UFO sightings

data visualization
  • DURATION
  • 3 months
  • TOOLS
  • Sketch, Rstudio, Excel
  • The reports can help us analyze the model of the alien, Extraterrestrials, visitors, UFOs, etc. Through analyzing the UFOs’ insights, we may find the pattern of where and when they are most likely to see ET. Do aliens work on weekends? Can we find patterns in their arrival times and durations? Finally, consider the missing data set. Why in the US have the biggest data set? What about other countries? Who is filtering the data set? In what standard? 
  • 81,185
  • Cleaned recorded about UFO “sightings” around the world included in this data set, from 1949 to 2014 nearly a century. Collected by The National UFO Reporting Center.(TNURC)
  • Sadly not all of the reports are reliable. NUFORCFORC and other researchers are trying their best to distinguish UFOs from satellites such as “STARLINK.”

  • You’re most likely to see a UFO in California, which has the highest record of UFO sightings in the world, with 8,912 records.  District of Columbia is the place that least likely  for UFO sightings, with only 7 reports in more than half a century.

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  • SUM of Countries 
  • with UFO sightings 
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  • Best UFO Sighting Spot 
  • in the U.S.A
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  • The most common shapes
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  • Total number of sightings 
  • per time period

  • Here is some information for NUFORC
    What is NUFORC?
    NUFORC is the abbreviation for The National UFO Reporting Center.
    Lead by: Peter Davenport, Stanford University graduate.
    Was founded in 1974 by Robert J. Gribble
    Location: United States. A bunker in a former nuclear missile site about 50 miles west of Spokane, Washington
    Online form language: English
    Select standard: unknown. Θ
    Select people: unknown. Θ
    Staff information: could find someone on LinkedIn, the title includes Data Scientist, ML Specialist, Data Analyst, Business Intelligence Engineer, Assistant Brand Manager, Core Engineer.
    Other Organizations that collect UFO report:
    Mutual UFO Network, a US-based non-profit organization composed of civilian volunteers who study reported UFO sightings. unaccredited online institution
    Found by J. Z. Knight

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  • NUFORC & Missing Data
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