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)
Katy · TX, USA
Fireball fast moving to Earth.
Dallas · TX, USA
Circle in shape. 1/4 mile wide. Completely a white light, hovering about 100' from the ground. Made no sound. ((anonymous report))
Lake Jackson (Brazoria Co.) · TX, USA
House Shaking Aerial Down Burst.
Pearland · TX, USA
White round object comes under front door and flies thru living room (on video).
Richardson · TX, USA
3 triangular shaped craft - flying in V-formation from West to East, just North of Dallas Texas, and the night sky was very clear
Garland · TX, USA
Bright light larger and brighter than anything in sky. stationary google christmas star..thats it ((NUFORC Note: Venus? Anon. PD))
Bivins · TX, USA
1 biggest brightest star in sky flickering. Also,theres a few smaller flickering lights. ((anonymous report))
Texhoma · TX, USA
Bright light hovering in sky at night with rotating "fan" around. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a sighting of Venus. PD))
San Antonio · TX, USA
Procession of 11 fireballs.
Cleburne · TX, USA
Me and my friend was going from his house to my house and in the sky one after another red lights following each other very slow
Houston · TX, USA
We were in River Oaks at a stop light right by River Oaks movie theater. My husband and I were talking and were at a red light.
Austin · TX, USA
Ceramic-surface, teardrop-shaped craft with horizontal drooping winglets floating southbound over Burnet Rd.
Robstown · TX, USA
The object was round and had a red light with a blinking green light.
Houston · TX, USA
Formation of 6 or 7 fireballs hovering in the sky above Sugarland, TX
Alvin · TX, USA
Driving home from the store, I looked up at the sky I notice what seem to be five asteroids or fiery balls of fire line up. When it go
Dripping Springs · TX, USA
Multiple white lights moving as a group west out of Austin, Texas
Euless · TX, USA
Bright red object in early night sky. Turned to purple moved horizontally and quickly vanished.
Irving · TX, USA
Two observers. Both are professionals working in Children's television. One of which is the producer of a network locally in Fort Worth
Victoria · TX, USA
This object was not metallic, it was organic.
McKinney · TX, USA
Four to six light clusters in eastern sky.
Seguin · TX, USA
Myself and the accompanying witness work in a water treatment plant, as we were walking along the catwalk we noticed flashing lights ab
Corpus Christi · TX, USA
I have a picture. ((NUFORC Note: Lens flare? PD))
Fayetteville · TX, USA
I was just star gazing around seven thirty pm on November 30th. Saw something bright orange out of the corner of my eye so I quickly gr
River Oaks · TX, USA
cilender shaped 10 story floting obect with multiple lights and 8 rolls of stright lights a top eachother rols of 8
Millsap · TX, USA
Bright blue flying saucer near Stephenville, TX, with a small plane following it.