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Sightings
Witness reports, held as-reported. Each entry keeps its source, its coordinates where the record has them, and its place in the larger pattern.
5,375 entries
June 30, 1955 · 1:00 PM · CIGAR
Lubbock, TX
Cigar shaped cloud and left very fast.
April 30, 1955 · 7:00 AM
UnexplainedTravis County, TX
Travis County, Texas. 7:30 a.m. Witness USAF Wing Intelligence Officer Maj. L..J. Pagozalski. Four black objects in a cluster made a whooshing sound like a zephyr. Sighting lasted 2-3 seconds.
November 14, 1954 · 1:00 AM · DISK
Thelma (South Of), TX
11/14/1954 WHILE HUNTING OBJECT CIRCLED, LANDED AND THEN TOOK OFF STRAIGHT OUT OF SIGHT.
October 15, 1954 · 4:30 PM · OTHER
Blanco, TX
We saw a silver football, motionless in the sky; stopped , looked about 3-5 mins. and resumed the trip.
September 9, 1954 · 12:30 PM · DISK
Beaumont, TX
Aprox. 30 Disk shaped UFOs fell out of clouds got in V formatin and shot toward a black rain cloud avoiding a Jet Plane.
August 15, 1954 · 10:00 PM
UnexplainedSan Marcos, TX
San Marcos, Texas. 10:20 p.m. Witnesses: USAF Maj. W.J. Davis, Capt. R.D. Sauers, flying a C-47 transport plane. One dark blue oblong object paced the C-47, veered away, then crossed in front of it. Five minute sighting.
June 25, 1954 · 3:30 AM · CIRCLE
Thrifty, TX
6-25-1954, Red circle of light in Thrifty, Texas. USA.
June 10, 1954 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
UnexplainedEstacado, TX
Estacado, Texas. 9:09 p.m. Witness: USAF pilot Capt. Bill McDonald, in flight. One white light descended at 45^ from great altitude, passed under his aircraft, made two 360' turns and went out after 30 seconds.
June 8, 1954 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
UnexplainedTexarkana, TX
Texarkana, Texas. 1 a.m. or 2:30 a.m. (file not clear). Witness: L.T. Prewitt, employee of Red River Arsenal. One golden yellow light flew over his house, making a "shhh" or buzzing sound for 2 minutes. 9:09 p.m. Witness: USAF pilot
June 1, 1954 · 12:00 AM · DISK
Houston, TX
I fulfilled my duty by passing on an unusual accourance
October 15, 1953 · 2:00 PM · DISK
Mauriceville, TX
My father was a WWW1 Vet. and loved hunting. The year was round 1953.We lived in a town of 300 people in southeast tex. Dad would take
August 3, 1953 · 12:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedAmarillo, TX
Amarillo, Texas. 12:04 p.m. Witness: Airport control tower chief C.S. Brown. One round and reflective or translucent object flew straight, stopped for 7 seconds, sped along, stopped again, was joined by a similar object and they flew off in different directions, after a total of 56 minutes.
June 17, 1953 · 7:30 AM · CIGAR
Galveston, TX
It had been my habit before I opened my place of business each morning to do my early morning fishing. This one particular morning I ha
May 27, 1953 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
UnexplainedSan Antonio, TX
San Antonio, Texas. 8:30 p.m. Witnesses: many unidentified civilians, including Jacobson. Nine separate meandering lights were seen during 15 minute sighting.
March 25, 1953 · 3:00 PM · LIGHT
UnexplainedSan Antonio, TX
San Antonio, Texas. 3:05 p.m. Witnesses: USAF Capt. and Mrs. D.E. Cox. Several lights, some of which moved straight, others which made 360^ turns for 1.5 hours.
February 24, 1953 · 7:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedSherman, TX
Sherman, Texas. 7:43 p.m. Witnesses: Warrant Officer and Mrs. Alden. Two bright red, round objects with big halos flew in small circles, climbed and faded during a 3-7 second sighting.
November 3, 1952 · 6:00 PM · OVAL
UnexplainedLaredo AFB, TX
Laredo AFB, Texas. 66:29 p.m. Witnesses: two control tower operators, including Lemaster. One long, elliptical, white-grey light flew very fast, paused, and then increased speed during a 3-4 second observation.
October 19, 1952 · 1:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedSan Antonio, TX
San Antonio, Texas. 1:30 p.m. Witness: one ex-USAF aircrewman Woolsey. Three circular aluminum objects, one of which was olive-drab colored on the side, flew in a rough V-formation. One object flipped slowly, another object stopped, during the 3-4 minute sighting. Oct. 19. 1952; 500 miles south of Hawaii. 6:58 p.m. Witnesses: crew of USAF C-50 transport plane. One round yellow light, with a red glowing edge, estimated at 100' in diameter, flew at 300-400 kts. (350-450 m.p.h.) for 20 seconds.
October 17, 1952 · 10:00 PM · RECTANGLE
UnexplainedKilleen, TX
Killeen, Texas. 10:15 p.m. Witnesses: Ministers Greenwalt and Kluck. Ten lights, or a rectangle of lights, moved more or less straight and level for 5 seconds.
September 7, 1952 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
UnexplainedSan Antonio, TX
San Antonio, Texas. 10:30 p.m. Witnesses: chemist J.W. Gibson and others. One orange object or light (the color of 2,000' F.) exploded into view. Seen for from 3-20 seconds by various observers.
August 24, 1952 · 9:00 PM
UnexplainedLevelland, TX
Levelland, Texas. 9:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sharp. One object, shaped like a spinning top, changing color from red to yellow to blue, and with a fiery tail, hovered for 20 minutes, whistling, then flew away. It, or another like it, returned an hour later.
August 21, 1952 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
UnexplainedDallas, TX
Dallas, Texas. 11:54 p.m. Witness: Jack Rossen, ex-artillery observer. Three blue-white lights hovered then descended; 1.5 minutes later, one of them descended more.
July 30, 1952 · 10:00 AM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedSan Antonio, TX
San Antonio, Texas. 10 a.m. Witnesses: E.E. Nye and one other person. One round, white object flew slow and then sped away after 20-30 minutes.
July 27, 1952 · 8:00 PM · DISK
UnexplainedWichita Falls, TX
Wichita Falls, Texas. 8:30 p.m. Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Ellis. Two disc-shaped objects, illuminated by a phosphorus light, flew at an estimated l,000 m.p.h. for 15 seconds.