The Best States in the Country to See a UFO

Recently, the U.S. Air Force released their Project Blue Book, a 28-year documented effort by the Air Force to investigate every single UFO reporting.

This week, all those files were put online for human consumption. Forty years ago, in Seattle, Washington my wife's grandfather, Robert J. Gribble started the National UFO Reporting Center. In 1994 he retired and provided his gathered information to Peter Davenport, who eventually moved the reporting center to a former nuclear missile bunker west of Spokane. Using the data that they provided, here are the states in which you have the best chance of seeing a UFO should you happen to visit.

California

California has by far the most reported UFO sightings with more than 5,000 over the next biggest state. Los Angeles has always been a hotbed for UFO action as well as Bakersfield and Fresno. Or course, let's put that in perspective: California is one of the most populous places in the country, sandwiched between mountains and the ocean, both of which can provide perfect cover for a visiting alien spacecraft.

If you go: Head up north of Los Angeles to the Bakersfield / Fresno / Modesto area which lies just west of the Sierra National Forrest. Or head down the Pacific coast highway; there is always a lot of action there. Even if you don't see a UFO, you can't beat the view.

Florida

Florida has the second most UFO sighting reports of state in the country. Even though a famous "sighting" in Gulf Breeze, Florida was basically debunked, there were over 200 accounts the same night that are still unexplained. There are a great deal of other places that continue to report UFO sightings including Gainesville, Fort Lauderdale, and Boca Raton.

If you go: If you find the need to still make your way to Gulf Breeze to see for yourself, head to Shoreline Park where you might not only see a UFO, but confirm sightings of a "faceless man," Tinkerbell and even an alien in the woods nearby.

Washington

Being home to the National UFO Reporting Center might play into the totals coming out of Washington, but nonetheless it ranks number three on the list. Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma and Vancouver and definitely the places that produce the most reports and Yakima is probably up there with them as well.

If you go: Considered the very first post-WWII modern day sighting of a UFO, pilot Kenneth Arnold was flying to Yakima when he saw a chain of shiny objects in the afternoon sky. Head anywhere between Yakima and Mount Adams and you should be right in the sweet spot. Bring a jacket.

Texas

Everything is bigger in Texas and that goes for the alien hype, too. Although they aren't the most reported state in the union, we'll just chalk that up to cowboy pride getting the best of them.

Arlington, Austin, Corpus Christie, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and even Amarillo and Galveston all have a fair amount of sightings, but they are all pretty big cities. Katy, Texas out of nowhere, has a huge amount of sightings compared to the size.

Aurora Texas is the place where it all began back in 1897 with the "supposed" crash of an alien spaceship, whose passenger died in the incident. The E.T. was later buried in an unmarked grave in a local cemetery. Figured to be a hoax to bring business to the town, it has succeeded well with sought out and highly visited historical markers which speak of the legend of 1897.

If you go: I would recommend going to the home of Renée Zellweger, Katy, Texas if you really want to pump up your chances of seeing a UFO. If history is more your thing head to Aurora where the town not only believes the legend, but they market themselves as the Roswell of the south.

So there you have it: The best states you can visit to give you the best chance to see a UFO. If anyone has another place they know of please share in the comments below.

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