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)
Graford · TX, USA
At Possum Kingdom Lake (Graford, Tx) my wife and I spotted several star like objects moving across the sky in strange fashion. I am po
Mansfield · TX, USA
Young couple witness small light, "like star," pass across sky to E, suddenly disappear. Obj. moved up, accel., trned L, streaked off.
Van Alstyne · TX, USA
Close encounter in Texas, missing time.
Chinquipin (Matagorda county · 10 miles southeast of se, TX, USA
A single point of light resembling a satallitebut moving very fast and making instant sharp turnsunlike any known object can.
Lumberton · TX, USA
Multiple witnesses report yellow object in night sky.
McAllen · TX, USA
At school my friend and I saw ufo hovering back and forth behind a radio anntena, to slow for plane too fast turning for chopper. It wa
Houston · TX, USA
I WAS WALKING OUT MY BACK DOOR AND LOOKED UP AND SAW A SHAPE MOVING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ABOUT AS FAST AS A SMALL PLANE, IT WAS CHANGING
Texas highway 54 heading into NM - after crossing I-10 · TX, USA
Typo in fist report...1996...First saw bright non-stationary object in the sky, then felt the head from this "hot star" on the left sid
Houston · TX, USA
Elect. eng. witnesses a V-shaped formation of approx. 20 objs. pass overhead from W to E. Very fast, silent. Excellent report.
Austin · TX, USA
Comm. pilot & friend on Austin airport see "triad of white lights" streak directly over airport. "Speed was incredible." Radar neg..
Loredo/Eagle Pass (between) · TX, USA
Liner lights. 4, turn off, 3, turn off2, turn off. High and near the U.S./Mexico Border
Houston · TX, USA
Man & wife on freeway see round disc w/ red blinking lights streak by. Obj. flipped on edge. Wife saw door or hatch on bottom.
Pasadena · TX, USA
THE OBJECT WAS A LARGE RED BALL OF LIGHT. IT WAS DESCENDING SLOWLY, STRAIGHT DOWN.
Plano · TX, USA
Blue Sphere of Light - Turns into Upside Down Pyramid of Light
Brownsville · TX, USA
A late night experience of a rotating ball with changing colors, and a aura
College Station · TX, USA
One third larger and twice as bright as venus. The object did not twinkle as one would expect if it were a star.
Houston · TX, USA
Orange ball of light
Austin · TX, USA
Man reports wife went out to empty trash, disappears for 90 min., returns disoriented and acting strangely.
Fort Worth · TX, USA
A small, thin object moving in a fast circular motion
Nixon · TX, USA
FLYING DISK AT ABOUT 40 FEET ABOVEGROUND AND NEVER MADE A SOUND.
Corpus Christi · TX, USA
Man out walking sees bizarre obj., w/ pulsing red light on top, beaming light on house! Obj. was approx. 1/2 block distant.
Richardson · TX, USA
2 young men tossing football on high sch. grounds witness approx. 15-20 bizarre obj. in stormy sky. Some hovered, others moved.
Pflugerville · TX, USA
orange globe dims and out runs F 4
San Antonio · TX, USA
IT WAS 12:00 MIDNIGHT JULY THE FOURTH AND WE WERE LOOKING AT THE FIREWORKS ME AND MY FRIENDS I LOOKED UP AND SAW A LIGHT NOT BLINKING B
Abilene · TX, USA
3 people in Abilene, TX observe star-like object performing normally physically impossible maneuvers in night sky.