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by davewasthere 375 days ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/odqjef/this_is_a_m...

I don't know about you, but I'm skeptical.

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That largely just seems like a pop density map of those people who are likely on the English internet. Or in other words: the shows the base rate of UFO sightings is relatively location independent
Much more people on the English internet, including a huge number of Indians. But the map does seem to correlate well with the population density of Anglo-Americans in particular. Which is telling me that this is not a map of "all UFO sightings" at all and is massively biased towards sightings by Western English-speaking people.
This is wildly off. Russia alone should be as bright as the US.