Top 100 UFO “Hot Spots” for Europe
Rank, number of UFO reports and Close Encounters, Rates per 100,000 population and latest population estimates
UFOCAT Database, created 29 March 2004
Rank | Sub-Division | Full Name | District Capital | Country | UFO Reports | Rate of UFO reports per 100,000 pop. | Close Encounters | Rate of CE reports per 100,000 pop. | Population |
1 |
Orkney Isl | Orkney Islands | Kirkwall | Great Britain |
22 |
115.45 |
5 |
26.24 |
19,056 |
2 |
Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Trowbridge | Great Britain |
216 |
42.14 |
71 |
13.85 |
512,635 |
3 |
AlpesHautPro | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Digne | France |
48 |
40.31 |
17 |
14.28 |
119,068 |
4 |
Norrbotten | Norrbotten | Lulea | Sweden |
86 |
32.88 |
32 |
12.24 |
261,536 |
5 |
Oxford | Oxfordshire | Oxford | Great Britain |
168 |
33.12 |
41 |
8.08 |
507,230 |
6 |
Isle Wight | Isle of Wight | Newport | Great Britain |
49 |
42.65 |
6 |
5.22 |
114,879 |
7 |
Sodermanland | Sodermanland | Nykoping | Sweden |
60 |
23.86 |
24 |
9.55 |
251,423 |
8 |
Jura | Jura | Lons-le-Saunier | France |
68 |
27.99 |
16 |
6.59 |
242,925 |
9 |
Gwynedd | Gwynedd | Caernarfon | Great Britain |
48 |
21.59 |
16 |
7.20 |
222,291 |
10 |
Corse Sud | Corse du Sud | Ajaccio | France |
23 |
21.18 |
7 |
6.45 |
108,604 |
11 |
Dorset | Dorset | Dorchester | Great Britain |
142 |
24.53 |
32 |
5.53 |
578,993 |
12 |
Creuse | Creuse | Gueret | France |
23 |
16.43 |
10 |
7.14 |
139,968 |
13 |
Dyfed | Dyfed | Carmarthen | Great Britain |
45 |
13.93 |
25 |
7.74 |
323,040 |
14 |
Jamtland | Jamtland | Ostersund | Sweden |
24 |
17.89 |
8 |
6.00 |
134,116 |
15 |
Aude | Aude | Carcassonne | France |
41 |
14.61 |
19 |
6.77 |
280,686 |
16 |
Borders | Borders | Newtown St. Boswells | Great Britain |
15 |
15.03 |
6 |
6.01 |
99,784 |
17 |
Devon | Devon | Exeter | Great Britain |
194 |
20.86 |
41 |
4.41 |
930,112 |
18 |
Vestsjaelland | Vestsjaelland | Soro | Denmark |
50 |
17.95 |
14 |
5.03 |
278,592 |
19 |
Nord-Trondel | Nord-Trondel | Steinkjer | Norway |
24 |
18.95 |
6 |
4.74 |
126,648 |
20 |
Finnmark | Finnmark | Vadso | Norway |
12 |
16.07 |
4 |
5.36 |
74,690 |
21 |
Stafford | Staffordshire | Stafford | Great Britain |
216 |
21.48 |
38 |
3.78 |
1,005,641 |
22 |
Var | Var | Toulon | France |
116 |
16.38 |
35 |
4.94 |
708,331 |
23 |
Vejle | Vejle | Vejle | Denmark |
45 |
13.78 |
17 |
5.21 |
326,559 |
24 |
Vasternorrla | Vasternorrland | Harnosand | Sweden |
44 |
16.93 |
11 |
4.23 |
259,964 |
25 |
Dumfries | Dumfries and Galloway | Dumfries | Great Britain |
29 |
19.98 |
5 |
3.44 |
145,139 |
26 |
Doubs | Doubs | Besancon | France |
72 |
15.09 |
22 |
4.61 |
477,163 |
27 |
Vest-Agder | Vest-Agder | Kristiansand | Norway |
23 |
16.28 |
6 |
4.25 |
141,284 |
28 |
Charente-Mar | Charente-Maritime | La Rochelle | France |
66 |
12.86 |
26 |
5.07 |
513,220 |
29 |
Drome | Drome | Valence | France |
57 |
14.62 |
18 |
4.62 |
389,781 |
30 |
Ardennes | Ardennes | Charleville-Mezieres | France |
44 |
14.55 |
14 |
4.63 |
302,338 |
31 |
Haute-Marne | Haute-Marne | Chaumont | France |
29 |
13.77 |
10 |
4.75 |
210,670 |
32 |
Charente | Charente | Angouleme | France |
53 |
15.55 |
14 |
4.11 |
340,770 |
33 |
Suffolk | Suffolk | Ipswich | Great Britain |
88 |
14.91 |
25 |
4.24 |
590,133 |
34 |
Kopparberg | Kopparberg | Falun | Sweden |
42 |
14.77 |
12 |
4.22 |
284,407 |
35 |
Vaud | Vaud | Lausanne | Switzerland |
115 |
21.75 |
13 |
2.46 |
528,747 |
36 |
Northumberla | Northumberland | Great Britain |
53 |
17.94 |
10 |
3.38 |
295,451 |
|
37 |
Powys | Powys | Llandrindod Wells | Great Britain |
14 |
12.95 |
5 |
4.62 |
108,121 |
38 |
Prahova | Prahova | Plojesti | Romania |
25 |
11.37 |
11 |
5.00 |
219,900 |
39 |
Cheshire | Cheshire | Chester | Great Britain |
163 |
17.69 |
31 |
3.36 |
921,623 |
40 |
Allier | Allier | Moulins | France |
71 |
19.21 |
11 |
2.98 |
369,580 |
41 |
Somerset | Somerset | Taunton | Great Britain |
80 |
19.16 |
12 |
2.87 |
417,457 |
42 |
Warwick | Warwickshire | Warwick | Great Britain |
74 |
15.75 |
17 |
3.62 |
469,801 |
43 |
Core-Or | Cote-d’Or | Dijon | France |
87 |
18.37 |
14 |
2.96 |
473,548 |
44 |
Essex | Essex | Chelmsford | Great Britain |
198 |
13.97 |
56 |
3.95 |
4,416,890 |
45 |
Vienne | Vienne | Poitiers | France |
65 |
17.50 |
11 |
2.96 |
371,428 |
46 |
Caras-Severi | Caras-Severin | Resita | Romania |
12 |
12.40 |
4 |
4.13 |
96,800 |
47 |
Saone-Loire | Saone-et-Loire | Macon | France |
68 |
11.89 |
24 |
4.20 |
571,852 |
48 |
Huelva | Huelva | Huelva | Spain |
36 |
8.12 |
21 |
4.54 |
418,584 |
49 |
Fyn | Fyn | Odense | Denmark |
58 |
12.79 |
18 |
3.97 |
453,626 |
50 |
Somme | Somme | Amiens | France |
68 |
12.49 |
22 |
4.04 |
544,570 |
51 |
Kent | Kent | Maidstone | Great Britain |
226 |
15.60 |
47 |
3.24 |
1,448,393 |
52 |
Puy-Dome | Puy-de-Dome | Clermont-Ferrand | France |
69 |
11.61 |
25 |
4.21 |
594,365 |
53 |
Gard | Gard | Nimes | France |
78 |
14.70 |
18 |
3.39 |
530,478 |
54 |
Cornwall | Cornwall | Truro | Great Britain |
62 |
14.81 |
14 |
3.34 |
418,631 |
55 |
North York | North Yorkshire | Northallerton | Great Britain |
100 |
15.30 |
20 |
3.06 |
653,456 |
56 |
Luxembourg | Luxembourg | Arlon | Belgium |
37 |
16.67 |
6 |
2.70 |
221,926 |
57 |
Yonne | Yonne | Auxerre | France |
33 |
10.61 |
13 |
4.18 |
311,019 |
58 |
Northampton | Northamptonshire | Northampton | Great Britain |
79 |
15.05 |
16 |
3.05 |
524,967 |
59 |
Nordland | Nordland | Bodo | Norway |
32 |
13.28 |
8 |
3.32 |
241,048 |
60 |
So Glamorgan | South Glamorgan | Cardiff | Great Britain |
48 |
12.74 |
13 |
3.45 |
376,718 |
61 |
Correze | Correze | Tulle | France |
35 |
14.50 |
7 |
2.90 |
241,448 |
62 |
Varmland | Varmland | Karlstad | Sweden |
27 |
9.62 |
11 |
3.92 |
280,694 |
63 |
Surrey | Surrey | Kingston-upon-Thames | Great Britain |
154 |
15.52 |
24 |
2.42 |
992,489 |
64 |
Hampshire | Hampshire | Winchester | Great Britain |
183 |
12.69 |
45 |
3.12 |
1,442,598 |
65 |
Vastmanland | Vastmanland | Vasteras | Sweden |
36 |
14.13 |
7 |
2.75 |
254,847 |
66 |
Haute-Loire | Haute-Loire | Le Puy | France |
31 |
15.06 |
5 |
2.43 |
205,895 |
67 |
Blekinge | Blekinge | Kariskrona | Sweden |
13 |
8.69 |
6 |
4.01 |
149,544 |
68 |
Nievre | Nievre | Nevers | France |
35 |
14.61 |
6 |
2.50 |
239,635 |
69 |
Troms | Troms | Tromso | Norway |
16 |
10.91 |
5 |
3.41 |
146,595 |
70 |
Kobenhaven | Kobenhaven | Copenhagen | Denmark |
105 |
16.81 |
12 |
1.92 |
324,684 |
71 |
Wexford | Wexford | Wexford | Ireland |
5 |
4.88 |
5 |
4.88 |
102,552 |
72 |
Sevilla | Sevilla | Seville | Spain |
112 |
6.76 |
62 |
3.86 |
1,478,311 |
73 |
Ostergotland | Ostergotland | Linkoping | Sweden |
40 |
10.08 |
14 |
3.53 |
396,919 |
74 |
Lot-Garonne | Lot-et-Garonne | Agen | France |
28 |
9.38 |
11 |
3.68 |
298,522 |
75 |
Neuchatel | Neuchatel | Neuchatel | Switzerland |
14 |
8.84 |
6 |
3.79 |
158,368 |
76 |
Norfolk | Norfolk | Norwich | Great Britain |
71 |
10.36 |
23 |
3.36 |
685,232 |
77 |
Vaucluse | Vaucluse | Avignon | France |
49 |
11.47 |
13 |
3.04 |
427,343 |
78 |
Shropshire | Shropshire | Shrewsbury | Great Britain |
43 |
11.61 |
11 |
2.97 |
370,355 |
79 |
Ribe | Ribe | Rigbe | Denmark |
26 |
12.18 |
6 |
2.81 |
213,503 |
80 |
Lancashire | Lancashire | Preston | Great Britain |
153 |
11.23 |
41 |
3.01 |
1,362,801 |
81 |
Lothian | Lothian | Edinburgh | Great Britain |
91 |
12.32 |
20 |
2.71 |
738,372 |
82 |
Alpes-Mariti | Alpes-Maritimes | Nice | France |
111 |
12.60 |
23 |
2.61 |
881,198 |
83 |
Frederiksborg | Frederiksborg | Hillerod | Denmark |
48 |
14.55 |
7 |
2.12 |
329,992 |
84 |
Tayside | Tayside | Dundee | Great Britain |
42 |
10.72 |
12 |
3.06 |
391,846 |
85 |
Highland | Highland | Inverness | Great Britain |
21 |
10.49 |
6 |
3.00 |
200,150 |
86 |
Lincoln | Lincolnshire | Lincoln | Great Britain |
61 |
11.24 |
15 |
2.76 |
542,944 |
87 |
Pyrenees-Ori | Pyrenees-Orientales | Perpignan | France |
38 |
11.36 |
9 |
2.69 |
334,557 |
88 |
Vasterbotten | Vasterbotten | Umea | Sweden |
29 |
11.72 |
6 |
2.42 |
247,521 |
89 |
Gloucester | Gloucestershire | Gloucester | Great Britain |
69 |
13.99 |
9 |
1.82 |
493.166 |
90 |
Sonderjylland | Sonderjylland | Abenra | Denmark |
37 |
14.75 |
4 |
1.59 |
250,872 |
91 |
Ticino | Ticino | Bellinzona | Switzerland |
24 |
9.03 |
8 |
3.01 |
265,899 |
92 |
Sor-Trondela | Sor-Trondelag | Trondheim | Norway |
32 |
12.94 |
5 |
2.02 |
247,354 |
93 |
Lot | Lot | Cahors | France |
16 |
10.35 |
4 |
2.59 |
154,533 |
94 |
Vendee | Vendee | La Roche-sur-Yon | France |
48 |
9.94 |
13 |
2.69 |
483,027 |
95 |
Central | Central | Stirling | Great Britain |
32 |
11.70 |
6 |
2.19 |
273,391 |
96 |
Aveyron | Aveyron | Rodez | France |
21 |
7.54 |
9 |
3.23 |
278,654 |
97 |
East Sussex | East Sussex | Lewes | Great Britain |
71 |
11.08 |
15 |
2.34 |
641,016 |
98 |
Clwyd | Clwyd | Mold | Great Britain |
42 |
10.89 |
9 |
2.33 |
385,581 |
99 |
Vosges | Vosges | Epinal | France |
40 |
10.11 |
10 |
2.53 |
395,769 |
100 |
Hautes-Pyrene | Hautes-Pyrenees | Tarbes | France |
14 |
6.14 |
8 |
3.51 |
227,922 |
Rank is determined by averaging the rates for UFO reports and close encounters