UFO sightings, Covid, and people with too much time on their hands

 

New York Times, 4/9/2021

Sightings of unidentified objects in 2020 nearly doubled in New York from the previous year, to about 300, according to data compiled by the National U.F.O. Reporting Center. They also rose by about 1,000 nationwide, to more than 7,200 sightings. 

But according to ufologists (pronounced “yoof-ologists”), as those who study the phenomena call themselves, the trend is not necessarily the result of an alien invasion. Rather, it was likely caused in part by another invader: the coronavirus. 

Pushed to stay home by lockdown restrictions, many found themselves with more time to look up.

 Styx's "Too Much Time On My Hands" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending March 21, 1981.  It spent 19 weeks on the chart, peaking at #9.  It was their 5th top 10 single.