Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 21, 2021

Dr. Who prefers to spend most of his time in a country smaller than New York State when he visits Earth. He’s even picked up the accent.

Some people are amazed at reports of UFOs. That shouldn’t be the case. Since the advent of powered flight around 1900, they’ve become increasingly common. Test this for yourself. Head outside just about any clear night and look up.

 (1) Do you see any lights? Objects!

 (2) Are some of them moving? Flying objects!

 (3) Do you know what they are? No? Unidentified flying objects!

But what are they, really? See Point 3. For assistance, Google “unidentified”.

Maybe it’s an issue of the education system that so many flying objects are unidentified there?

It’s because each time someone else sees something bizarre in the sky, they simply think, “oh, those bloody Americans/Brits”, and move on. Until recently, that is. Now they think “oh, those bloody Americans/Brit drones” and seek shelter.

There seems to be a bright spot around the Benelux region, too. They don’t have English as a first language, although they generally speak it well.

Aliens always spoke English in the old B movies. That’s why they like us.

Most modern myths started in the US. With or without some Russian prodding …

Could it be that the US has a very high percentage of delusional people?

I think Zipper has been dipping into the ZZ Bud.

Well, obviously, if something was sighted in e.g. France, they would call it an OFU!

The number of pictures of UFOs taken seems to be inversely proportional to the number of cameras available.

I’m not really aware of people claiming to see UFOs here in Tasmania, although the map indicates it’s mostly in the North which might explain it. We’re more likely to have reports of Thylacines.

I’m from NJ, USA. About 50 years ago, I saw some lights flashing and zooming through a clear night sky that to this day I have no explanation for. Very cool.

That map should tell you something about America. Exactly WHAT…I’m not sure.

How refreshing to see a non-political Sunday comic from Trudeau…

I imagine if you added divine sightings and miracles it would probably even out a bit.

Who?

I know where my Towel is , Can I Hitch a lift ?

Why does this not surprise me?

UFO reports have, like Sasquatch, gone done significantly in the age of cell phones. The cameras are too sharp and too accurate, so the classic “fuzzy photo” of the flying saucer or Bigfoot that made the viral rounds among the underground (where its fuzziness was accentuated by being reproduced in cheap newsprint or low-res xerox printing) isn’t a thing anymore.

Thus why the conspiracy nuts are all about alien visitors in the past (we’re back to aliens made the pyramids again) rather than anything in the skies now. Harder to disprove, easier to mesh in with other conspiracies.

Some thoughts by comedian Kathleen Madigan: Earth is the Alabama of the solar system. Aliens tell each other “Don’t even stop there for gas.”

I’ll let Jason Colavito and Giorgio Tsoukalos fight about this cartoon!

There are some Americans who believe the U.S. exists in its own little special world. Issues like climate change or COVID-19 either don’t exist or are other countries’ problems. There is this patronizing notion that the “American way” is the only correct way; everything else is inferior.

I’m happy to live in one of the “dark side”.

GREAT, of course east Texas is included in the light zone. Well, what can you expect with Looney Gohmert and Fled Cruz as “leaders”

Yeah, I noticed that. You don’t suppose…

Giant monsters, though, have a soft spot for Tokyo.

Those universal translators work great, I gotta get me one of those

Thank goodness there are no more UFOs.

And for Earthlings, Zipper and his uncle have the means to send you on a trip anywhere you want to go.

Where I live there are actual people that form actual clubs to “research” paranormal subjects like Bigfoot. Despite the fact that during deer season in December the entirety of every bit of wooded landscape is crawling with heavily armed “sportsmen” that for the last 200 years have never shot a Bigfoot.

As far as Bigfoot goes with all the Hi-Rez game cameras out there I think that someone would have a good shot of Bigfoot picking it’s nose or scratching it’s ass by now , as far as Aliens go how could you tell with all the strange " styles " out there !!

According to science channel they like nuclear facilities too.

When on Earth, try “food”. It’s a local delicacy.

What is that sighting hotspot region in the northerly part of South Asia? Uttarakhand? Khyber Pakhtunkhwa? (We know about the sightings in Abbottabad, though — they left a helicopter behind.

While I hope there is confirmation of life beyond Earth in my lifetime (it could be as simple as something very tiny swimming or crawling around on another planet), it would be best if any traveling aliens avoid us entirely as we would handle it very poorly.

I’m pretty sure Mexico City is one of the actual “most UFO sightings” cities in the whole world, but I know that wouldn’t fit the joke Mr. Trudeau is trying to make.

To a person who never saw a Frisbee before, THAT would be an “unidentified flying object.” Of course, the people who talk about aliens “probing” them just MIGHT be projecting a bit……..

Where is marijuana and other drug use legal? Yeah, that’s where.

You could use this handy Guide from Astronomy Picture of the Day: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211114.html

While I’m spending yet another holiday season state-bound, I do enjoy the sentiment expressed here, and I’m looking forward to `22, with option’s to see family and friends again outside my state boundaries. Happy Thanksgiving, one and all!

I believe the US is also the country with the biggest number of ghost sightings.

I am reading this today in the town of Lincoln, NH which is near where Betty and Barney Hill were reportedly abducted just over sixty years ago. The state has even put up an historical marker noting the location of the first approach.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_and_Betty_Hill

You mean “She’s even picked up the accent.”

We also have professional wrestling, NASCAR, conspiracy theories, and the Republican Party!

they will be greatly disappointed. they better read the newspaper or get online first to inform themselves of the conflict amongst races and political parties. they will not be welcomed in certain areas here.

I’m firmly convinced ‘roswell’ wasn’t so much a weather ballon as a fugu, the soviets trying the old japanese trick. If they knew it worked they would have kept trying it so instead the US lied and said little green men. i mean…

Looks like the UK is a pretty good spot, too.

Zipper should definitely be shot into outer space, one-way!!!

just drop on by, great. MORE illegal aliens

I suggest that many parts of the world don’t report UFO sightings because they don’t recognize them as extra-terrestrial intelligences, but rather as divinities visiting as they’re often thought to do.

A recently published Doonesbury (11/21/21) cartoon contained a map of the world that showed where UFO sittings have been reported by local residents. Virtually all of those sites are in the U.S., to the exclusion of the rest of our planet except for the United Kingdom.“Gadzooks!” I said to myself after I had digested this cosmic mystery. Then I realized that in the U.S. almost all reported UFO sightings occur in rural areas! Once again I said to myself, “Gadzooks!”Apparently, Extra Terrestrials prefer landing on lonely rural roads and cornfields in the U.S. (on Friday and Saturday nights) while eschewing the hustle and bustle of America’s big cities and suburbs. As we know, the red-blue split in the U.S. has liberals living in urban areas and conservatives dwelling in rural areas. Does this mean that ETs favor Republicans, while dismissing liberals as not even worthy of an occasional visit?

COVID restrictions are NOT lifted where I live, but then again we give a damn about people here.

Is this map actually supposed to be for real? It’s crap! South America has had a massive number of confirmed sightings, and Chile is just one of those doing state-sanctioned UFO research.