Quebec leads the country in sightings of UFOs, annual survey says

The 2015 Canadian UFO Survey says Quebec leads thecountry when it comes to sightings of unidentified flying objects.

The annual survey by Winnipeg-based Ufology Research was releasedMondayand says last year had the second-largest number of sightingsin the last three decades, with 1,267.

The year with the most UFO reports a whopping 1,981 was 2012,which was also supposed to be the year the world ended, according tothe Mayan calendar.

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Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nova Scotia and Newfoundlandreported more UFO sightings last year than the year before, butQuebec alone is responsible for about 35 per cent of all reports in2015.

That's way up from previous years, when Quebec's percentage wasbetween five and 15 per cent.

There were 97 reports in Montreal alone, followed by 78 inToronto and 69 in Vancouver; Edmonton was a distant fourth with just36 sightings.

The study said the typical sighting lasts about 16 minutes andmore than half of the reports were of simple lights in the sky.

The study noted the number of reported UFO sightings remains highand suggested several reasons why, including more secret militaryflights, better access to reporting sightings, or "even that thedownturn in the economy is leading to an increased desire by somepeople to look skyward for assistance."

The study also acknowledged "there is no incontrovertibleevidence that some UFO cases involve extraterrestrial contact. Thecontinued reporting of UFOs by the public and the yearly increase innumbers of UFO reports suggests a need for further examination ofthe phenomenon by social, medical and/or physical scientists."