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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
July 23, 2023 · 9:24 PM · CIRCLE
Probable conventionalFredericksburg, TX
7 year old witnessed it first and brought it to our attention. The object was flying VERY fast and high up the sky. Before, I personally witnessed the object (this happened very quick less than 2 minutes pushing it) my husband and daughter saw how the object made a “smoke” impression as it continued to fly away. The “smoke”came from the front of the object as it flew. There was no light trail, no sound (we were listening to music so idk) it was just a bright circle light flying incredibly fast and far. I tried recording it but I was not able to catch it with my phone. I took a picture of the impression it left a few minutes later after we gathered our thoughts of what in the world we saw. Not much else to say this happened so quickly. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]
July 23, 2023 · 9:24 PM · CHANGING
IdentifiedAustin, TX
The video quality is horrible. Thankfully I watched with my eyes and not from my phone screen:) The light caught my eye as it was a very bright glowing ball with what looked to be a solid light in the middle. I saw no flashing red lights as I do on planes passing over and this did not look like a plane! I watched for several seconds before I thought to get my phone. It grew bigger in size and then wound shrink again as it glided across the sky, then at the 30 sec mark it emitted something you’ll see. Like a puff of smoke? I’m not sure if this is something identified already that I’m unaware of so I’m passing it on to you all in hopes of finding out if this is a known something or in fact unidentified. I was on an upstairs porch balcony when this was happening, so ended the video when I needed to run out to try to follow it. I grabbed my daughter on my run down and we watched together as it just kept on until it was too small to see anymore. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:24 PM · SPHERE
Dallas, TX
After turning from an “orb” shape to point of light, object emitted a cloud or vapor that drifted south. Appeared as if object went supersonic to create the vapor. The object had no flashing lights. There were also no clouds in the sky tonight to make object change apparent size. Other (commercial) aircraft were spotted in the same apparent position and running lights were clearly visible and again, no clouds. The object I saw flew in a straight path, roughly SSE and took about 3 minutes to go out of view but was flying at a speed I would think as “average” for a typical commercial aircraft. Going from a fairly large orb, to point of light to ejection of a vapor in the span of about 30-40 seconds, with no change in light intensity is something I have not witnessed before. Possibly it was a satellite but re-entry over a major population center? Also, I have seen satellites before but only outside of Dallas/Ft. Worth due to “light pollution”. This object, IMO opinion was illuminated too brightly (white) and flew at a trajectory too low to be lighted from the sun (which had set 45 minutes or more earlier). A military craft? Probable but if the vapor emission was the object going supersonic, there was no “boom”. In fact, there was no sound at all and I am several blocks removed from a higher traveled road.
July 23, 2023 · 9:24 PM · OVAL
IdentifiedOdessa, TX
SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:23 PM · CHANGING
IdentifiedLeander, TX
Noticed a large light, no sound, climb in the West sky. Pointed it out to my son and started recording its movements. See video. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 7:00 PM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedLubbock, TX
SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:25 AM · DISK
IdentifiedHarlingen, TX
I was driving north on ed Cary drive and it was so bright and then a halo came from it and the halo stArted to fade and it was still bright enough. I was talking to my friend on the phone and she got a clearer picture of the object. It has small lights on it and looked like a saucer. It disappeared. I don't have pictures but I have videos to send. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:23 AM · SPHERE
IdentifiedMidland, TX
Moving 5x faster than a plane with no av lights. Would appear fuzzy then momentarily clear/brighten. At highest point appeared to throw a plume, almost like a plane cloud seeding. Rising Sun is in the NE sky. Maybe witness meant 21:23 hrs. SpaceX launch form Florida. [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 22, 2023 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Port Aransas, TX
I was floating in the resort pool at night, and saw flying in the sky: (1) small craft, looks like a drone, blinking light, not flying very fast, heading toward the gulf. Suddenly, it disappears, then reappears about fifty feet to the side. This is what startled me. I would assume this was drone, but it just "zig-zagged", moving faster than light for a split second before reappearing, slightly skewed from its original trajectory. It did this a couple more times before it was out of sight. About 10 minutes later I see (2) more of the SAME craft, flying next to each other. These DO NOT "zig zag fly" --- they fly in straight line, in a pair, toward the gulf. I start to believe these are just drones again, but then I remember how the other "zig-zagged" and I don't know what to think. I wasn't going to report this, but about 2 weeks later, I am still bothered by it, and I feel compelled to report this for national safety. [NUFORC annotation: Drone - Possible]
July 22, 2023 · 7:31 AM · DISK
La Porte, TX
I was sitting on back porch having my morning coffee. Looked over and saw a large silver, shiny, round disc hovering and slowly moving to the right over neighbors house. It was about 620 ft from me, about 40 ft off the ground. It was bigger than a average size house. It made no noise and when I went to grab my phone out of my lap to record, it literally went invisible within a second. It stayed slowly hovering for at least 40 seconds from the time I noticed it to the time I went to grab my phone. I’m freaked out and scared.
July 19, 2023 · 10:15 PM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalHempstead, TX
I noticed a cluster of about 35 white Orbs which began to get into a straight line and traveled to a certain point in the sky where each one disappeared as they moved to the same point in the sky. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
July 16, 2023 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT
Blanco, TX
It was a late evening / Early morning Summer July 2023, We were at a rented farm house for a party. As everything was coming to an end a few of us decided to step out in to the field and look at the stars. The area we were in had little to moderate light pollution so being from the city we were very happy to see more stars than we normally do. As we were looking out we saw shooting stars, satellites and planes (tons). As we looked to the north (basically the Lat and Long given) between two hills we saw what we thought were a formation of satellites. However as we would watch them we started realize that they behaved way differently and changed. The shape and color was unknown however they projected very bright lights from each craft. they were at least 100 + miles away or more, approx 20 to 40 thousand feet off the ground. Based off the curve the earth and distance. At first the lights stated in a single file line, one by one they would travel across sky from our left to right (west to east), the same speed and same brightness and would appear and disappear at the same time. I am a bit of an aviation nerd and I have a flight radar app. I used this app to see if there was any civilian aircraft lining up to approach Austin or even aircraft taking off or landing from DFW area (just based off distance and direction). however as I was looking my friends noticed that the lights began to travel more erratically and changed speeds. Example: 1 light would move across the area (same as before) quickly accelerated "up" from horizontal to vertical very quickly and disappeared. Next it seemed the "lights" followed each other in the same manner. Then as one light would move from west to east, we began seeing sets of 2-3 lights in formation, changing speeds, brightness, appear and disappear. (When i say they would appear and disappear, unlike a satellite or plane ((where you can see it move across the sky fully)) it would rapidly appear in the sky and leave without travel across the WHOLE sky). Looking at my flight radar app there were no planes in the general direction of the lights traveling and to my knowledge there was no miliary or Air Force base in the direction. Now as the night when on the formations of the lights would begin in sets of 3-5 in a single file light, then sets of 2 (one above the other). Other single lights were be moving, "stall" / "stop" then rapidly move up and away. Last before i went to bed, I saw at least 2 - 5 single lights move from Northeast to southwest direction, Up to down The lights made no sound, left no trails. They moved in a way that no man made aircraft (that i'm aware of) could do. See attached (really bad made) paint picture, and areas we were in.
July 16, 2023 · 12:44 AM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedDallas, TX
My friend and I noticed a light brighter than anything in the sky stagnating over Winfrey Park at White Rock Lake. We were too far to see anything with the naked eye, but the light was insane. After about 30 seconds, it slowly flew to directly across from us, over a neighborhood, before it began a 5 minute flight directly into the air. It was at a gradual pace, still much brighter than anything in the sky. We never saw it on the ground. I have a video of it flying. After the 5 minutes, it flew towards us over the lake at a speed that I couldn’t even imagine. Spacex launch form Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 15, 2023 · 5:00 AM · LIGHT
Springtown, TX
The only way I can describe this. I went outside at 5 o'clock in the morning Saturday morning. I sit down as drinking some coffee. I look up and I see 2 objects in the sky. And I'm thinking it's a plane or it's a drum. The more I got to look at it more it was not a drone one of them wouldn't Come down close to me , but the other one did and I seen it I because it was like it was playing a game. It would look at me and go back up then it would come back down . It look like A fairy. It was flapping his wings so fast, This did this for over an hour. Then I got tired and I turned around and was going into the house. I seen another one This one was bigger, it had multiple colors and it was just sitting there. I got some footage of this one actually moving and the other 2 going over to it. I cannot explain it by writing this. That 1 did look like UFO..
July 13, 2023 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Richardson, TX
Several orbs or dots of light in a row blinking. Was not moving out of any direction. Staying in place then formed a ball of lights. Still blinking.
July 13, 2023 · 8:30 PM · SPHERE
McKinney, TX
As I walked out to the back yard I saw what appeared to be an aircraft approaching from the south-west travelling to the north-east at a very high-rate of speed (faster than commercial or military jet aircraft, approaching perceived comparable space shuttle reentry speed). The object moved in, out, and above of broken / scattered cloud cover illuminating the clouds as it passed over and through. The object passed almost directly above and continued along its path but then abruptly turned to the left in a semi-crescent path before returning to straight line travel. The object then slowed and moved from left to right and dimmed before brightening again and then continuing along it's original path. The object brightness faded as the distance increased until it was no longer visible. Observation through a spotting scope at the end of the sighting did not reveal any physical aspects other than the fading light intensity.
July 7, 2023 · 8:33 PM · OVAL
Hurst, TX
Bright, glowing oval like object traveled North West to South East. No sound. I saw the object at about 8:32 pm July 7th 2023. My brain did not register what it was. I watched it for about 10 seconds. When I realized it was not anything I was familiar with I ran in my house to get my cell phone. By the time I got out the object was further up in the sky at 90° and moving south east. I tried to follow the object with my phone as best I could. No sound what so ever. I wonder if air traffic control picked it up but I do know any aircraft in the area did see it! But will they report it? The object was bright light, faint orange, peachy white.
July 5, 2023 · 7:38 AM · SPHERE
Grand Prarie, TX
Traveling east by car. I was admiring the beautiful shape clouds to the right because mostly the sky was clear & blue. It was then that the object caught my eye in the clear area of the sky, high above beyond airplane space away from the white puffy clouds. The object appeared shinny like a metal reflection then it disappeared. Seconds later it seem to come out again around the same area of sky without movement.
July 4, 2023 · 9:21 PM · CHANGING
El Paso, TX
Driving home from fireworks we noticed a bright object sitting still. As the ride went on you could see in the video it speeds up tremendously as we were in front of it and it sped past. While it was moving you could see it changing shape almost like lines moving in different direction and you and suddenly it turns back into a orb shape
June 28, 2023 · 3:48 AM · CIRCLE
Fort Clark Springs, Brackettville, TX
At 3:48 on the morning of Wednesday June 28, 2023 my partner and I noticed a series of blinking lights in the sky that made a definite form. It was a disc shape craft that was slowly coming down at a steady pace. The lights seemed to be flashing around the center or edge of the craft. The lights made it appear to be spinning. They were red, yellow, and white lights but on video the only lights visible were red and a few white. There were more lights that appeared to the naked eye that ran the whole length of the craft. As is slowly made its decent, my partner and I lost visual as it disappeared behind the tree line. There was no sound at all. Not even 5 seconds after losing visual the security for Fort Clark Springs and the local Kinney County Sheriff were headed down the road and passed us, straight to the direction of the craft. There was no further sighting or any other activity from law officials.
June 25, 2023 · 12:00 AM · CHANGING
Austin, TX
We went for a night swim in our pool around midnight. We were looking at the stars when I saw a really bright star in the middle of a triangle of more dimly lit stars. Then the bright “star” slowly started getting bigger, fast enough that I didn't have time to point it out. Suddenly it was about half the size of a full moon, but it still looked like a fuzzy star, just bigger. Then a beam of white light shot straight up out of it. The beam of light was very thin, crisp looking, not hazy. It just shot straight up out of the big fuzzy star like orb, then the whole thing immediately vanished.
June 15, 2023 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Plano, TX
I saw an object that was stationary/hovering with red and green flashing lights. After studying this object for a couple of minutes, it flew quickly but smoothly to the north for a relatively short distance. It stopped and after a couple of seconds it flew back to the south in the same manner until it was out of my eyesight. Building was blocking my vision. I attempted to take video but in my haste just took a photo. Two photos attached. The second one is just magnified.
June 15, 2023 · 7:46 PM · SPHERE
Three Rivers, TX
It had just turned night. Riding in SUV. To the south, at about 2,000 ft; noticed a large round object, made up of smaller red, white, blue round parts . Appeared to be 3-4 miles away. Was very clear and sharp; clear skies.
June 10, 2023 · 7:30 PM · SPHERE
Killeen, TX
On 10 June 2023 my granddaughter and I were driving out of our local grocery store when we noticed strange cloud formations. My granddaughter filmed a quick video to send to my husband upon further examination, my husband noticed an orb flying by in the video. This is the second orb we witnessed in Cancun Mexico. We were 100 ft from a metallic orb flying 20 ft over the ocean and flew right past us. We were so dumbfounded, we never thought to start filming.