I was just thinking about how people still go to Roswell, NM to visit the alien museum and yet those UFO sighting events took place decades ago.
Imagine if new sightings took place frequently in some town. That would probably change the local economy of the town.
[spoilers] “Fall, Or Dodge In Hell” by Neil Stephenson. Billionaire fakes a nuclear attack on Moab, Utah for shits and giggles. Decades later, many Americans refuse to believe that the town still exists.