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)
Houston · TX, USA
Two sets of lights in the night sky.
Freeport · TX, USA
It was a white light that kept getting bright then fading. Then, disappeared. ((NUFORC Note: Iridium satellite flare confirmed. PD))
Tomball · TX, USA
Yellow lights in an triangle form seen by other people.
Arlington · TX, USA
Cross-shaped ufo with white and red blinking bright lights that hovered over Arlington, Tx, near the ground.
Irving · TX, USA
Spotted three orbs creating a triangle rotating in scnychronized manner.
Houston · TX, USA
Unidentified object seen above rainbow in Texas.
Wizard Wells · TX, USA
Green orb descends from air then changes color, shape, and size and flashes lights on cows.
Livingston · TX, USA
We saw 3 objects in the sky.
Arlington · TX, USA
silent v shaped ufo all white lights not conventional aircraft lights.
Port Neches · TX, USA
Green/blue light swirling high in sky, then started descending straight (very straight) down very slowly.
Lubbock · TX, USA
Strange lights sighted and then airplane with no lights sighted.
Lometa · TX, USA
3 bright lights hovering soundless in Lometa, Texas, seen by father and daughter.
Weslaco · TX, USA
7 circular red orange lights heading upward in the same formation and disappeared after a duration of 8 seconds.
Webster · TX, USA
Reddish orange "light" traveling in unison with two smaller white "lights" at 45 degree angle from each other.
Houston · TX, USA
Bright mutlicolored moving light in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus?? PD))
Marfa (near) · TX, USA
A few questions about ISS.
Manor · TX, USA
A glaring bright light which moved slowy towards us (E) for approx. 1:00 then it began to turn and move away for 4:00. The light w
Dallas · TX, USA
DIAMOND SHAPED OBJECTS MANEUVERING IN DALLAS NIGHT SKIES.
Lewisville · TX, USA
Bright Red light moving very fast across sky then disappeared.
Katy · TX, USA
Blue/Grey colored oval shape. The next day, fast moving pulsing object. Texas.
Bryan · TX, USA
Witnessed 5 cigar shaped lights, non blinking against sunset horizon moving north northwest.
Uvalde · TX, USA
One minute after watching the space station I witnessed two different UFOs.
Austin · TX, USA
UFO over north austin west to east no sound 300 mph 5000 ft and turned off light over east o pflugerville.
Grand Prairie · TX, USA
Orange Orbs silently traveling in a group across the sky.
Austin · TX, USA
Gold hazy "being" hovering (like standing on edge of craft) while over apt building in NW Austin - amber lights on edges.