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 Top 100 UFO "Hot Spots" for Europe

 Rank, number of UFO reports and Close Encounters, Rates per 100,000 population and latest population estimates

 UFOCAT Database, created 29 March 2004

Rank

Sub-Division

Full Name

District Capital

Country

UFO Reports

Rate of UFO reports per 100,000 pop.

Close Encounters

Rate of CE reports per 100,000 pop.

Population

1

Orkney Isl

Orkney Islands

Kirkland

Great Britain

22

115.45

5

26.24

19,056

2

Wiltshire

Wiltshire

Trowbridge

Great Britain

216

42.14

71

13.85

512,635

3

AlpesHautPro

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Digne

France

48

40.31

17

14.28

119,068

4

Norrbotten

Norrbotten

Lulea

Sweden

86

32.88

32

12.24

261,536

5

Oxford

Oxfordshire

Oxford

Great Britain

168

33.12

41

8.08

507,230

6

Isle Wight

Isle of Wight

Newport

Great Britain

49

42.65

6

5.22

114,879

7

Sodermanland

Sodermanland

Nykoping

Sweden

60

23.86

24

9.55

251,423

8

Jura

Jura

Lons-le-Saunier

France

68

27.99

16

6.59

242,925

9

Gwynedd

Gwynedd

Caernarfon

Great Britain

48

21.59

16

7.20

222,291

10

Corse Sud

Corse du Sud

Ajaccio

France

23

21.18

7

6.45

108,604

11

Dorset

Dorset

Dorchester

Great Britain

142

24.53

32

5.53

578,993

12

Creuse

Creuse

Gueret

France

23

16.43

10

7.14

139,968

13

Dyfed

Dyfed

Carmarthen

Great Britain

45

13.93

25

7.74

323,040

14

Jamtland

Jamtland

Ostersund

Sweden

24

17.89

8

6.00

134,116

15

Aude

Aude

Carcassonne

France

41

14.61

19

6.77

280,686

16

Borders

Borders

Newtown St. Boswells

Great Britain

15

15.03

6

6.01

99,784

17

Devon

Devon

Exeter

Great Britain

194

20.86

41

4.41

930,112

18

Vestsjaelland

Vestsjaelland

Soro

Denmark

50

17.95

14

5.03

278,592

19

Nord-Trondel

Nord-Trondel

Steinkjer

Norway

24

18.95

6

4.74

126,648

20

Finnmark

Finnmark

Vadso

Norway

12

16.07

4

5.36

74,690

21

Stafford

Staffordshire

Stafford

Great Britain

216

21.48

38

3.78

1,005,641

22

Var

Var

Toulon

France

116

16.38

35

4.94

708,331

23

Vejle

Vejle

Vejle

Denmark

45

13.78

17

5.21

326,559

24

Vasternorrla

Vasternorrland

Harnosand

Sweden

44

16.93

11

4.23

259,964

25

Dumfries

Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries

Great Britain

29

19.98

5

3.44

145,139

26

Doubs

Doubs

Besancon

France

72

15.09

22

4.61

477,163

27

Vest-Agder

Vest-Agder

Kristiansand

Norway

23

16.28

6

4.25