MUFON 2022 Final Statistics

     The Mutual UFO Network released their December sighting statistics a few days after the new year. This last month of the year saw a bit of a dip in reports with just 561 total reports. This is compared to a high of 934 in August, 786 in September, 826 in October, and a sagging 684 in the month of November. The lowest month of the year was February's 399 total reports.

 
   Of the 561 total reports for November 442 were documented in the United States. Canada, France, and the United Kingdom were all tied for second with 24 reports each. The reports fall off the face of the Earth after that with six reports in South Africa and five in Australia. The 442 U.S. sightings are the lowest total since April's 399. August was not only the highest total reports but also the highest U.S. reports with 744. September dipped to 660, October had 643, and November finished with 544.

    The state with the most sightings was California with 51, this is typical since California also has the largest population of any state. Texas was next with 37, followed by Florida with 25, Georgia  and Nevada with 22, New Jersey 19, and Ohio with 17. Pennsylvania and Michigan both had 16, Arizona and North Carolina both had 13, Washington and New York had 12 each, Oregon had 11, and Illinois and Missouri had 10.

2022 totals: 7,539 reports / 6,032 United States reports. Although adding up the U.S. states and District of Columbia only brought the total to 5,975.

January 559 (total)/426 (U.S.)	May 602/483	September 786/660
February 399/330	June 633/516	October 826/643
March 417/338	July 634/507	November 684/544
April 504/399	August 934/744	December 561/442

     This breaks down to an average of 628.25 total reports per month and 502.66 average per month U.S. In 2021 there was a total average of 563 and 455 for the United States. In 2020 the average total reports were 632.5 and U.S. was 489.

    The states according to the year ending data is listed below. I did notice some statistical deficiencies in some of the months (as noted in the year total difference above) that showed as many as ten reports missing. I did chalk some of that up to U.S. territories being lumped into the U.S. average but my data focuses solely on the U.S. states as well as the District of Columbia which is collected as well.

   

1. California 615	14. New Jersey 147	27. New Mexico 80	40. Mississippi 36
2. Florida 432	15. Oregon 142	28. Maryland 78	41. Montana 27
3. Texas 402	16. Georgia 137	29. Connecticut 66	42. Hawaii 25
4. Pennsylvania 257	17. Nevada 117	30. Kansas 64	43. Vermont 23
5. Michigan 254	18. Tennessee 114	31. South Carolina 63	44. Rhode Island 20
6. New York 227	19. Massachusetts 113	32. Utah 63	45. Wyoming 20
7. Ohio 226	20. Indiana 109	33. Idaho 53	46. Nebraska 17
8. Arizona 212	21. Kentucky 107	34. Louisiana 52	47. Alaska 16
9. Washington 210	22. Oklahoma 101	35. Alabama 49	48. North Dakota 16
10.  Missouri 202	23. Virginia 98	36. Iowa 48	49. South Dakota 16
11. Colorado 198	24. Wisconsin 96	37. Maine 41	50. Delaware 12
12 North Carolina 162	25. Minnesota 89	38. New Hampshire 37	51. Washington D.C. 7
13. Illinois 155	26. Arkansas 87	39. West Virginia 37

     While California tops the list it should also be noted that it also tops the list in population. The 615 reports translates to just 1.55 sightings per 100,000 people. Florida's 432 reports equal 2.22 reports per 100,000 people. Casually looking at the list it is fairly in line with the population statistics although Nevada's 117 reports give it a 3.8 per capita (nearly 4 out of every 100,0000 people reported a UFO there) which makes it the highest per capita.

    New Mexico also earned a 3.8 per capita as well with its 80 reports. Vermont's 23 reports earned it 3.7 sightings per 100,000 medal. Maine earned 3 per 100,000. and most other states were below the 2 mark. The 5,975 sightings I calculated translates to a 1.82 reports per 100,000 people for the average.