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)
Edna · TX, USA
My older brother and twin sister were leaving the only Edna theater at about 9 PM,...we had our bikes and I took a different route home
Edroy · TX, USA
Paralyzed and unable to talk, but could communicate mentally.
Houston · TX, USA
No summary available.
Eagle Pass · TX, USA
A witness near Eagle Pass, Texas reported an encounter with a cigar-shaped object in the sky for about ten minutes in 1955.
Lubbock · TX, USA
Cigar shaped cloud and left very fast.
Dumas · TX, USA
Witnesses in Dumas, Texas reported Air Force jets pursuing lights in the sky over the community for about ten minutes in 1955.
Odessa · TX, USA
Apache heli flying 300-500 feet above ground seemed to be following something
Thelma (south of) · TX, USA
A hunter near Thelma, Texas reported a disk-shaped object that circled, landed, then took off straight up out of sight, over about five minutes on November 14, 1954.
Blanco · TX, USA
Witnesses near Blanco, Texas reported a silver, football-shaped object motionless in the sky, stopping to observe it for three to five minutes in October 1954.
Beaumont · TX, USA
Aprox. 30 Disk shaped UFOs fell out of clouds got in V formatin and shot toward a black rain cloud avoiding a Jet Plane.
Houston · TX, USA
I fulfilled my duty by passing on an unusual accourance
Ellington AFB · TX, USA
Radar site-200mi range @Ellington AFB-Radar op observed an unidentified object coming in from NW at a high rate of speed-Abt 8 of us w
Thrifty · TX, USA
A witness in Thrifty, Texas reported a red, circular light in the night sky for about 45 seconds on June 25, 1954; no further description of the object was recorded.
Lackland Air Force Base near Aviation cadet barracks · TX, USA
When I was in preflight for pilot training at Lackland AFB just before Xmas we were standing in formation for reveille we all saw a sau
Mauriceville · TX, USA
My father was a WWW1 Vet. and loved hunting. The year was round 1953.We lived in a town of 300 people in southeast tex. Dad would take
Fort Worth · TX, USA
Witnesses near Fort Worth, Texas reported a silvery, sphere-like object reportedly chased by jets from Carswell Air Force Base for about five minutes in the early 1950s.
Galveston · TX, USA
It had been my habit before I opened my place of business each morning to do my early morning fishing. This one particular morning I ha
Oklahoma/Texas border · TX, USA
A witness near the Oklahoma-Texas border reported a copper-colored cigar-shaped object in the sky for about five minutes in the early 1950s.
Smithson's Valley · TX, USA
A witness near Smithson's Valley, Texas reported an enormous cigar-shaped object, estimated at roughly 2,500 feet long, hovering over a hill for 20 to 30 minutes in August 1952.
Arlington · TX, USA
Daylight sighting of a Disk
Pecos · TX, USA
West Texas to Carlsbad NM
Greenville · TX, USA
-SAW TWO SMALL 3-4 FOOT TRIANGULAR SHAPED DULL METALIC OBJECTS BELOW THE CLOUDS MOVING IN A SYNCRONIZED MANNER ROLLING END OVER END AN
Fort Worth · TX, USA
A witness in Fort Worth, Texas reported three flying saucers seen from a distance of about 20 feet, observed for about four minutes in 1950.
Galveston · TX, USA
Large orange-red lowering "Moon" object
Irving · TX, USA
A witness in Irving, Texas reported a plane accompanied by one or two round, white objects flying nearby, observed in June 1950.