UFO sightings in the United States

The Irish Aviation Authority is investigating an unidentified flying object (UFO) after pilots reported seeing one off the coast of Ireland, reported ABC News. 

Shannon Air Traffic Control received a call from a British Airways pilot flying from Montreal to Heathrow over County Kerry at 6.47am on 9 November.

A map of the US reveals all of the reported sightings of UFOs from 1995-2014. It shows a sharp spike in recent years of reported contact with alien life.

It was first created by a team including Adam Crahen, for Kaggle UFO Sightings.

Crahan is one half of the ‘Data Duo’.

Witnesses said the unidentified object was seen in the sky from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and suddenly disappeared after moving around 40 kilometers north. They immediately informed the gendarmerie about the flying object.

After seeing the flying object, locals called their relatives living in nearby neighborhoods and urged them to look into sky to see the object.

"They were half-moon shaped, oval in front and convex in the rear? They were silvery and shiny and seemed to be shaped like a pie plate or saucer..."

These words date back 68 years, to when American aviator Kenneth Arnold made the first widely reported unidentified flying object (UFO) sighting and the phrase "flying saucer" gained widespread public attention.