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Texas UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 127 UFO sighting reports in Texas from 2017 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "light" (34 reports, 26.77% of total).
- March is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (19 reports, 14.96% of total).
- Thursday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (23 reports, 18.11% of total).
- 10/23/17 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (4 reports, 3.15% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (52 reports, 40.94% of total).
Texas UFO Sighting Reports in 2017
This is a sampling of 20 Texas UFO reports from 2017, presented as they were submitted other than paragraph breaks added for easier readability where necessary.
You can click the 'Report' link to view the original report along with any photos that may have been submitted to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC).
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I was outside and saw about 15-20 fireballs flying in a weird design all stayed the same but moved really fast I ran inside the second I saw them and was like no way this is fucking happening wtf could that be other than a ufo and grabbed my cell phone but by the time i got the video recorder going the last of the lights disapeared behind clouds or something it was dark so i dont even know if there was clouds. It was to big to be man made ship,Could have been 20-30 missles or something getting shot somewhere but why over north east texas? Where would 30 missles be going in texas? I dunno man I wish I was fast enough to record it I never thought I would ever see anything I couldnt explain but damn sure did last night. The only reason Im on this site is because I was googling "12/30/17 weird lights/ufo over texas, but I dont seem to be able to find anyone else posting a picture or video or anything about it.
I cant be the only one who saw this thing!.
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Was letting my dogs outside and after a few minutes of standing outside with them, both of them and I looked up and saw it as it flew across the sky and out if sight behind some trees.
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Stationary white light pulsating at about 10 degrees for 10 or so minutes.
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I went outside to walk my dog, It was a foggy morning, I sit down in a chair and I see a red orb about the size of a basketball floating from the top of the treeline towards the ground very slow. about 50 feet away. I ran inside to get my husband to see it, but it had disappeared.
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Yellowish/ orange football shaped, color dimming object hovering over city skyline. I recorded the bright Yellowish/orange sphere on my way driving into DFW Airport. It was hovering over the city skyline.
It dimmed colors and became bright. It was to big to be a drone and flying way to low to be an airplane. Description of background, city-skyline-dark skies.
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Red Pulsing Orb/Light over San Antonio, TX On 12 Dec., 2017, at approximately 1850 hrs, my family and I witnessed a pulsing red light hovering over San Antonio. It appeared to be floating over Kelly AFB, now Port San Antonio.
It gradually moved into position, then remained stationary for approx. 3 minutes. No sound, and there were multiple a/c in the sky.
It did not appear that the other airborne craft were circling the object per se, it just looked as though they were in the traffic pattern for SA Int’l Airport. The orb gradually disappeared by departing away from us to the east, as we were viewing from an elevated position to the west. It remained perfectly still.
Not a helicopter, not a drone. All witnesses (5) are ex-military two of which are private pilots.
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Staggered, colorful strobing lights spotted southwest of Sour Lake, Texas. Forgive the rushed nature of this sighting, I will submit a more extensive report soon. Beginning on December 11, and as recently as last night, December 13, a series of odd lights were observed to the west-southwest of our town’s high school.
Just above the treeline, these lights varied in number from one to six, merging with each other and splitting apart at seemingly random intervals. At times there was only a single light, at other times up to six lights, slowly bobbing around into different patterns. My sightings occurred on December 12 and 13, after hearing about the occurrence from a family friend who had seen them on the 11th.
The lights appear at about 5 pm to 5:15, and stay for hours, the latest I have observed was still hovering at 8:15 p.m. The lights themselves had the general appearance of large stars, but would bob around.
In a few instances, the lights multiplied into 5 or 6, and took on the shape of an obtuse angle, with one arm shorter than the other, as if a clock was reading the time 3:50. These lights would take on seemingly intentional color schemes, with some appearing to strobe predominantly cool colors, others flashing warmer, bronze tones, and one that remained white-hot throughout. It should also be noted that over the past three nights, a large group of conventional aircraft, numbering from six to eleven, can be observed circling the area, never venturing too close to the lights.
Most appear to be airplanes, a few may be helicopters. Apparently, both the lights and planes have been observed by citizens of the nearby town of Nome sporadically since the end of Hurricane Harvey, the devastation of which ravaged this area quite badly. The area over which the lights seem to be hovering is seemingly inaccessible, and is most likely either rice farms of oilfields.
I plan to return tonight and every night until these lights cease. ((NUFORC Note: We spoke via telephone with the witness on two occasions, and he sounded to us to be exceptionally eloquent and sober-minded. We suspect that he is an excellent witness, and he captured some very interesting video.
PD)).
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Myself and 2 roommates winessed a group of UFO's who appeared to be watching us. I was unloading fire wood with 2 of my roommates. I stopped in our backyard to smoke a cigarette and I looked up.
I saw a craft about as high as the lowest clouds in the night sky because the light would sometime go behind some clouds. It was darting in every direction but did not travel to far away and would always come back directly over my house. I have a short video of the main craft.
During the 3 hours about 3 or 4 appeared to be emitted from the first ufo but the main craft never faded away like the others.
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4 orangish colored objects flying close together then crossed over each other and disappeared I was sitting on my sofa and my wife was letting the dog out and noticed 4 orange objects in the sky and asked me to come look. I got up and walked out the back door to see the 4 orange objects hovering at a slow pace then crossing over each other and then they slowing were out or range and disappeared. I have worked on military trainings at night and have never seen anything like this in my life.
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I. Woke up an looked at my security cameras an. This.
Is. What I saw I have. Seen this.
Before. A large. Bright light which looks lime.
The moon but noticed it moves slowly an yet too fast to barely be noticed take a look for your self.I am only reporting this. I am scared they.
Don't. Want me to. Indulge this.
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Four orange lights in formation. I was turning onto 1044 and looked to the left and saw 4 orange lights in diagonal formation. I turned heading in the opposite direction for perhaps a half mile, then turned left onto County Line Road north, and looked to my left where I had seen the lights, and they were gone.
((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
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Red lights across the sky I am making this report now because my mom just made her report and insist that I describe my experience as well.I have to admit I am a skeptic, but what I did see that night makes me scratch my head. We had just came home from picking up my cousins and my mom loves UFO's she always looks in the sky, and next I heard her saying, "Look!! Look up!! and this is what I seen--100's of red lights in clusters or little groups but many groups slowly pulsating and hovering.
At first I thought this has to be some drone convention or drone practicing a routine but the longer I watched the more intrigued I became and knew this was not drones. Me and my cousin happen to look south and see two lights bolt across the sky, we screamed at the sight, and caused everyone to look our way but it was gone by then. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information.
PD)).
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Red flying lights saturate night sky!! I am barely making this report because I am my worse enemy, talking myself out of making this report thinking that it had to be drones, but the more I hear about others witnessing the same experience and I had my two boys and 3 nephews with me, I am convinced this was something more wonderful than I could ever imagine. I seen had to be hundred of red lights, seemed like they were playing in the sky. They had no direct path, they would move around slowly and some clustered together while others wandered off alone.
I heard a gasp from my son and turned and he said he seen two shoot off fast across the sky. I missed it, but the gasp i heard spoke for itself… It was a freezing night, and i kept wanting to grab my ipad from inside but I was frozen, I feared it would leave, and then I thought there was no way it would capture on my ipad, but none the less i went inside. It was very cold and we couldnt stand to be outside that long and none of my windows allowed me to look up straight into the sky, as i was blocked by trees.
about a hour later, I went to throw the trash away and I still seen about half of them up there.I regret the fact that I did not try to record it but I seen them and i have 5 other teenagers who witnessed this amazing night too. It seemed like they were putting on a show.
They were hovering slowly.
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Triangle craft that glowed red. Triangle craft with slightly curved edges. The entire craft glowed red.
There was a yellow circle of lights underneath. The craft hovered in the air above the tree line but below the clouds. Unknown how large or distance from me.
Weather was cloudy, cold and with occasional rain. Observed from inside the house at night with tree branches partially blocking the view. Observed for about three seconds, then went outside to film but craft was gone.
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I was outside star-gazing when the event happened. I was outside star-gazing and I heard what sounded like the central air unit had kicked on (I have no central air in my house) and I looked outside and saw multiple faint, glowing lights and the lights came together and became one single searchlight and the light started to move in a circular pattern as if searching for something. Afterwards, the light and the sound disappeared.
((NUFORC Note: Source of report indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD)).
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Spheres over Pflugerville TX I walked out of my apartment complex and a strange light caught my eye in the sky. I stood there for a good 5-10 min looking at it. There was 4-5 individual white sphere shapes on each side that looked like a chevron/V-shape.
Each sphere had a slight individual movement to it. I work in aviation and I never seen anything like this before. There were no red or green navigation lights or strobes of any kind,, which any aircraft or drone would have.
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At around midnight 11/05/2017, explosion sounds heard by families in homes in Harris County area. News reported nothing whilst neighborhood website shows reports of sounds of war bombings, two witnesses reported seeing a flasing red light and moments later a flashing red light appearing to iluminate the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information.
PD)).
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Ufo spotted, right before it vanished. San Antonio, Texas 11/03/17 approximate time 0710 The object flying that was seen appear to be hovering with a neon light of a shape a long oval craft from my angle about 400m when it noticed It had been spotted it it flew rapidly with another bright light tail and vanished in to thin air I and my passenger double looked the open clear sky and it was gone, so therefore, it couldn't had a been a airplane of any type with details of vanishing with in four seconds. ((NUFORC Note: We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he confirmed that the sighting had occurred in the morning.
PD)).
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White glowing lights overhead in Irving, Texas It was a typical Friday morning. I was up by 5 am and in my car by 6 for my 35 min commute to Dallas. The drive was uneventful, til about 15 minutes on highway 183 until the traffic came to a grinding halt, that lasted about 20 minutes.
As I sat on the highway, I figured there must be an accident ahead, and then I saw this magnificent light in the sky. I knew it was not a star, a planet nor tthe moon and I immediately ruled them out. Tired of sitting on the highway, I got off on the next ramp only to find myself stuck waiting to catch a traffic light.
I was compelled to look at the light because there was something "off about it". It wasn't a helicopter. It was so quiet outside it really surprised me.
Took a couple of pics then decided to turn on my video. I witnessed this light shining brighter still, glowing and it appeared to be two circles of light. It became very bright then dimmed and began hovering away at a very fast rate of speed.
I am convinced it was a UfO. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
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Multiple unlit silent low gliding things over the course of 3 nights My boyfriend yelled for me to hurry outside. All he said is what is that. I took too long to focus on it and all I could see was that it was something with no lights.
He said it was a plane but the lights were so dim. Like not lights to see ahead of you, more like interior lights. whhaaatever.
ok. The next night he yells again. Not to be tricked again i stayed on the couch.
He comes running in saying he saw" something HUGE in the sky. all black, no lights, so sound with a line coming out of the back of it connected to a smaller version of it. like towing it along" trippin! but he's so enthusiastic I keep looking around.
"Look!" he says again and points. then i see one. just a small boomerang shape gliding across the sky.
after a couple minutes there's another one. and another. For about two or three hours we watched these things sail silently above us.
so many we actually got bored looking at them. The next night. He's down on the street and I'm up on the balcony telling him something.
I glance down the road and see "the HUGE one". It was shaped like a bomber but rounded. absolutely silent.
so low! like i could throw a rock and hit it. just sailing peacefully straight down the road. we were both staring.
awestruck. I remember saying it reminded me of a mantaray. I don't know why.
When we talked later he said the back of it looked like it was waving like a flag but I didn't notice that. I can't stress enough how big it was. and then, more little ones.
Finally we decide on a plan of action. Shine a spotlight flashlight at one. And we do just that.
And it comes to a slow stop, changes direction, and glides away. Never saw another one. Worst plan ever.
I still look up hoping, wishing the batteries had been dead in that flashlight. These things were solid black with a solid outline, not birds or anything like that. They were there.
My boyfriend and I both agree they appeared two dimensional. like a shadow. or more like a cutout.
I can't explain it better than that.
Texas UFO Sightings From 2017 By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Light | 34 reported sightings | 26.77% of all reports |
Triangle | 15 reported sightings | 11.81% of all reports |
Sphere | 14 reported sightings | 11.02% of all reports |
Circle | 13 reported sightings | 10.24% of all reports |
Formation | 8 reported sightings | 6.30% of all reports |
Oval | 6 reported sightings | 4.72% of all reports |
Other | 6 reported sightings | 4.72% of all reports |
Flash | 6 reported sightings | 4.72% of all reports |
Fireball | 4 reported sightings | 3.15% of all reports |
Chevron | 4 reported sightings | 3.15% of all reports |
Rectangle | 4 reported sightings | 3.15% of all reports |
Disk | 4 reported sightings | 3.15% of all reports |
Unknown | 3 reported sightings | 2.36% of all reports |
Cylinder | 2 reported sightings | 1.57% of all reports |
Egg | 1 reported sightings | 0.79% of all reports |
Diamond | 1 reported sightings | 0.79% of all reports |
Cigar | 1 reported sightings | 0.79% of all reports |
Texas UFO Sightings From 2017 By Month
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.
Month | Sightings | % Of Total |
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March | 19 reported sightings | 14.96% of all reports |
May | 17 reported sightings | 13.39% of all reports |
December | 14 reported sightings | 11.02% of all reports |
January | 12 reported sightings | 9.45% of all reports |
October | 12 reported sightings | 9.45% of all reports |
April | 12 reported sightings | 9.45% of all reports |
February | 11 reported sightings | 8.66% of all reports |
July | 8 reported sightings | 6.30% of all reports |
June | 7 reported sightings | 5.51% of all reports |
September | 5 reported sightings | 3.94% of all reports |
August | 5 reported sightings | 3.94% of all reports |
November | 5 reported sightings | 3.94% of all reports |
Texas UFO Sightings From 2017 By Weekday
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the day of the week the sighting occured on.
Weekday | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Thursday | 23 reported sightings | 18.11% of all reports |
Friday | 19 reported sightings | 14.96% of all reports |
Monday | 18 reported sightings | 14.17% of all reports |
Saturday | 18 reported sightings | 14.17% of all reports |
Wednesday | 18 reported sightings | 14.17% of all reports |
Sunday | 16 reported sightings | 12.60% of all reports |
Tuesday | 15 reported sightings | 11.81% of all reports |
Texas UFO Sightings From 2017 By Date (Top 5)
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the date the sighting occured on, limited to the top 5 dates with the most sightings.
Date | Sightings | % Of Total |
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10/23/17 | 4 reported sightings | 3.15% of all reports |
01/25/17 | 3 reported sightings | 2.36% of all reports |
12/09/17 | 3 reported sightings | 2.36% of all reports |
12/10/17 | 3 reported sightings | 2.36% of all reports |
05/25/17 | 3 reported sightings | 2.36% of all reports |
Texas UFO Sightings From 2017 By Time
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the time of day the sighting occured during. We took logical 4 hour windows in order to split the day into early morning, morning, afternoon, evening, night, and late night buckets for this analysis.
Time Of Day | Hours | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 52 reported sightings | 40.94% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 23 reported sightings | 18.11% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 22 reported sightings | 17.32% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 19 reported sightings | 14.96% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 9 reported sightings | 7.09% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 2 reported sightings | 1.57% of all reports |
All Texas Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2017
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in Texas, in 2017
Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Texas
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Texas.