UFO Sightings in Texas
43 nightmarks documented
Bright object observed over Austin, Texas on Kenneth Arnold's anniversary (1967)
An unknown over Austin on the 20th anniversary of Kenneth Arnold's sighting — the date that started it all.
Unidentified object observed over Goodfellow AFB intelligence training center, Texas (1966)
An unknown over the Air Force's spy school — where intelligence analysts in training saw something their training couldn't explain.
Unknown object observed near NASA Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston (1966)
An unknown over NASA's Mission Control — where men planning Moon missions couldn't identify what was in their own sky.
Bright object observed over Nederland near the Texas petrochemical coast (1966)
A bright unknown over Texas's petrochemical coast — visible even against the refineries' constant industrial glow.
Sheriff's deputies encounter massive illuminated object near Damon, Texas (1965)
Two sheriff's deputies encountered a 200-foot illuminated craft at close range — one of Blue Book's most credible encounters.
Third Blue Book unknown over Dallas, Texas (1965)
Dallas's third unknown across thirteen years — the defense manufacturing metroplex kept producing unsolved cases.
Third Blue Book unknown over Houston, Texas (1961)
Houston's third unknown — the year NASA arrived, the future space capital was already producing unsolved aerial cases.
Bright object observed over Boerne in the Texas Hill Country during the 1957 wave (1957)
An unknown in the Hill Country during the Levelland wave — San Antonio's military corridor cast its shadow over Boerne.
Second Blue Book unknown over Dallas, Texas (1956)
Dallas's second unknown — the aviation-dense metroplex kept seeing things its expert observers couldn't explain.
Bright object observed over McKinney north of Dallas, Texas (1956)
A bright unknown north of Dallas — in the corridor between the metroplex and Perrin's jet training base.
Fourth Blue Book unknown over Houston, Texas (1956)
Houston's fourth unknown — the future space capital's aerial mysteries spanned the entire arc of Blue Book's existence.
Fast-moving luminous object observed over Travis County, Texas (1955)
A high-speed luminous object outpaced military jets' capabilities over the Texas capital, near a Tactical Air Command base.
Bright object observed near helicopter training center at San Marcos, Texas (1954)
A bright unknown near the Air Force's helicopter school — where rotary-wing pilots who flew low and slow noticed everything.
Eighth Blue Book unknown over the San Antonio military complex (1954)
San Antonio's eighth unknown — officially rivaling Albuquerque as Blue Book's most persistent unsolved location.
Bright object observed over Estacado on the Texas Llano Estacado (1954)
A bright unknown on the Staked Plains — Texas terrain so flat and empty that any object in the sky was an event.
Bright object observed near Pantex nuclear weapons plant at Amarillo, Texas (1953)
A bright unknown over Pantex — where every American nuclear warhead was assembled, the ultimate nuclear-UFO connection.
Fifth Blue Book unknown over the San Antonio military aviation complex (1953)
San Antonio's fifth unknown — America's military aviation capital was officially Blue Book's most persistent unsolved location.
Third Blue Book unknown reported over San Antonio military complex (1953)
San Antonio's third Blue Book unknown — the military aviation capital kept producing cases investigators couldn't crack.
Fast-moving luminous object observed over Sherman, Texas (1953)
A luminous object outran jet trainers over northern Texas — just weeks after the CIA panel tried to shut down UFO investigations.
Unidentified object observed over Laredo AFB pilot training base, Texas (1952)
An unknown at the border — Laredo's pilot training base on the Rio Grande saw something crossing no nation's flight plan.
Fourth Blue Book unknown reported over San Antonio military complex (1952)
San Antonio's fourth 1952 unknown — no city in America produced more unsolved cases from the world's most aviation-expert community.
Unknown object observed near Fort Hood military reservation at Killeen, Texas (1952)
An unidentified object near the Army's largest armored post — 200,000 acres of military might with something unknown overhead.
Rapidly maneuvering light observed near El Paso, Texas (1952)
A light executing impossible maneuvers near the epicenter of America's Cold War rocket and missile development programs.
Bright object observed over San Antonio military complex for the second time (1952)
San Antonio's second unknown of 1952 — further proof that America's military aviation capital had something unexplained overhead.
Seventh Blue Book unknown over the San Antonio military complex (1952)
San Antonio's seventh unknown — the military aviation capital was closing in on Albuquerque's nuclear corridor record.
Bright object observed over Levelland, Texas (1952)
An unknown over Levelland five years before it became famous — the flat Texas plains held a mystery long before the 1957 wave.
Formation of lights observed over Dallas, Texas (1952)
A formation of lights over Dallas-Fort Worth — one of America's busiest military aviation corridors in the heart of the 1952 wave.
Ninth Blue Book unknown over the San Antonio military complex (1952)
San Antonio's ninth unknown — officially the most prolific source of unsolved Blue Book cases from any military city.
Sixth Blue Book unknown over the San Antonio military complex (1952)
San Antonio's sixth unknown — the military aviation capital's production of unsolved cases was reaching historic proportions.
Bright object observed near Sheppard AFB at Wichita Falls, Texas (1952)
A bright unknown over Wichita Falls on the same night as the famous Washington, D.C., radar events — the wave's peak.
Bright object observed over Uvalde in the Texas Hill Country (1952)
A bright unknown over the Texas Hill Country — during the extraordinary week between the two Washington radar events.
Bright round object tracked by pilots over Randolph AFB, Texas (1952)
Experienced military pilots tracked a bright maneuvering object over a major USAF training base during the historic 1952 wave.
Second Blue Book unknown at San Marcos AFB helicopter training base, Texas (1952)
San Marcos AFB's second unknown — helicopter pilots who flew low and slow were among the most observant witnesses.
Unknown aerial object observed over Kelly AFB, San Antonio, Texas (1952)
An unknown object over a major USAF logistics hub where personnel knew every aircraft type in the inventory by sight.
High-speed unidentified object observed over San Antonio, Texas (1952)
A metallic disc-shaped object flew at extreme speed over one of America's most concentrated military aviation complexes.
Bright object observed over Houston near Ellington Field (1952)
Houston's first Blue Book unknown — years before NASA arrived, the future home of Mission Control had its own mystery overhead.
Bright object observed over Marshall in east Texas (1952)
A bright unknown over the east Texas piney woods — near SAC bombers at Barksdale across the Louisiana border.
Bright object observed near Fort Hood at Temple, Texas (1952)
A bright unknown near the Army's largest armored post — Temple, Texas, where military aircraft were an everyday sight.
Bright object observed over Duncanville south of Dallas, Texas (1952)
A bright unknown over Dallas's radar station suburb — where air defense operators saw something their scopes couldn't explain.
Luminous object observed over remote ranching country at Matador, Texas (1951)
A luminous unknown over Texas ranching country so remote that the sky held nothing but stars — and this wasn't a star.
Airborne radar contact with unknown target south of Fort Worth, Texas (1951)
A radar-tracked unknown near SAC's bomber headquarters — the base where the Roswell debris was infamously displayed in 1947.
Bright object observed over Texarkana on the Texas-Arkansas border (1950)
A bright unknown over the Texas-Arkansas border — two days after the Korean War erupted and readiness spiked nationwide.
Disc-shaped objects observed over Fort Bliss and White Sands, Texas (1949)
Disc-shaped objects over the Army's rocket testing center — where captured V-2 scientists tracked objects with theodolites.