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 |