posted on May, 22 2008 @ 01:11 AM
It's because the media is giving the subject so much airtime now. It's highly likely that there aren't actually more sightings, but more people
coming forward with their stories. If people see UFOs being discussed on the media it no longer becomes a taboo subject to discuss. After the course
of about five months we've had two major sightings and the UK releasing their files, which is more than enough to keep UFOs in the news. If you look
at the time between Stephenville and Phoenix, you'll notice that the number of sightings originally increased, but shortly after Stephenville stopped
being covered by major news outlets the numbers decreased. My guess is that over the next few weeks the number of reported sightings will return to
normal.