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)
Panhandle · TX, USA
Texas Panhandle Nuke site
Austin · TX, USA
Flying orange ahead of Echo I in 1960.
Amarillo · TX, USA
Texas Panhandle UFO's
Houston · TX, USA
In 1960, a witness in Houston, Texas, reported an object that stopped in mid-flight and then made a sharp right-angle turn, all within about five minutes.
Houston · TX, USA
In 1960, a witness in Houston, Texas, reported a silent triangular object with numerous flashing lights, observed through a telescope over about three hours.
Golden · TX, USA
In 1959, children in Golden, a small East Texas town, reported seeing a disk-shaped flying saucer in the sky for about three seconds.
Nashville · TX, USA
In 1959, a witness in Nashville, Texas, reported an object resembling a star in the daytime sky that, when photographed, appeared triangular, over about fifteen minutes.
Timpson · TX, USA
In 1958, a witness in Timpson, Texas, reported multicolored round lights moving in circles around their residence, an event that lasted about one and a half hours.
Houston · TX, USA
Observed disk while driving. We stopped, got out and stood watching disk as it stopped directly over us. No sound or other disturbance.
Fort Worth · TX, USA
In 1958, a witness in Fort Worth, Texas, reported seeing three disk-shaped objects from a distance of about twenty feet, over roughly four minutes.
Texas City · TX, USA
Cluster of UFOs I was 6 to 9 years old when I witnessed several tiny star-like objects in the dark night sky. What caught my attentio
Pep · TX, USA
In 1958, witnesses near Pep, Texas, in the Texas Panhandle, reported green fireballs streaking across the night sky, visible for only a few seconds.
Corpus Christi · TX, USA
A witness reported a light-based UFO near the naval yard in Corpus Christi, Texas, observed for about ten minutes on November 10, 1957.
Houston (Ellington AFB) · TX, USA
A witness near Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, reported a small, extremely fast, silent light making a sharp turn before speeding away horizontally, in about three seconds in October 1957.
Graham · TX, USA
Three shiny spheres over Graham Texas
El Paso · TX, USA
Undified Flying Object
Lake Jackson · TX, USA
fireball seen on country road.
Del Rio · TX, USA
A car owner near Del Rio, Texas reported that a cigar-shaped object reportedly burned the paint off a new car, during an encounter lasting about half an hour in July 1957.
Houston · TX, USA
A witness in Houston, Texas reported a diamond-shaped object seen in broad daylight for about two minutes, in an incident dated to around 1957.
Union Bower are irving · TX, USA
tryangle over tx
El Paso · TX, USA
A witness in El Paso, Texas reported a silent disk-shaped object that vanished from the sky in a blur, over about five to seven seconds in June 1957.
Irving · TX, USA
tryangle over tx
Lubbock · TX, USA
We saw a "V" shaped U.F.O in the sky.
Dallas · TX, USA
Witnesses in Dallas, Texas reported seven to eleven silent lights arranged in a V shape in the sky for about five minutes in 1957.
Dallas · TX, USA
I was flying the first of 4 USAF aircraft on a simulated bombing run on a bridge span in Dallas, Texas. The other 3 aircraft were behi