UFO Sightings in Texas
5,691 UFO sightings reported in Texas since 1945, peaking in 2008 (367 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 5,691
- Span
- 1945–2022
- Peak year
- 2008 (367 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1945–2022 · peak 2008 (367 reports)
Top cities in Texas
Houston
1954–2022 · peak 2008 (26 reports)
Austin
1960–2022 · peak 2013 (26 reports)
San Antonio
1970–2022 · peak 2008 (17 reports)
Dallas
1945–2022 · peak 2008 (20 reports)
El Paso
1957–2022 · peak 2008 (9 reports)
Fort Worth
1950–2021 · peak 2010 (8 reports)
Corpus Christi
1947–2022 · peak 2011 (6 reports)
Arlington
1952–2022 · peak 2013 (9 reports)
Katy
1978–2021 · peak 2011 (7 reports)
Plano
1977–2022 · peak 2005 (7 reports)
Round Rock
1993–2021 · peak 2011 (8 reports)
Lubbock
1955–2021 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Amarillo
1960–2022 · peak 2005 (3 reports)
Abilene
1991–2021 · peak 2008 (7 reports)
Garland
1962–2021 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Denton
1972–2019 · peak 2007 (5 reports)
Spring
1999–2021 · peak 2014 (8 reports)
Galveston
1950–2020 · peak 2010 (4 reports)
San Angelo
1967–2020 · peak 2010 (9 reports)
McKinney
1991–2021 · peak 2007 (5 reports)
Robinson · TX, USA
Near Waco Texas, Several objects were observed at extremely high altitudes and at high rates of speeds
Copperas Cove · TX, USA
UFO Observance, 15 SEP 04, South Southwest of Copperas Cove, Texas
Austin · TX, USA
Triangle shaped craft hovering over middle school in south austin sped away silently to the west
San Antonio · TX, USA
Triangle shape craft sighted moving north west aprox 15 knots @ 1,500 agl, with large lights surrounding the craft.
Whitney · TX, USA
One large set of red and white flashing lights followed by several smaller sets of red and whte flashing lights.
Memphis · TX, USA
Manuevering bright objects in the western sky, leaving short contrails, disappearing and reappearing.
Terrell · TX, USA
Saw light outside window and awakened by a gray being stand at foot of bed.
Valentine · TX, USA
7 to 9 orb-type objects each illuminating alternately hovering directly over Marfa,TX Aerostat facility estimate 1,000 feet altitude.
Fort Worth · TX, USA
Red Orb flying vertically up into clouds.
Arlington · TX, USA
Dark object with glowing green-yellow light seen over Arlington, TX
Fort Worth · TX, USA
Small intensly strobing multicolor sphere seen over Fort Worth for almost an hour!!!! ((Sirius??))
North Dallas · TX, USA
Egg shaped, hovering over Frisco or West Plano. Moved west, then east, then disappeared. Not a plane or meteor.
Arlington · TX, USA
Videotaped on a roller coaster, noticed after waching video
Round Rock · TX, USA
Saw UFO appear, hover, rise and then disappear
Junction · TX, USA
Way cool but I was not expecting to see a UFO in the night sky over my ranch. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of star? PD))
Houston · TX, USA
Beam of light in NE Houston
Houston · TX, USA
Explanation for column or pillar of orange light in Houston skies
Houston · TX, USA
An orange vertical column of light in the northeast sky
Houston area · TX, USA
This was aired on KHOU channel 11 news in Houston, TX. at 11:30pm with clear, stable footage.
Pearland · TX, USA
Large vertical orange/pink glowing light the length of two full moons above the horizon
Canyon · TX, USA
Lights over canyon
Midland · TX, USA
objects moved very fast& then very slow at each other, & kept stopping for long periods of time, then vanished
Haltom City · TX, USA
DFW Tx Alliance Airport area 2 lights moving and dancing in sky
Haltom City · TX, USA
another one-Alliance/DFW Tx
Coppell · TX, USA
Three small triangular shaped objects fly through my telescopes field of view.