100 UFO Hotspots

To expand my research, I looked at 100 UFO "hotspots". Using various sources, I gathered 100 towns from across the world where there have been a high activity of UFO sightings.

1) Warminster, England

2) Exeter, New Hampshire, USA

3) Rachel, Nevada, USA

4) Gulf Breeze, Florida

5) Nottingham, England

6) Lancashire, England

7) Shropshire, England

8) North Somerset, England

9) Avon, England

10) Broad Haven, Wales

11) Nullabor Plain, Australia

12) Cantanduva, Brazil

13) Formosa, Argentina

14) Monte Grande, Argentina

15) Parana State, Brazil

16) Caracas, Venezuela

17) El Chocca, Argentina

18) Devon, England

19) Bonnybridge, Scotland

20) Colorado, USA

21) Mexico City, Mexico

22) San-Clement, Chile

23) Wycliffe Well, Australia

24) Warren, Rhode Island, USA

25) Anza Valley, California

26) Corydon, Indiana, USA

27) Elk River, Minnesota, USA

28) Lincolnton, North Carolina, USA

29) Pine Bush, New York, USA

30) North Bergen, New Jersey, USA

31) Portland, Oregon, USA

32) Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

33) Clio, Michigan, USA

34) Owensville, Ohio, USA

35) Havelock, North Carolina. USA

36) Ligonier, Indiana, USA

37) Swansea, Wales

38) Leeds, England

39) Boroughbridge, England

40) Clay, Arizona, USA

41) Monroe, Florida, USA

42) Ottawa - Kansas, USA

43) Ellis - Kansas, USA

44) Hawick - Scotland

45) South Molton, England

46) Kingswinford, England

47) Aberdeen, Scotland

48) Gallia, Ohio, USA

49) Potter. Pennsylvania, USA

50) Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA

51) Childress, Texas, USA

52) Lamar, Texas, USA

53) Donley, Texas, USA

54) Hockley, Texas, USA

55) Nottingham, England

56) Hereford, England

57) Dalnegorsk, Russia

58) Fatima, Portugal

59) Hopeh, China

60) San Miguel, Argentina

61) Cussac, France

62) Ulan Bator, Mongolia

63) Canary Islands, Spain

64) Emilcin, Poland

65) Victoria, Australia

66) Ans, Belgium

67) Wuchang, China

68) Varginha, Brazil

69) Kaliningrad, Russia

70) Bangor, Northern Ireland

71) Kodiak, Alaska, USA

72) Larnaca, Cyprus

73) Istanbul, Turkey

74) Zagreb, Croatia

75) Ural, Russia

76) Ankara, Turkey

77) Ngunguru, New Zealand

78) Chelsea, New York, USA

79) Isfahan, Iran

80) Finnsnes, Norway

81) Tbilisi, Georgia

82) Tallinn, Estonia

83) Minsk, Belarus

84) Sedona, Arizona, USA

85) Kaikoura, New Zealand

86) Pretoria, South Africa

87) Warden, South Africa

88) Kirkuk, Iraq

89) Turin, Italy

90) Ulan Bator, Mongolia

91) Dona Ana, New Mexico, USA

92) Pettis, Missouri, USA

93) Morgan, Missouri, USA

94) York, England

95) Hampshire, England

96) Dagenham, England

97) Bloomington, Indiana

98) Zhejiang, China

99) Valensole, France

100) Washington, USA

The Anatomy of a Book

PART 1 - Collect, Categorise, Communicate

Leaves - Individual sheets wtihin a bound book
Pages - Leaves have a front and back, each referred to as a page
Page spreads - When bound together, the right (recto) and the left (verso) page are centered on a gutter where they are bound together at the spine
Perfect bound - Where pages have an equal aspect ratio and size

When designing a book, you need to think how individual pages with with one another.

Imposition - Precise arrangement of multiple pages on a large sheet of paper. When the print is folded, bound and guillotined, each element of the document is correctly positioned
Pagination - Dividing and numbering documents into pages. They can include other attributes such as columns, margins, headers and footers.

Types of binding include:

Perfect, coil, plastic, multi-binding, velo and thesis, some of which are illustrated below:

The aspect ratio of a page determines whether it will be portrait or landscape. Portrait has an aspect ratio of 1:2 (width to height) whereas landscape is the opposite. The ratio is the proportion of measurements.

For economic and efficiency reasons, a large sheet will be used to print multiple pages. For example, an A2 sheet will fit 32 pages at around A5 (though this will be reduced once guillotined and bounded etc).

As you can see, the numbers seem to be in a spontaneous order but when folded, cut and bound, they will produce a book where the pages are sequential.

PART 2 - Content, Layout, Format


How do you engage with a consumer/recipient/user/visitor

Statistical visualisation
- Building comparisons
- Information delivery
- How do you control what information is received
- Use of colour is vital
- Fact, infomation and context

There is an endless possibility of formats - not just through binding but materials, structure, size etc. In some way, the book may drive the idea and not the other way around.

Software Workshop - Image sequence

Using a series of sequential images, we created a film using the QuickTime in built feature. Using the 'Actions' and 'Automate' feature in Photoshop, we were able to efficiently re-size and edit multiple images in quick succession. Using QuickTime, I then linked these images in an animation format at various speeds - 12 fps being the most effective.

Here are the two videos, one using the original images and another with a gradient overlay.

Research Presentation

Collection 100 - Possible Ideas

1) Flipbook consisting of 100 images

This could be, for example, how to create a crop circle, with an animation showing the process from start to finish and the implements you'll need. I found an article online where the user described how to create your own home made flipbook using an existing video and post-processing through After Effects.

This would be a good idea but I'm not too sure what the video would explain/show or even how I could relate it to my theme of UFO's and aliens. If I were to go ahead with this idea, I would probably create a computer generated animation.

2) 'How to avoid an alien abduction' kit

I thought of this idea after seeing a handy survival kit in a compact, sardine can (images). It contains all the necessary equipment to survive the wilderness.This kit, however, would contain all the tools along with any tips or tricks to avoid an alien abduction. Although a tongue-in-cheek product, I will be designing the contents alongside the packaging itself.

My inspiration for the packaging comes from the following - here the contents are organised in a clear and concise way with several inserts each fitting the contents perfectly.