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)
Houston · TX, USA
Strolling with my wife in the Heights part of Houston, on a quiet and dark residential street. I had been seeing a number of horizontal
San Antonio · TX, USA
Scanned by an unusually large scanner
Gladewater · TX, USA
Triangle lights.
San Antonio · TX, USA
First 7 then up to a dozen lights at very high altitude darting around.
Teague · TX, USA
Passage of what appeared to be a "fireball" from the East to the West
Webster · TX, USA
Circular pulsating lights approximately 1 mile in distance from observers.
Austin · TX, USA
Shortly after midnight on Monday morning February 9, 1998, I observed 9 or 11 glowing white balls in a "V" pattern traveling North in t
Kerrville · TX, USA
Long white light was stationary, then turned bright orange and moved like a comet, then became round and glowed orange while remaining
Houston · TX, USA
APRX.20,000 FT I THOUGHT IT WAS A JET BUT WHEN THE SUN SHINED ON IT IT WAS A LONG SHINNY SHAPE WITH A POINT AT THE FRONT,A LARGE GLOW A
Krum · TX, USA
Bright light in sky observed on and off for 10 months now
Leander · TX, USA
Day time UFO in Leander-TX seen by 5..
Dallas · TX, USA
Time: 1850 CST; location: 40nm SSW Dallas; altitude: 6000feet I am a pilot. I was flying into the DFW metroplex on the evening of Janua
Lubbock · TX, USA
sleepover. flashing lights. blankets ripped off bed. tall thin figures "spoke" to us. abduction. woke with strange triangular marks on
Bonham · TX, USA
Red object moving west to east, person looking southward. Appear as large as airplanes approaching Dallas/Ft.Worth airport but travel
Crystal Beach · TX, USA
ROUND WITH RED AND WHITE LIGHTS FLASHING VERY,VERY RAPIDLY AND MOVING AROUND.
Houston · TX, USA
3 lights in line to V formation moving southwest.One light moved erraticaly and split making 180 degree turn
Austin · TX, USA
A bright red light in E/SE. Did not move as long as we watched.
Austin · TX, USA
The UFO I had Reported has turned out to be an IFO to my relief. It was the Iridium satellite flash. We picked up the satellite naked-
Dallas/Ft. Worth (Approaching) · TX, USA
Saw strange lights above high clouds from an American Airlines flight into Dallas Ft Worth
Bracketville · TX, USA
I was deer hunting when i saw it . The sun hadnt came up yet when i noticed what i thought was a star in the horizon , it was moving an
Wichita Falls (Sheppard AFB) · TX, USA
A bright green light appeared low on the horizon. Made a arc movement from the northern horizon up about 15 degrees and went down over
Garland · TX, USA
I had just got off of work at 1:15 a.m. I was driving down to the Hypermart USA because it was the only store open 24 hrs. I notice thi
Pleasanton · TX, USA
Object moved with uncertainty and vanished.
Waco · TX, USA
Lights flying around the moon.
Dallas · TX, USA
My friend and I were driving home from a date, I opened the sunroof to view the moon lite sky. As I was starring at the stars somethi