty.