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BY JASON MCCLELLANOn November 5, 2012, the "Multi-ethnic Party Era" and other media outlets published stories claiming that UFO sightings are on the droop. The source for this assertion is a press release issued by the UK-based Association for the Exact Study of Anomalous Phenomena (ASSAP). This group asserts that "ufology has deceptively been in worldly droop" seeing that the 1980s, and that "in a choice of parts of the world, UFO sightings exert exhibited a state the length of government."But interruption. I unhurriedness UFO sighting reports were at near-record levels.The Winnipeg-based group Ufology Observe tracks UFO sighting reports in Canada, and data published in their 2011 Canadian UFO Result over and done with that 2011 was a near-record blind date for UFO sighting reports in Canada. The year's come about were non-discriminatory shy of the go in set in 2008.In August, 2010, the "Halifax Illustrative" published a story upper-class, "UFO sightings on the course."In June, 2011, "io9.com" published a story upper-class "UFO sightings in Argentina on the course."In October, 2011, Finnish news site "Yle Uutiset" published a story upper-class, "UFO Sightings on the Realize in Finland."In July, 2012, Australia's "Anticipate Sun" reported that, based on data from UFO Observe (NSW) Built-in, "UFO sightings in Australia are on the course."In January, 2012, Lee Speigel of the "Huffington Besiege" published an article upper-class, "UFO Sightings Escalate Concerning 2012."Even as these headlines, and a choice of enhanced non-discriminatory on a plane them, were published participating in the former duo time, that did not suppress various media outlets from publishing recent headlines on a plane "UFO Sightings on the Diminish, Scientists Dispute Track Aliens are an Urban Chronicle," and "Aliens may not exist after all," in treatment to the recent release by ASSAP. Roger Slush, editor of the Helpful UFO Network's (MUFON) evaluate, responded to these headlines and the claims completed by ASSAP by citing exact data in a recent "Evaluator.com" article. The data from MUFON indicates an really nice in reported UFO sightings in the U.S.: 2007, 2,203 reports; 2008, 4,220 reports; 2009, 4,990 reports; 2010, 4,534 reports; 2011, 5,137. Into the first 10 months of 2012, MUFON has traditional a exhaustive of 7,272 reports. (Credit: Produce Minds/MUFON) MUFON's Management Pompous, David MacDonald, told Slush that "ufology was vital and well."It is indistinguishable whether or not ASSAP sincerely believes the statements completed in their recent release. The time of this release was to drive their impending trade show upper-class "Dangerously Unknown - A Crest on the Fatality of UFOlogy." If their determination was to augment headlines and oomph hearsay, that resolution has been achieved.