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)
Baytown · TX, USA
Huge cloud of smoke, with a bright flashing light changing from pink to purple at each flash. Appeared to be from a very large fire.
Cedar Park · TX, USA
Extremely bright light grew faint and stopped.
San Antonio · TX, USA
I live on the northside and at 8pm I notice that dark clouds and lightning began forming on the westside of town-my next destination. W
Spring · TX, USA
4 white glows in the cloud cover circling like sparrows within a 1/4 mile.
Friendswood · TX, USA
A solid red light that flashed green was stationary for 4 minutes and moved in one direction quickly then swayed left to right.
El Paso · TX, USA
Fast moving star like vessel. ((anonymous report))
Denton · TX, USA
Very fasy orange orb zipping around the sky around a lightning storm.
Copperas Cove · TX, USA
S/SW SKY ABOUT 20°. July 6 2016 10:05pm, watering a bush in my yard looking down a flash from above. ((anonymous report))
Austin · TX, USA
Bright flash of light, no sound, extremely powerful wind gust. ((anonymous report))
Austin · TX, USA
3-year old has UFO dream?
Spring · TX, USA
Spotted, showed for a few seconds and disappeared into the clouds.
Denton · TX, USA
10 solid not blinking orange lights moving from SE to NW in the night sky. Totally silent. An a/c moved from S to N at same time.
Texas City · TX, USA
Saw a gold Y shaped stationary light in the Western sky around midnight.
McKinney · TX, USA
High altitude light.
New Braunfels · TX, USA
Mysterious intense red glow lights up area
Plano · TX, USA
I was out walking at night over at the park. I rounded a corner and started walking down a hill when I noticed two bright orange color
Austin · TX, USA
White light orb with long vapor trail.
Hurst · TX, USA
Black triangle, sighted in middle of the day.
Corpus Christi · TX, USA
Appeared in the sky and descended straight down kind of slow, was too big to be an a/c; no sound. ((anonymous report))
College Station · TX, USA
Green fireball shoots across sky before disappearing.
Hurst · TX, USA
Crescent-shaped UFO observed during fireworks show.
Paige · TX, USA
Object appears hovering in photo over early am fire
San Antonio · TX, USA
We see a diamond shape craft with 4 white lights at the four corners and a dim red light in the center.
Katy · TX, USA
Very shiny object in the sky.
Denton · TX, USA
Two white circular lights (orbs) hovering near the roof top four houses away from my next-door neighbor's backyard.