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)
Odessa · TX, USA
I have more than one event to report, but I will do them seperately and chronilogically. The first event I remember occurred in either
Beaumont · TX, USA
Watched star like object on the horizan go up in an arch and then approach me and fly close enough so I could see the pilot.
Alpine · TX, USA
Mysterious lights in the sky around Alpine, Texas
Denton · TX, USA
I was walking home from the Library at North Texas State University after the Library closed. From a distance, I saw a large red glowi
Big Sandy · TX, USA
Triangle, colored lights, cow mutilations, disappeared.
Houston · TX, USA
We watched a UFO at night through binoculars.
Marfa · TX, USA
In 1974 I lived in El Paso, I was unemployed, I heard about a tire recaping company I desided pay them a visit, and I ask the manager i
Ore City · TX, USA
Very large glowing object and then some smaller ones
Bells · TX, USA
Bright triangular pool rack 100 feet away 10 min. 100 foot length silent radical strobes blue green red hypnotic
Commerce · TX, USA
It was three lights in a triangle. It hovered. It sat there for a couple of minutes. There was two other persons there that saw it. One
Merkel · TX, USA
Very high daylight disc moving south to north, with no deviation of course or altitude or speed.
Burnett · TX, USA
A report from Burnett, TX in May 1974 described an object initially believed to be a satellite that made an abrupt right-angle turn and then vanished, lasting 2-3 minutes.
Houston · TX, USA
A report from Houston, TX in April 1974 described a point of light initially thought to be a satellite that the witness said moved unlike typical satellite behavior, lasting 5-7 seconds.
Brooklyn · TX, USA
A large circular spaceship appeared overhead with large multicolored light panels on the sides that constantly changed colors.
Waco · TX, USA
A report from Waco, TX in October 1973 described a triangular object observed hovering at close range, lasting 30 minutes.
Waco · TX, USA
Close Encounter of the Second Kind.
Houston · TX, USA
UFO hovers over Houston TX, fall 1973.
Waco · TX, USA
Close encounter of the 2nd Kind.
San Antonio · TX, USA
A report from San Antonio, TX in September 1973 described a dark, round object trailing sparks that appeared to float slowly just above the witness's home, lasting 5 minutes.
Houston · TX, USA
I was driving home from the Univ. of Houston and was at the light near Foley's warehouse (still in same place) and looked up to my fron
San Antonio · TX, USA
A report from San Antonio, TX in August 1973 described a huge, glowing sphere that appeared to emerge from a cloud in the night sky, lasting 30 to 40 minutes.
Farmers Branch · TX, USA
A report from Farmers Branch, TX in August 1973 described a slowly rotating, tire-shaped object with what appeared to be portholes, hovering about 100 feet above a golf course, lasting 15 minutes.
Oakcliff (in Dallas) · TX, USA
Tellapathic communication with ufo at five years old. Disc came from the west coverd in moss for camoflage it stoped to hover almoast o
Odessa · TX, USA
A 100 foot diameter,disk shape, dome top.The color was of stainless steel.It made no sound.This UFO came from the Odessa area, moved ou
Odessa · TX, USA
A report from Odessa, TX in July 1973 described a disk-shaped object, with additional witnesses later corroborating the original report, lasting 1 hour.