A s the tiny DeKalb County town of Fyffe marks 25 years since a series of UFO sightings made national news in 1989, Alabama was ranked 15th in the number of sightings in December 2013 on a list compiled by the Mutual UFO Network.

MUFON recorded 516 UFO sightings from more than 32 countries, including 422 from the United States.

See a full list and read reports on individual sightings at www.mufon.com. Use the "UFO Case Files" search function located in the upper right-hand corner of the home page.

Top 20 states in number of UFO sightings reported

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