UFO sightings in Texas
There are 292 civilian UFO sighting reports from Texas in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1949 to 2013. The busiest year was 2008, with 33 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were orb (84), sphere (42) and disc (38).
Most reports come from Houston (22), Austin (19) and Dallas (16), out of 155 places in the state with at least one report.
UFO sightings by city in Texas
Places with at least three reports. 134 other places in Texas have one or two.
Recent sighting reports from Texas
The 100 most recent of 292 reports, newest first. The full set is on the map and in the list view.
Glowing orange lights in sky.
Show on mapFireball seen moving across the sky of Katie, Texas. .
Show on map- 24 Oct 2013 · 22:45MansfieldTriangle· 5 s
white 500 foot wide V shape craft flys over Mansfield, Texas at night
Show on map Triangular object with faint yellow-orange lights on irregular flight path hovered, then descended rapidly and observed as cylindrical
Show on map6-8 orange/yellow circles hovering in a zigzag formation.
Show on mapShiny circular object in sky, no lights, Extremely shiny. Disappeared a few seconds after I saw it.
Show on map6 bright orange objects in formation over Arlington TX. 10/22/13.
Show on mapThird UFO sighting.
Show on mapBright blue orb shot fast across the sky. No fade, no trail, no sound.
Show on mapTriangle shape.
Show on map- 21 Oct 2013 · 06:15Sugar LandOrb· 30 s
Sugar Land, TX white streak with green burst.
Show on map Bright Flash of Light Exploding In Austin Sky.
Show on map- 19 Oct 2013 · 20:15Aubrey/FriscoOther· 20 min
Bright Light in Southern Sky Over Frisco, Texas
Show on map Orb of light in far North Dallas. ((NUFORC Note: 2 hours. We suspect an advertising light. PD))
Show on mapMe and a friend of mine were driving down Alemeda St between Westpoint Blvd and Academy Blvd when we saw an orange orb in the sky. Once
Show on map- 13 Oct 2013 · 05:01NewarkSphere· 3 h
Craft was low above trees circling lookin for something to pick up spraying white powder.
Show on map UFO lights over Austin, Texas ACL Fest During the Cure Concert.
Show on mapGold hazy "being" hovering (like standing on edge of craft) while over apt building in NW Austin - amber lights on edges.
Show on mapLow rumble revealed sparkling lights, resolved into dark Triangular craft with lighting at two leading edges.
Show on map- 24 Oct 2012 · 21:30BrownwoodOrb· 30 min
Orange glowing lights above walmart
Show on map - 24 Oct 2012 · 21:00LampasasOrb· 15 s
Sequential lights in straight, horizontal lines in the sky over Texas.
Show on map - 24 Oct 2012 · 20:30San Saban/LampasasFormation· 30 min
Still surreal to me - can't explain what the lights were - I have looked out at the sky for years and never saw ANYTHING like this...
Show on map - 21 Oct 2012 · 22:00SeguinOrb· 45 min
Lite in same area goes out then comes back really bright cant see shape. it doesnt apear like plane activity or a lite pole.
Show on map Fiery balls falling from the sky over El Paso.
Show on mapBlack, triangular shaped craft with dim, orange lights over Katy, Tx
Show on mapMe and some friends were in northside in fort worth TX, going home when we seen what look liked 2 fireballs coming down fast, we all
Show on mapSpheres of light seen over the west campus area of austin which then broke apart and sped off in different directions.
Show on map- 1 Oct 2012 · 01:00RichmondOther· 5 min
Driving around when me and my friend saw a bright BRIGHT white light from about 2/12 miles away. Started driving towards it it as it ju
Show on map - 27 Oct 2011 · 01:00KilgoreOrb· 2 min
It appeared as a light in the sky such as a star but then it took off very fast.
Show on map Objects in the El Paso Sky
Show on map- 23 Oct 2011 · 07:05Center CityOther· 5 s
Bright Light Flash
Show on map - 23 Oct 2011 · 07:05GatesvilleOrb· 1 s
strange flash of light
Show on map My mother told me to go help my dad with the groceries last night and I went out a little earlier because he wasn't home yet and i saw
Show on map- 21 Oct 2011 · 22:30RockportAmorphous· 3 h
Possible ufo sighting.
Show on map - 21 Oct 2011 · 19:40BaytownOrb· 2 s
Single light moving very fast, zig-sagged, stopped, vanished in 2-3 seconds
Show on map - 20 Oct 2011 · 23:00PlanoTriangle· 30 s
V shaped objects, no lights, no sounds
Show on map - 20 Oct 2011 · 20:00NacogdochesOrb· 2 min
Ufo flying low across the sky
Show on map - 20 Oct 2011 · 00:02SeguinOther· 1 s
White with yellow tint, flash red then gone
Show on map bright light and 2 flying saucers over Katy Texas
Show on map- 19 Oct 2011 · 22:56Eagle MountainOther· 2 min
What look like a fallen star descended toward earth stopped in mid air and shot of into space at a speed unknown to man
Show on map Nightly sightings of bright light and two saucers over Katy Texas
Show on map- 17 Oct 2011 · 21:30TempleTriangle· 5 s
I saw a triangular shaped "object"
Show on map - 15 Oct 2011 · 20:30AnsonAmorphous· 10 s
Object, or objects seen over Jones County, TX, 10-15-11.
Show on map Silver orb floating over far westside of El Paso for over an hour
Show on map2 spacecraft and huge blue light in the sky
Show on mapNo noise precision flying unreal altitude gains somewhat creepy and appeared as many and left as one
Show on map- 2 Oct 2011 · 05:29San AngeloOrb· 2 s
Odd flash that shifted briefly
Show on map - 1 Oct 2011 · 09:30BrownwoodOther· 25 min
Orange lights with blinking white lights swarming around.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2011 · 06:00San BenitoTriangle· 10 s
south texas 1 oct. v shaped silent object traveling south east dim white lights
Show on map I initially heard a whhoosh sound for quite awhile without witnessing anything.
Show on mapBluish white light observed in 90 degree turn and flight to east over Ft Bend county Texas
Show on map- 22 Oct 2010 · 20:35SeagovilleBoomerang· 24 s
It was a large boombrang or chevron looking ufo with two big yellowish-reddish lights that made no sound.
Show on map - 20 Oct 2010 · 02:59PearlandSphere· 2 h
Round object in the sky with blue,green, and red colors hovering in the southeastern sky
Show on map Over a dozen drone-like UFOs witness over Austin, Texas
Show on map- 14 Oct 2010 · 06:04The ColonyOrb· 3 s
High altitude fast bright light
Show on map Shadow object...Black then (glow) speeding across night sky.
Show on map- 13 Oct 2010 · 03:00WebsterOther· 2 min
Blinking white light and red.
Show on map - 12 Oct 2010 · 21:00LufkinBoomerang· 30 s
My wife and I observed chevron shaped lights moving across the sky
Show on map Bright white light cigar shaped object seen flying slowly to the north in slight decent.
Show on mapOval shaped aluminum colored object spotted in broad day light and dissapeared
Show on map- 12 Oct 2010 · 06:00TomballCigar· 20 s
A ufo sits for ten seconds, and disappears completely
Show on map - 12 Oct 2010 · 00:56Cross RoadsTriangle· 3 min
BLACK TRIANGLE SEEN OVER NORTH TEXAS ON 10.12.10
Show on map - 10 Oct 2010 · 20:00San AngeloDisc· 1 min
I was coming back from the grocery store around 8:30 pm when I noticed a large orange glowing object in the sky above my neighbors hous
Show on map 4 orbs of glowing light
Show on mapSoundless hovering airplane
Show on map- 1 Oct 2010 · 12:16WaxahachieDisc· 1 s
Disk Shaped Object photographed near Waxahachie Texas
Show on map - 27 Oct 2009 · 18:30McallenOther· 4 min
They looked like planes without wings, emitting a high concentration of light and moving extremely slowly.
Show on map Green light hovering of I35W denton texas hovered moved right to left very fast then went south suddenly
Show on map- 25 Oct 2009 · 19:55The WoodlandsOther· 45 s
Pulsating light emitting no sound moving slowly above my neighborhood
Show on map - 23 Oct 2009 · 20:30In FlightOther· 35 min
Search light pacing commercial airliner for 35 minutes
Show on map 3 witnesses--object looked like the moon but no moon tonight. I can see it glowing through the trees in neighbors backyard. To high in
Show on map- 19 Oct 2009 · 20:30SidneyOrb· 2 min
Phoenix-like event, 40 miles from Stephenville, TX--brief lights, 6-9: 6 hovering formation, 3 individual seperate, military jets.
Show on map I was comming out of the hospital after an emergency visit for my son. Upon leaving the hospital I noticed a ball of light in the sky.
Show on mapLarge circular steady intense light and smaller less intense mobile companion light.
Show on mapAn unknown light in the southwestern sky. Slowly got smaller before disappearing completely.
Show on map- 16 Oct 2009 · 22:00HaltomOrb· 30 min
There were strange revolving lights in Haltom, TX on the night of October 16. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights?? PD))
Show on map - 16 Oct 2009 · 22:00Sugar LandTriangle· 10 s
Shifting triangular shape object, very high rate of speed, high altitude, traveling due north to south.
Show on map - 16 Oct 2009 · 20:00RowlettSphere· 25 min
I live in Rowlett, TX and on October 16, 2009 I saw a circular bright object that pulsated with multiple colors within it.
Show on map In North Houston 3 family members and I witnessed 4 bright objects in a line formation heading southeast. About 30 sec later all object
Show on map- 12 Oct 2009 · 22:00Houston/TomballOrb· 1 min
A white light like a star traveling very fast chafing directions then dissapeared.
Show on map - 12 Oct 2009 · 20:30San JuanOther· 15 min
8:30ct Oct. 12, 2009 Myself, my husband and my daughter saw a large bright object that looked like a star at first.... It was moving
Show on map I saw a bright white light(not blinking), not any type of aircraft I know of...hence, previous experience working on flight lines..
Show on map- 27 Oct 2008 · 22:45GranburyDisc· 4 s
One saucer in the sky, late at night.
Show on map - 27 Oct 2008 · 20:30BlossomSphere· 20 min
Sphere object flashing three colors and moving slow from side to side in a bright white. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Show on map - 27 Oct 2008 · 18:00LiverpoolSphere· 1 h
Three large round objects lined up along Hwy 35 and an identical object followed me home.
Show on map Midnight 10/27/08 Dallas,TX. Two formations - semicircular & v-shaped. 1st moved from north to south. 2nd moved from east to west.
Show on map- 24 Oct 2008 · 22:20PrincetonOrb· 30 min
The three objects seen in the sky from my back yard in rural Texas.
Show on map - 24 Oct 2008 · 22:00ComancheFormation· 15 min
strange lights above comanche texas 10/24/08
Show on map - 23 Oct 2008 · 21:30CarltonOrb· 30 min
Series of lights puts on a show near Stephenville Texas on Oct. 23, 2008.
Show on map - 23 Oct 2008 · 20:40CiscoFormation· 1 min
Series of amber lights, seemed to be rotating and very large.
Show on map My husband and I saw reddish, orangish, goldish lights in a line...going back and forth from right to left repeatly then disappear, thi
Show on map- 23 Oct 2008 · 20:30EvantSphere· 30 s
Bright Orange Lights on Huge Disk-like Object Seen From South of Stephenville, TX on 10/23/08
Show on map 2 lights in south east sky over El Paso, TX. ((NUFORC Note: Possible landing lights on approaching airliners?? PD))
Show on mapa boomerang in the sky, what was it?
Show on map- 22 Oct 2008 · 18:00GranburySphere· 5 min
10/22/08 my husband and myself see a circler object with lights spinning over a lake
Show on map Lights over Abilene,TX
Show on map- 21 Oct 2008 · 19:00FairfieldFormation· 25 min
Fairfield, Freestone County, Texas 3 cylinder long gun barrel shiny objects at dusk on Western horizon, there for over 20 minutes
Show on map - 19 Oct 2008 · 19:00WeimarDisc· 2 s
Noiseless glowing oval shaped white light traveling in straight line at unreal speed just over treetops
Show on map Orange Lights in Dallas
Show on map- 18 Oct 2008 · 13:45RosebudDisc· 5 min
Oval silver unidentified flying object seen about a mile from Rosebud, Texas off of Farm Rd 413.
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Where these reports come from
Reports are from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) public database: what members of the public said they saw, in their own words. Nobody has checked them, and most sightings have ordinary explanations.