UFO DATA VISUALIZATION & ANALYSIS
DOES POP CULTURE INFLUENCE THE NUMBER OF UFO SIGHTINGS?
We evaluated the potential influence SCI-FI movies may have on an increased number of UFO sightings.
DO SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS INFLUENCE UFO SIGHTINGS?
We evaluated the potential influence severe weather events may have on an increased number of UFO sightings.
HOW ACCURATE IS TIKA AND VISION IN DISCERNING ENTITIES FROM IMAGES?
We evaluated the quality of the Tika and Computer vision output in discerning UFOs in images.
DO MOST UFO SIGHTINGS ORIGINATE FROM RURAL OR URBAN AREAS?
We evaluated whether UFO sightings originated mostly from rural or city demographics.
ARE UFO SIGHTINGS MORE PREVALENT DURING CERTAIN MONTHS OF THE YEAR?
We evaluated the fluctuation in sighting occurrences during the different months/days of the year.
HOW DO PEOPLE USUALLY DESCRIBE UFO SIGHTINGS?
We evaluated the frequency of the different words people usually use to describe UFOs.
HOW WELL DID OCR PERFORM IN EXTRACTING TARGETED FIELDS?
We evaluated the OCR and Tika Parser combination's performance in discerning targeted fields.
WHAT ARE THE AIRBASES MOST FREQUENTLY LOCATED NEAR UFO SIGHTINGS?
We evaluated the frequency with which sightings occurred around the top 6 implicated facilities.
HOW WELL DID NAMED ENTITY RECOGNITION PERFORM?
We evaluated how well Named Entity Recognition was able to tag various entities within the ufostalker.com dataset.
HOW LONG DOES THE AVERAGE UFO SIGHTING LAST (BY REGION)?
We evaluated the length of the different sightings by U.S. regions.