The UFO reporting centre Cenap is talking about a record: never before have people reported so many sightings of unknown flying objects as in the past year.
Cenap, based in Lützelbach in southern Hesse, recorded a total of 1084 UFO reports from Germany, Austria and Switzerland last year. ‘We usually record an average of 600 to 800 reports per year,’ said co-founder and director Hansjürgen Köhler.
According to the UFO research group, most sightings can be traced back to Starlink satellites. Once again, there were no alien spaceships in 2024, Köhler explained.
Other reports in 2024 could be identified as LED balloons, foil balloons, private and industrial drones, aeroplanes, helicopters, light effect devices at events or bright meteors. The increasing number of reports is also due to the fact that many people nowadays are out and about with their mobile phones and taking photos, explains the CENAP director.
Some observers have also submitted photos and videos with ‘strange points of light’. When analysed, these mostly turned out to be lens reflections and insects or birds out of focus at close range of the camera.
Translated reports @ from Mannheimer Morgen newspaper and Der Spiegel.
