Posted by: Alejandro Rojas June 10, 2015
We recently wrote about an interactive UFO map that was created by a data scientists. Now a software company specializing in enterprise risk visualization has put together some great maps analyzing UFO sightings, including data such as what is seen when and where.
IDV Solutions posted the maps on their UXBlog where they post various data visualization examples. Some of them, including their UFO maps, are quite stunning.
IDV Solutions posted the maps on their UXBlog where they post various data visualization examples. Some of them, including their UFO maps, are quite stunning.
The data they used, much like the data scientists with the interactive maps, uses data retrieved from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC).
The first of their maps shows the sightings per capita. In other words, how many UFO sightings reported per person. The makers note, “Of course, as is the case for any observation data, there is a strong tendency towards echoing a population map.”
That is why they felt it would be more accurate to display the sighting per capita to find out where there are more reports compared to the population. Like other maps have found, including our own Open Minds maps we produce at the beginning of each year, they find UFO sightings are more frequent per person in the west.
The Huffington Post UK took a stab at speculating why there are more sightings in this area. They wrote, verbatim: “Well it’d be foolish not to mention the fact that much of the US Military’s weapons and experimental aircraft testing takes place in the Nevada desert, found rather conveniently in the west United States.”