When your home state makes the "Top 5" of any nationwide list, you hope it's for a good reason.

map of the U.S. state Maine
Titova Elena
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For instance, I would not be surprised if Maine ranked high in the number of people who have had an interaction with a moose, or for having a bunch of lighthouses.

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
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It wouldn't be far-fetched to find Maine at the top of a "Highest Number Of Pine Trees Per Square Foot" list.

Paul Wolfe, Townsquare Media
Paul Wolfe, Townsquare Media
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This was one list, however, that I didn't expect.

Aliens creature in the forest
FOTOKITA
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Did you know (and if you didn't know, now you do) that Maine is tied with New Hampshire for 5th place in 'States With The Highest Number Of UFO Sightings In The Nation?'

I would have thought that New Mexico would have beat us, with its association with Roswell and all. But they're behind us on this list that Casino Alpha put together.

UFO landing at night in the forest with trees and stars.
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What blows my mind, even more than the fact that Maine is ranked #5, is that Vermont is ranked #1!

"...analyzed data from the National UFO Reporting Center by looking at all reports of sightings in each state. They weighed the number of reports of alien visitations relative to the state’s population to create a fair ranking of most to least visits per 100,000 residents. UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object, often associated with what believers claim to be the aircraft aliens use to visit Earth."

So Vermont, Washington, Montana, Alaska, and then Maine & New Hampshire is how that list works.

Undefined flying objects in the sky. UFO.
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With that in mind, it does look like the number of UFOs being reported in Maine has been on the decline since 2020. Where during the pandemic, as folks ventured out into Nature a little more regularly, the number of sightings that year was up around 70. This year, the National UFO Reporting Center has that number at not quite 25 yet, and it's already October.

Read More: Did All the UFOs Decide Maine Just Isn't Really Cool Anymore?

Perhaps folks just aren't noticing them like they used to? Maybe they're more skeptical? Or there's always the chance that they're seeing things, but not reporting things.

The UFO shines on a male standing on the mountain
Artem Peretiatko
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Either way, Maine has more unusual activity when it comes to the night sky than most of the other states in the nation. And that's kind of neat.

But the sky's not the limit when it comes to bizarre things Maine is known for.

Check this out!

The 26 Maine Towns With The Most Reported UFO Sightings

Are we alone in the universe? The answer is no based on the amount of reported UFO sightings in these 26 Maine cities and towns over the last 70 years.

Gallery Credit: Joey

Creepy Stories From Locals Who Have Allegedly Experienced Paranormal Activity in Maine

When asked on Facebook about scary experiences, these are the stories some Mainers shared.

Gallery Credit: Meghan Morrison

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