New York Ranks #3 In UFO Alerts In The U.S

The National UFO ALERT Rating System has been updated July 1, 2011, with California, Illinois, Texas, Indiana and New York moving to a UFO Alert 3 as the highest reporting states during the month of June 2011, filed with the Mutual UFO Network

Ohio, Florida, Arizona, Michigan, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Tennessee were placed in a UFO Alert 4 with 13 or more cases reported in June. Missouri, Maryland and Kentucky have been designated "Watch States" - each with 10 or more cases.

MUFON released June statistics July 1, where the total number of reported UFO sightings are listed by state. The UFO Examiner uses these statistics to rate states. The entire country was moved back to the lowest alert level - UFO Alert 5.

California was the leading UFO report state again this month  - with 42 cases - down from 55 last month - and remains in the UFO Alert 3 status with Illinois, 27 reports; Texas, 25 reports; Indiana, 22 reports; and New York, 21 reports.

Those states with 13 or more reports, the next reporting tier level, are a UFO Alert 4 status: Ohio, 19; Florida, 19; Arizona, 17; Michigan, 15; Colorado, 15; Pennsylvania, 14; and Tennessee, 14.
While all other states move to a UFO Alert 5 status, we are also moving the following states into our Watch Group: Missouri, 12; Maryland, 10; and Kentucky, 10 reports.

The most interesting UFO reports do not necessarily come from high reporting states - but those states with higher numbers do account for some of the most interesting evidence to study. While UFO sightings seem to pop up randomly around the country, this list is meant to offer a small insight into where Americans are filing reports.