UFO sightings in Houston, Texas
There are 22 civilian UFO sighting reports from Houston, Texas in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1957 to 2013. That is 8% of the 292 reports from Texas, more than any other place in the state. The busiest year was 2007, with 3 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were orb (8), sphere (6) and disc (2).
Sighting reports from Houston
All 22 reports, newest first.
- 21 Oct 2013 · 19:00Sphere· 5 s
Bright blue orb shot fast across the sky. No fade, no trail, no sound.
Show on map - 22 Oct 2009 · 20:37Other· 10 min
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 - 15 Oct 2009 · 20:15Orb· 2 min
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 - 20 Oct 2007 · 14:00Other· 50 s
((HOAX??)) ufo plus 4 oval metalic objects fling next to plane continental huston-tampa., nobody else semms to noticed.
Show on map - 10 Oct 2007 · 21:43Formation· 35 s
Large Boomerang formation of lights over Houston, Beltway 8 & Westheimer moving north to south 10/10/07, 9:43 PM.
Show on map - 2 Oct 2007 · 06:30Orb· 10 min
Strobbing Orb ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))
Show on map - 15 Oct 2005 · 04:32Sphere· 5 min
UFO SIGHTED HOVERING AT REAR OF HOUSTON RESIDENCE. Richard & June H. /HUSBAND & WIFE WITNESS
Show on map - 24 Oct 2003 · 01:45Rectangle· 10 s
Strange Happenings in Houston 2003
Show on map - 23 Oct 2003 · 21:00Orb· 2 min
Mundane Satellite?
Show on map - 13 Oct 2003 · 23:15Orb· 10 min
Objects that zip in and out
Show on map - 27 Oct 2001 · 22:38Orb· 10 s
Light at great speed ,no sound.
Show on map - 25 Oct 2001 · 01:31Disc· 1 min
A dark gray object traveling across the night sky.
Show on map - 18 Oct 2001 · 07:36Orb· 2 min
UFO was slow but left very quickly.
Show on map - 15 Oct 2000 · 21:30Triangle· 5 min
UFO in outer space. A flying "V" formation of 15 to 20 of what looked like stars in the clear sky
Show on map - 16 Oct 1999 · 22:15Disc· 20 s
Flying object similar to blimp shaped like rounded football, illuminated from within.
Show on map - 15 Oct 1998 · 06:35Orb· 4 s
A small, single fireball in the sky at an indeterminate altitude.
Show on map - 24 Oct 1997 · 18:00Triangle· 6 s
Witnessed black, metallic UFO pass by airplane window at 28ꯠ feet. Witnessed by several people in daylight.
Show on map - 10 Oct 1984 · 05:00Sphere· 1 min
2 experience with unkown
Show on map - 10 Oct 1980 · 19:00Sphere· 3 min
Sphere, No lights, moving through neighborhoods above tree tops, over busy streets in Houston in 1980.
Show on map - 20 Oct 1974 · 19:30Sphere· 45 min
We watched a UFO at night through binoculars.
Show on map - 15 Oct 1973 · 19:30Sphere· 45 min
UFO hovers over Houston TX, fall 1973.
Show on map - 15 Oct 1957 · 20:30Orb· 3 s
5 to 6" diameter light, extremely fast, silent, made an impossible inside 45 degree turn, and sped away horizontally.
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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.