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)
Cushing · TX, USA
Kite-shaped light, with moving tail.
Ballinger · TX, USA
Driving from Kerrville, Tx to Ballinger, TX and beyond we saw this round object in the sky above the clouds. It didn't appear to move d
Leander · TX, USA
LOW HELICOPTER FOLLOWING A RED SPHERE WITH NO BLINKING LIGHTS ON SPHERE. IT WAS HEADING IN SOUTHWEST DIRECTION.
Aledo · TX, USA
Bright light about 10x a star, flashing with tint of red lights in Aledo, TX, sky for hrs. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? Anonymous. PD))
Boerne · TX, USA
We saw a v shape light in the sky the hovered for several minutes before disappearing.
Cedar Park · TX, USA
Translucent triangle that was totally silent heading NW Cedar Park, TX.
Houston · TX, USA
First noticed a blue-green light in the sky.
Austin · TX, USA
Flying saucer descends, possibly lands in North Austin nature trail.
Waxahachie · TX, USA
a chevron shaped object flew 50 feet over my head at about 8-10 mph for 30 seconds going north and then vanished
Wylie · TX, USA
Object changing speeds emitting blue and red lights flew across the sky without making noise.
Abilene · TX, USA
I noticed 2 dark yellow, amber colored, what I thought to be stars. ((NUFORC Note: Submitted by aviation specialist. PD))
Cypress · TX, USA
Bright stationary disc of light in pre-dawn
Katy · TX, USA
Objects were flying together in a pattern and then one of the objects verged away slightly and then came back.
San Antonio · TX, USA
The watcher's were spotted.
Cypress · TX, USA
4 orange lights smoothly floating in the clear sky effortlessly in a check mark formation.
Lubbock · TX, USA
Strange flashing lights. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of a "twinkling" star?? PD))
Bryan · TX, USA
Silver sphere hovered, changed shape, then disappeared.
Fort Worth · TX, USA
Bright object in early morning sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus?? PD)) ((anonymous report))
Friendswood · TX, USA
2 Objects sighted 3 minutes apart traveling from the south to the north...
Floresville · TX, USA
2 fireballs over texas. ((anonymous report))
San Antonio · TX, USA
There was only one UFO and circular in shape. There was no noise. What woke me up early in the morning was the bright light reflecting
Spring · TX, USA
Red and orange orbs.
Austin · TX, USA
I saw a black rectangle shape in the horizontal postion hovering over downtown Austin Texas and saw it rotate parallel to the ground an
Georgetown · TX, USA
Silver, spherical obj. flying at a high rate of speed, no sound, over Georgetown, TX. ((NUFORC Note: Witness is ret. mil pilot. PD))
Austin · TX, USA
GREEN SPEEDING LIGHT THAT STOPS AND THEN SPEEDS OFF AND DISAPPEARS