Light over New Braunfels, TX
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Observed unusual bright, red/orange light hovering for at least 15 min., Texas Hill Country. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus?? PD))
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2009-02-02 → 2009-02-19
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My wife and I saw 2 white cylinder/cigar shaped objects flying at an unknown distance, height, and speed flying in a straight line away from New Braunfels, TX (general Northern direction). We only looked up due to a small plane flying a bit low to the reginal airport. Saw the 2 objects and they were not flying "fast" but were moving under their own power. I was able to get a picture of one (before they were obstructed by the building). [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
October 31, 2022 · 10:45 PM · CHEVRON
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June 16, 2022 · 11:51 PM · CIRCLE
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August 29, 2020 · 8:59 PM · LIGHT
New Braunfels, TX
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August 5, 2020 · 6:50 PM · CHEVRON
New Braunfels, TX
I was in the back yard area of my apartment complex with only my dog when I saw what I thought was a drone. 1 solid black object that appeared to be a pentagonal pyramid flying slowly through the air. It looked to be about the size of a small car and less than 1000ft or so from the ground. It was about a mile from my location. It moved from the NE to the North gaining altitude in a slow bank. I saw lights like big LEDs that lined the edge of the craft and were colors like red and green that lit in sequence like a wave. The movement was the strange part since it wobbled like a poorly thrown frisbee and rotated clockwise in relation to the ground fairly slowly. From what I can tell it had to have crossed I-35 from East to West. I continued to watch it move in a Northerly direction until it got out of sight still gaining altitude. Hardly a cloud in the sky, at least in that direction. I have 20/15 vision, and I'm a veteran. I have never seen anything like it and I've had interest in aircraft since childhood having attended a handful of airshows. It wasn't a conventional craft. It wasn't a piece of trash because this thing was clearly rigid and to well defined, especially considering the lights. Hence, why my first thought was a drone. I knew something was wrong when I noticed the strange movement of it. It also had no trail or noise signature. I have recorded some video of it on my Snapchat.
March 31, 2020 · 8:43 PM · TEARDROP
New Braunfels, TX
Unexplained sighting: March 31, 2020 On March 31, 2020 at approximately 8:43PM in New Braunfels, Texas, I was on my porch, which has views for at least 40 miles. I was looking out Northeast and suddenly there were these glowing lights, the color of luminarias. (orange-yellow, like the glow of a hot air balloon). There was a round orb to the right and a square-ish light a slight distance away from the orb. Suddenly a big “teardrop”, almost as big as the square light dropped out of the corner of the square and descended slowly and briefly. This shape was a perfect teardrop that looked like it was liquid gold dripping from the square light. Then all three of these suddenly went out. I kept watching and saw the round light re-appear about 10 miles further then go out and then again about 20+ miles further and descended until it went out. Nothing happened after this. This whole sequence took less than 8 minutes. There were some small craft airplanes in the area. This was not a plane, or a helicopter or a drone. These were not lights, but a steady glow. The teardrop light was VERY distinct.