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Analysis of Houston, Texas UFO Sightings in 2021
We analyzed all 10 UFO sighting reports in Houston, Texas to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "light" (3 reports, 30.00% of total).
- March was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 20.00% of total).
- Sunday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 20.00% of total).
- 10/09/21 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 20.00% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the evening, between the hours of 16:00 - 19:59 (3 reports, 30.00% of total).
UFO Reports in Houston, Texas from 2021
These Houston, Texas UFO reports from 2021 are 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 taking pictures of the eclipse when I saw it. I took one picture of the eclipse and when I went to review the picture I saw it. When I looked up it was still there and flew off qui klu before I could take another picture.
I was standing outside of the hotel when I took the picture so it could not be a reflection or anything like that.
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Went outside looked up there was a huge space craft floating in the air took off right away. All I seen after was a streak of light Walked outside and seen a huge air craft floating in the air. Seconds later it disappears with a streak of light.
I ran inside the house scared I told my girlfriend what I saw. To this day in scared of what happened. I really don't tell comfortable talking about it because idk what can happen to me.
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Disc-shaped Metallic UFO photographed at Houston Air Show While photographing performing airplanes at the Wings Over Houston Airshow at Ellington Airforce Base on Saturday October 9th, my father noticed a single small metallic object at a much higher altitude than the performing aircraft positioned directly overhead. Most of the performing aircraft were at a low altitude usually under 1,000 feet. It was difficult to say how high the object was since there was nothing else around it, but it was extremely high up; at least 12,000 feet if I had to guess, possibly much higher.
He pointed it out to myself and two other spectators and we watched the object for about 5 minutes. The object was too far away to make out details, however it was clear it was not an airplane as it seemed to be stationary in the sky. As it was a sunny day with some clouds, the object seemed to be metallic as we could see a clear shine from it in the sun and it appeared to be a rounded.
After a few minutes, the object seemed to drift to a diffe! rent point in the sky and then again became stationary. When moving, the object left no sort of trail and didn’t show any evidence of engines or afterburners. My father took a picture of it with his DSLR camera and after five total minutes of observing the object it moved behind some clouds and we lost sight of it.
A week later my father and I were reviewing the pictures we took at the airshow and came across the picture he took of the object. Amazingly we were able to zoom in on the object and get a decently detailed picture of it. The picture shows a disc/oval shaped silver object very clearly.
Based on what we saw and the picture, there is no way it could have been a helicopter, airplane, or drone. My father is an engineer, and I am an engineering college student. Aircraft have been a hobby of ours all my life and we have never seen anything move or look the way this object did.
I’ve seen jetliners, metallic WW2 aircraft, and drones at high altitude and have always been ! able to tell that they are some sort of airplane; this object ! looked n othing like that.
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Stationary silver metallic oval object at high altitude during 2021 Houston Air Show While photographing acrobatic and performing airplanes at the Wings Over Houston Airshow at Ellington Air Force Base on Saturday October 9, I noticed a single small metallic object at a much higher altitude than the performing aircraft and located directly overhead and slightly to the left. Most of the performing aircraft seemed to be at altitudes between 300 feet to approximately 1,000 feet. This object seemed to be around 10,000 to 15,000 feet.
The object left no trail of any kind. I pointed the object out to my son and two other spectators one row over also began looking at it. I observed the object for about 4 to 5 minutes.
The object was too far away to make out details, however it was clear it was not an airplane as it seemed to be completely stationary in the sky. It was mostly a clear and sunny day and the object seemed to be metallic (silver) as I could see the reflection of the sun from it. The object seemed round or oval shaped.
After a few m! inutes of being stationary, the object seemed to slowly drift to a different point in the sky and then again became stationary. I took a photograph of the metallic object with my Cannon EOS Rebel T6 digital camera with a 75-300mm zoom lens. I had to sit down in my spectator chair and point the camera directly overhead and slightly to my left to capture the object.
The object then slowly moved behind some clouds and I lost sight of it. Once we downloaded the digital picture and further zoomed in on our computer, you could make out a metallic oval shaped object. I am 56 years old and am an Environmental, Health, and Safety Manger.
I enjoy photographing wildlife and vintage aircraft at air shows.
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trange lights playing tagg This happened in Houston close to downtown on 45 north and Main street while I was at the light.I was looking up like always when all the sudden I see 2 bright white ambulance type color lights in midar on my left side facing south.So I basically have downtown in front.
The height was not many feet since they were noticable.There was no shape it was just lights.One would go up the other would follow,then across then it would follow like if they were playing tagg.
I saw them for a few seconds because my aunt was in the front with her car and panic because i kept honking and pointing up but the light turned green and she was unable to see, although we did stop on the other side of the road which would be going north. I told her what had happen.
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Unexpected capture of a UFO in a picture I took of clouds and the sun's rays. On June 13, 2021, I took pictures of the sun’s rays coming through the clouds because the view looked very beautiful. I didn’t expect to capture anything other than the clouds and sun rays, but when I looked at the pictures again, a couple of days later, I saw what looked like a UFO after zooming in closer.
The pictures we taken around 6:30 in the evening in a northwest direction. There was no sound, lights, nor anything that stood out in the sky as I was admiring the clouds or when I took the picture that day.
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A long single file group of approximately 25 to 30 objects moving from the northwest to southeast. The objects appeared like a medium size star. They were spaced about 2 to 3 seconds in movement apart.
They moved in a straight line until they disappeared on the horizon.
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Flashing an Streaking object near the moon While doing a video of the blood moon on April 26th, after I reviewed the video I noted the following in the video. To the far left of the moon a Bright Flash To the left (close to the moon) Bright Flash Above the moon a Streaking object Object disappeared With the direction it was going I don't believe it was a meteor. I have extracted the frames with the flash and the streaking and preserved the video.
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Video game controller shaped spaceship shoots across the sky early in the morning hours I was driving to Hobby Airport around 3:30 to 4:00 AM on the freeway. I immediately seen a flash of light in the sky, shaped like a game controller of sorts with bright lights on it. It looked surrounded in white light.
It shot across the sky like a shooting star and disappeared into the clouds without a trace WITHIN seconds. I believe I seen blue lights on it as well. It moved so fast that I almost think I'm tricking myself into believing what I saw.
I nudged my mother hurriedly, frantically asking "did you see that? did you see that in the sky?!" but she didn't. Only I did, and it was an amazing experience. It wasn't an actual shooting star either.
No shooting star is shaped like a video game controller. It moved faster than the speed of light.
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Bright or reflective fast low flying object Saw something bright or reflective shoot across the sky low enough to be under some low clouds. It was fast. I heard no sound.
Houston, Texas UFO Sightings From 2021 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 | 3 reported sightings | 30.00% of all reports |
Disk | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Unknown | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Formation | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Oval | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Triangle | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Diamond | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Houston, Texas UFO Sightings From 2021 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 | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
November | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
October | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
June | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
August | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
April | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
May | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Houston, Texas UFO Sightings From 2021 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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Sunday | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Thursday | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Saturday | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Tuesday | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Monday | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Friday | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Wednesday | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Houston, Texas UFO Sightings From 2021 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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10/09/21 | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
06/13/21 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
04/26/21 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
05/06/21 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
08/31/21 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Houston, Texas UFO Sightings From 2021 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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Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 3 reported sightings | 30.00% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 3 reported sightings | 30.00% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Other Years with Reported UFO sightings in Houston, Texas
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