It seems like Minnesota isn’t flyover country when it comes to flying saucers.
To find out why, we talked with Lauren Butler, head of operations of Enigma.
Enigma is based in New York City, but Butler grew up in Burnsville and went to Augsburg University. So she’s well-placed to have some ideas on why Minnesota is the Land of 10,000 Lakes but fewer than 4,000 UFO sightings.
Like so many explanations of life here, Butler suggested it might have something to do with the weather.
“Minnesota is the coldest place in the U.S.,” Butler said. “People are not outside for six months of the year, and therefore they’re not out camping and observing.”
That, however, doesn’t explain why Alaska, another coldish place, ranks as the third highest in UFO reports per resident, just behind New Mexico and Montana, according to Enigma data. Also, residents in some warm-weather states like Virginia, South Carolina and Mississippi are pretty low reporters of UFOs, according to the app’s numbers.
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