Delaware Tops UFO Sightings Per Capita as National Total Nears 188,000 (1974–2026)

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Delaware leads per-capita UFO sightings (1,097 since 1974, about 1 in 928 residents) based on roughly 150,000 National UFO Reporting Center entries and social media, with Washington second and New York third in a national total of about 187,870 sightings since 1974 that imply roughly a 1 in 1,770 chance of a reported abduction per person, New York’s recent descriptions including a white Tic-Tac and a silver orb, public interest rising as Trump presses to release classified life-UFO files and CISA registers Alien.gov/Aliens.gov (not live by mid-March), data reflecting sightings rather than verified activity, and Dennis Anderson of the Center for UFO Studies noting New York’s high count is largely due to population density, with the update current as of March 11, 2026.