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>Do you read the news in any language other than English? That's kind of a weird take... I'm not American at all. I can't speak for all European countries, bu
by woolion 3y ago
>Do you read the news in any language other than English?
That's kind of a weird take... I'm not American at all.
I can't speak for all European countries, but in most it's kind of a basic anti-american cliché that they are so dumb that they believe in the grey alien coming with its anal probes. Most of the material about UFOs is directly translated.
There's some homegrown UFO, like the French 'Raël' [0], but I believe it's way more fringe in non-English speaking countries. Trying to find data I stumbled upon [1], which would be fairly consistent with the result of a meme propagated through culture.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%ABl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%ABl
[1] https://www.kaggle.com/code/shikhar96/geographical-distribution-of-sightings https://www.kaggle.com/code/shikhar96/geographical-distribut...
- david-gpu 3y agoThere are a ton of cases in Brazil and various other countries in South America. Those of us that mostly consume media in English hear about cases in the US and UK for that very reason. The dataset you pointed at is a perfect example of what I'm saying: NUFORC is an American nonprofit.