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UFOs are only spotted in USA. Either Americans are liars or the rest of the world is blind


I shouldn't reply to an obvious troll account, but just because I've seen this claim come up several times now, and because it gives me an excuse to drop some high strangeness - UFOs have been spotted all over the world. It isn't just a US thing, although one could always argue the effect of the influence of US cultural hegemony on sightings elsewhere.

Some entertainingly noteworthy examples:

Japan Airlines Cargo Flight 1628 (1986)[0]

Warminster, England (1964)[1]

Tuscany (1954)[2]

Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England (1980)[3]

Varginha, Brazil (1966)[4]

Voronezh, Soviet Union (1989)[5]

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Air_Lines_Cargo_Flight_1...

[1]https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/638338/warminster-thing-...

[2]https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29342407

[3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_incident

[4]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varginha_UFO_incident

[5]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voronezh_UFO_incident


They do make a decent point tho. I don't see articles in the BBC, CBC or NHK every couple months about these things, since I've been following (recent history), it's mostly been the Americans who frequently talk about/spot this stuff.


Troll account? damm it so many snow flakes who cant have others voice out their opinions/observations.


Also UFOs are only seen in poor conditions by those with poor quality cameras.

It's never in the middle of the day, ground level, bright sunlight with a DSLR.


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