2026 Alien Abduction Odds Index – U.S. States Rankings

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13 April, 2026

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Rank	State	Implied Probability	Odds
1	New Hampshire	2.00%	1 in 50
2	Idaho	1.90%	1 in 53
3	Vermont	1.79%	1 in 56
4	Maine	1.78%	1 in 56
5	Oregon	1.68%	1 in 60
6	Washington	1.66%	1 in 60
7	Montana	1.64%	1 in 61
8	Wyoming	1.47%	1 in 68
9	Arizona	1.44%	1 in 70
10	Connecticut	1.43%	1 in 70
11	Hawaii	1.40%	1 in 71
12	West Virginia	1.39%	1 in 72
13	Colorado	1.36%	1 in 74
14	Alaska	1.30%	1 in 77
15	Arkansas	1.29%	1 in 78
16	Nevada	1.29%	1 in 78
17	California	1.28%	1 in 78
18	Florida	1.25%	1 in 80
19	Pennsylvania	1.22%	1 in 82
20	Delaware	1.14%	1 in 88
21	Ohio	1.13%	1 in 89
22	Utah	1.12%	1 in 90
23	Rhode Island	1.10%	1 in 91
24	Missouri	1.09%	1 in 92
25	New York	1.08%	1 in 92
26	Kentucky	1.07%	1 in 93
27	Tennessee	1.05%	1 in 96
28	Kansas	1.03%	1 in 97
29	South Carolina	1.03%	1 in 97
30	Alabama	1.01%	1 in 99
31	Oklahoma	1.00%	1 in 100
32	New Jersey	0.99%	1 in 101
33	South Dakota	0.97%	1 in 103
34	Virginia	0.96%	1 in 104
35	Wisconsin	0.95%	1 in 105
36	Massachusetts	0.95%	1 in 105
37	Georgia	0.93%	1 in 108
38	Maryland	0.93%	1 in 108
39	Michigan	0.93%	1 in 108
40	Texas	0.91%	1 in 110
41	North Carolina	0.91%	1 in 110
42	Illinois	0.87%	1 in 115
43	Iowa	0.87%	1 in 115
44	North Dakota	0.85%	1 in 118
45	Louisiana	0.84%	1 in 119
46	Minnesota	0.83%	1 in 121
47	Mississippi	0.79%	1 in 127
48	Nebraska	0.70%	1 in 143
49	Indiana	0.40%	1 in 250
50	New Mexico	0.23%	1 in 431

New Hampshire (#1) leads with the highest per-capita UFO reports (24.34 per 100,000 residents).
Wyoming stands out in the top 10 for the highest percentage of reports involving abduction-style claims (~25%).
Lower-ranked states tend to be larger-population ones where reports are spread more thinly.
The study emphasizes these are reporting patterns only, not predictions of actual events.

Original Study Link: https://www.canadasportsbetting.ca/news/research/alien-abduction-odds-2026/ Ohio Coverage: https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2026/02/09/study-aliens-ohio-likelihood

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