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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.
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September 14, 2014 · 8:40 PM · CHANGING
Katy, TX
I was doing medical research on the computer, when suddenly I heard loud gunshot-type sounds behind the home I rent a room in. In short, order two more bursts of these sounds alarmed me. I went to the window. The house is adjacent to a water detention pond that is fenced off, and the ground slants towards the pond. This area is behind the fence of the backyard of the home I live in. I can't see the pond from my room; just the slanting land to the right of it and part of the fence. Actually, my room is the ONLY vantage point of this area in the house. Alarmed, I pulled the curtains back to see if a shoot-out or home invasion might be taking place in a neighboring area. It was very dark. In the extreme right corner of this detention pond area, on the ground, I saw a very bright light. I judged it had to be at least 20 feet across because on foot it is close to 1/8 of a mile from my window. I say this because although it was very dark (my landlord refuses to put lights in the backyard, and the house is next to this area and some woods also) I could see this object with startling clarity. It was not smalll even from the distance of my viewing point. After it emitted the last burst of gunfire, I unfroze and called 911. I described the situation to the dispatch officer. She said, "We are getting other calls about it," and basically disconnected me after asking for my name. I watched from the window for over two hours: To my knowledge, no police approached the object on foot, nor was a helicopter dispatched. On the left my vision was completely blocked by huge oak trees. I could vaguely see house lights from another sector of the neigborhood that is adjacent to this detention pond. At one point, trying to peer through the leaves of these trees from my vantage point in my room on the second floor, I thought I saw red and blue lights (police cars) near those other homes. It was very brief. They probably took a look and ran. The object pulsated from dim to brightly starlike over and over again. It appeared disabled or unable to achieve a getaway. I don't know why I had this feeling that it was disabled. I was hoping to watch it make its getaway but missed that event. These things can disappear, btw, without a grand getaway. The object made itself known with the extremely loud gunfire sounds, so it obviously wanted to be discovered but not approached. I told the police dispatcher about the gunfire so likely if the police approached, they of course would not attempt a close encounter but rather a distant viewing angle. I have seen many UFOs in the USA and in foreign territories. I was shocked and dismayed about this thing being ON THE GROUND and making warlike noises. I looked at the area this morning and saw no evidence of scorching or gunfire destruction. Perhaps the sounds were meant to achieve another goal...a 'look at me but don't dare approach' message. I watched as long as I could but eventually fell asleep. A few months back I saw two of these starlike things in another neighborhood, practically on top of a house. I had an eyewitness with me. Interestingly, it was also adjacent to a detention pond in that neighborhood. My contact info on this form will be scant but a 911 call was placed by me and I gave them my full name. Again, I was told others were alsocalling in while I was on the phone with the dispatch officer.
September 13, 2014 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Haltom, TX
Me and my friend went out on the balcony to smoke a cigarette and i looked up seen 4 lights but they were not moving at all stayed in 1 place 3 of them disapeard after 2 mins and the last 1 was very bright and big and stayed there for 10 minutes then disappeared and about 2 mins later it came back in the same place.
September 10, 2014 · 6:58 AM · CIGAR
Kemah, TX
Driving east during morning commute. These objects appeared to hover in the same spot in the sky. There was a distinct line of clouds under the objects. They both reflected the morning sun on the same side and were floating at the exact same angle. They stayed offset to one another. It was difficult to gauge distance and scale but they appeared to be big, high in the sky and at least six miles away. They were visible in the same spot for at least five minutes and my drive turned me away from them. I could not recall ever seeing anything like them. My phone pics do not do justice. They were not orbs but had clearly defined edges.
September 6, 2014 · 9:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Austin, TX
My fiance and I were driving northbound on Interstate 35 at approximately 9:45 pm, leaving downtown Austin. While approaching the Hwy 183 exit we both saw an extremely bright light that appeared to be moving South/slightly West (towards us). There was a dim blue light and red light appearing to be flashing on either side of the bright white light. As we approached the object we could see it was a HUGE triangular craft (approximately the size of a football field?) with a very intense white spotlight in the front and two white lights on either back corner. The red/blue lights appeared to be on the bottom of the craft. The object was hovering about 300-400 yards above the ground and did not appear to be moving by the time we passed it. It was very near to the Interstate. Either we crossed out of view suddenly, or the craft simply vanished in to thin air, as we were not able to see it (despite its enormous size) about a minute and a half after passing it. We were driving about 65-70mph.
September 6, 2014 · 12:30 AM · DIAMOND
Lago Vista, TX
The craft had 4 peach colored lights on each tip with a canister looking cockpit jutting from the bottom with white lights circling it. I was driving when I noticed a beam of light in the clouds in front of me, as I got closer it got lower to the ground until I drove right underneath it at which point it was approximately 200-300 yards off the ground. 30 minutes later I drove back back the location of the sighting to find nothing. It hovered in the air with complete silence
September 5, 2014 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Cedar Hill, TX
It was a green sphere that you can see through. It was similar to a bubble. Me and three of my friends witnessed this sighting. It moved at different speeds and directions, even in zig-zags, then when it was leaving we all seen it go straight to the sky and it was just getting smaller and smaller as it disappeared.
September 4, 2014 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Burleson, TX
Looking to the northeast, I noticed a light moving across the sky. The light moving across the sky was purely white, appeared to be at a high altitude, and moving at a high speed with no sound. It appeared that the light ascended up as it became a pin point of light that resembled a star then disappeared.
September 2, 2014 · 4:05 PM · OTHER
Fort Worth, TX
My wife and I witnessed an event that appeared to be an explosion of a very high aircraft or even a spacecraft. I reported to 911 as we were observing it. The 911 operator called back about 40 minutes later advising that she reported our sighting to the FAA and suggested I submit a report to you. At 8:05 PM, about 30 minutes after sundown my wife and I were in the back yard. The sky was clear, half moon very bright. Light from the sun was still glowing in the western half of the sky. No stars were visible yet. My wife pointed to a very bright star almost directly overhead. It was a Venus type brightness. I realized that it was too early for stars and is Venus currently visible at dawn. I then assumed it was a satellite reflecting sunlight which we often see. I quickly realized if it was a satellite it had to very large, like the International Space Station which we are familiar with. The ISS is not visible for us at this time. I immediately recognized the “star” object was not a satellite because it seemed stationary almost directly overhead. It was absolutely not moving across the mid-point of the sky at the pace we often seen evening satellites moving. Looking at the object for ten plus seconds it suddenly became several times brighter. The new brightness lasted about five seconds and then quickly dimmed to less brightness than it was originally. A few seconds later a white cloud appeared around the star like object. We describe the size of the cloud as 20-30 diameters of the “star” object. I arrived at that diameter simulating the size of the “star” object with an ink dot and thereby extrapolating the size of the cloud. The cloud was semitransparent rather that a very solid white; however it was definitely white. Suddenly a bright “star” like object moved out of the cloud area at an angle to the right and from our perspective it appeared to be moving downward as if falling toward earth. The “falling” object was far less bright than the original object. I had my cell phone in hand so I dialed 911 to report the sighting in case it was some type of high altitude explosion. The cloud and falling object were visible as I made contact with the 911 operator and gave my report. The cloud and then the object faded from view while I was still on the phone, which I assume was about a minute. I checked the exact time of the sighting by my cell phone record of the 911 call. After the sighting faded, I looked around in the sky and because of the fading sunlight, there were no stars or planets visible.
September 1, 2014 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Austin, TX
It was in late September early October when I witnessed this event. Me and a friend where sitting outside when I seen what appears to be 2 single lights. The lights where off in the distance but the way they were moving immediately struck me as odd..they were positioned cade corner from eachother .by the way they were moving in a way that caught my eye..I asked my friend what he thought they were and we watched the lights for about 5 minutes..we both threw out suggestions of what we thought it was..my best description was that it moved like a helicopter. After watching for a few minutes and calling my brother to come look at what we were looking at the 2 lights that appeared close to eachother a moved one left one right in a blink of an eye to either side of the sky.. My brother was spooked and went inside in a hurry.me and my friend stayed outside ..The lights were now accross the sky from eachother..The one that moved to the left appeared to be coming in our direction.the one that went to the right was farther from us and our attention was on the one nearest... We watched this single white light come closer at a very low speed.i couldn't see any shape at this point but from the way it moved and how low it was flying I knee something was very odd. Keep in mind.i do live by an airport and see planes all the ttime and never seen one move this wsy..The movement was more of a hover.the speed was very slow. we could tell it was coming towards the area we were at.i don't know the exact distance it was from us but it was getting closer and closer and we still didn't hear any noise coming from the object. My friend was then spooked and tries to run inside .I grabbed his arm and asked him to wait with me .We stood there another minute and it was getting closer to the point where I agreed and we both ran inside. As soon as I get inside my curiosity just starts eating at me and I ran back outside .I look towards where I last seen the object.nothing there.i look straight up in the sky and it was directly above me. It was a triangle shaped aircraft.i didn't see the white light anymore but red lights that lined the front in a v shape.the rest of the craft was pitch black. My parents property is is a little over an acre and this craft looked every bit larger ..it seemed to be so low I could throw a rock at it.it was completely silent and moving at a low speed.i was in shock or awe from what I had seen. One thing that I still don't understand is why I didn't see it fly away.i forget if I ran back inside or what I did.my mind was running a thousand mph it seemed. I just remember looking back up at it and didn't see it any more.there was no noise or vibration for me to look in its directiom.it was just gone. I started talking to the neighbors right after this took place when 2 jets with huge spotlights .I mean lights that lit up the land huge ,started flying in a big circle around this area. Never has anyone heard jets that loud fly so low or jets with massive spotlights on them around here. This was definitely an odd occurance.i mean those jets were odd due to the fact that no one has seen those either but the triangle shaped craft that flew directly over my mom's house without a sound was scary odd.it was like watching a paper airplane in the air.not a noise. Witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD
September 1, 2014 · 7:00 AM · RECTANGLE
Sulphur Springs, TX
Saw one while going through a neighborhood on way to taking kids out, didn't hear anything but something told me to look up. Just as I did there was a slow low moving ufo the size of a RV coming over a house and tree. It was moving very very slow. It was maybe a foot or two from touching the top of the tree. I screamed look and everyone looked out the window. It had a pure solid gold bottom the rest was like a black onyx looking material, it had green red and white lights that flashed in a sequenced pattern. It faded away. This is the second ufo I've seen within a year, First one is the Thanksgiving before, We walked outside, something said look up. Right when I did a neon blue dot streaked across sky stopped long enough for us to see then darted off.
August 30, 2014 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Eustace, TX
Looking East, I could see a star and what appeared to be another star right under it. I first took it for as an airplane or air craft. I could see the light and noticed it twinkling like a star. Then it got brighter though didn't seem to be getting closer which a plane would. It stayed in place for about 10 minutes. I did mention it to my friends but they weren't paying attention so I kept my eye on it because it kept flashing brighter and brighter. Imagine a firefly's light going from high to low, that's what it was like and it was a combination of yellow/white/orange. Then the object made what could have been 3-5 sharp drop moves. The only way to describe it would be to compare it to the game of Plinko on the Price Is Right, you didn't know which way it was going until it got there. Zigzag is another way to describe the drop; after its short sharp descend, it was to the lower left of the star that didn't move. From the distance that I was at, it was still far away in the sky. I remember saying "if I were 30 miles closer we could get an amazing look at it." That's when I got up to get my phone and see if I could photograph it. I stepped away from the camp site in order to walk into complete darkness, but the distance was too high for my iPhone to capture. It stayed in place for another 10 minutes, blinking. Then it made a straight move down. That's when I knew I was seeing something other than a plane. The descend lasted less than 10 seconds (5 maybe) it was fast and noticeable. It dropped all the way down to the horizon and just like that it stopped, and (with me facing East) it made a right turn, now traveling South until it went behind the mounds and woods.
August 28, 2014 · 7:55 PM · TRIANGLE
Houston/Meyerland, TX
I was playing basketball with my son on our driveway, back by the garage, at around 7:55 pm, when my attention caught this black triangular object in the southern sky, not overhead and not on the horizon, but in the middle but more overhead. I saw the black triangular object with three lights at each point for no longer than 3 seconds. It was rather large, perhaps the size of the moon and a small cloud was in its path. It passed behind the small cloud, and I could see the lights become covered by the small cloud, but when I expected the object to reappear after passing over the small cloud, it did not reappear. Also, the vector movement of the triangular object in a straight line was not related to one point moving forward or one side moving forward. When the object disappeared, I also noticed that the small cloud developed and became somewhat thicker. There was no opportunity to visually record the event as it happened so quickly. I have never witnessed any thing like this before.
August 26, 2014 · 3:35 AM · TRIANGLE
Lago Vista, TX
I walked out onto my deck, looked to the Northwest sky over Pace Bend on Lake Travis and saw what appeared to be one craft, shaped like a pyramid on top and an inverted pyramid. It made no sound as it hovered in place. The lights were bright blue, in several places on the formation, mixed with white lights that blinked. It very slowly began to move in my direction, so I went inside, as I became frightened. My home is on an airline flight path, but this was not a plane. It made no sounds, and had too many lights to be a plane. It is also not typical that we have planes flying over at this time of night.
August 24, 2014 · 9:15 PM · SPHERE
Atascocita, TX
It started as a glowing orange orb that turned to various shades of red. Out was not a plane! A plane passed several minutes later and had sound and was clear to the eye, That it was a plane! This object speeded up, slowed down, ascended, and faded out.
August 24, 2014 · 9:05 PM · LIGHT
New Braunfels, TX
Bright white light moving across sky moving south to north, then turns to red and dark red, all of a sudden vanishes.
August 24, 2014 · 12:00 AM
Tyler, TX
I was doing a paranormal investigation with a group in Tyler Tx. I take lots of photos. The next day I observed my photos and found this one that looks like an ET in the window above the red container. I contacted the owner of the place and emailed her a copy. She had told me that there was nothing in the window in questioning. She said in fact lots of people have taken photos of that same window and no one has ever photographed anything like I got. This site will not allow me to email the pic I have in question. Photo shows a pattern in a window, which appears somewhat similar to the Hollywood version of an alien, "ET." PD
August 21, 2014 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Port Neches, TX
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 21, 2014 · 8:15 PM · SPHERE
Morton, TX
We noticed 2 distinctive vapor like trails that were traveling in a large circular pattern over a large area in the western sky. The two eventually converged and a large smoke plume of a dark nature appeared. the larger object seem to catch fire and proceed directly towards earth as the smaller one sped up faster than any aircraft i know of and vanished. All was caught on camera and shows great detail.
August 20, 2014 · 9:40 PM · LIGHT
Menard, TX
At the time provided I sat on my deck, talking to a friend by iPhone. I absent-mindedly was watching the clear night sky as I visited with my friend. Looking eastward, approximately 75 degrees, almost straight overhead, I saw a red light suddenly appear, high in the heavens. If I held my hand in front of my face, the light would appear to be 2-3 cm across in relation to my thumb. It was difficult to judge the size of the object because it was so far away. This light was bright red, and it manifested itself for approximately 2-3, seconds before it just as suddenly disappeared. I judge the intensity of the light in this fashion, on a scale from 1 to 10: if overhead blinking red lights on passing airplanes appear to me to be on a scale of 2-3, this light I judged to be an 8 or 9. It was that much brighter than regular airplane lights. The light was stationary. After the light disappeared, I then observed, for the next 1-2 minutes, a minute white light (scale: 1-2, barely discernible) moving quickly first due north, then stopping, then moving at a right angle west, then stopping, and moving diagonally back to the south. The movements were jerky and non- linear-that is to say, not in the "smooth" and straight fashion of an airplane. Then this little light disappeared. The total amount of time from the sudden appearance of the larger red light until the smaller white light disappeared was approximately 2-3 minutes. I am a retired Special Agent, a Federal Investigator. I have a post-graduate degree. I explained what I was seeing to my friend, who is also a retired Special Agent.
August 19, 2014 · 1:32 AM · LIGHT
Round Rock, TX
Strange feeling at time of sighting. Dark orange light slowly hovered across the sky headed SE direction; object distance is that of a star however in obvious motion. The skies were cloudy with many other visible stars. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
August 17, 2014 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
Borger, TX
It was the same size of a star but it couldn't be a shooting star because it kept lite and did not have any form of fire or have a tail. It could not be a plane because it moved way too fast. As it kept moving it disappeared and appeared again. It was heading northwest then it changed direction to the southwest. It was two of them that at one one point they crossed. Something I have never seen.
August 15, 2014 · 11:30 PM · CIRCLE
Houston, TX
Moved fairly quickly. Some grouped together while others trailed behind. At least twice the size of airplane lights at night. I had a close up view. They were silent. They kept coming, so I counted 22-plus. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 15, 2014 · 6:45 PM · CIRCLE
Austin, TX
I was riding a Capitol Metro Bus southbound on Mueller Boulevard toward Mueller Lake Park Circle, when I observed a red circle of lights bouncing across the sky. The circle changed form to cylinder, then disappeared. I was sitting on the left side of the bus near the window. The lights were red. I listen to your reports on C2C Fridays. My father was an ((deleted)) Airlines International Captain over thirty years. I attended MUFON meetings at Austin History Center years ago. Tonight I saw a story on 10 p.m. KEYE NEWS about a circular UFO sighting. They did not say that the lights were red. My sighting had red lights in a circle that changed to a cylinder circle, then disappeared. I thought it might be hovering over the Austin Bergstrom International Airport. Then I thought, it might be a hologram. Yes, it looked more like a shape shifting hologram. The sighting lasted about 15 to thirty seconds.
August 15, 2014 · 6:45 AM · CIRCLE
Austin, TX
http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/ufo-lights-up-houston-airspace-20145.shtml Date: Friday, August 15, 2014 Time: Appx. 6:45 am (Capital Metro would have exact time) Location: Austin, Texas. Mueller Boulevard between 51st Street and Mueller Lake Park Circle. Riding Capital Metro Bus #37 Southbound, View was toward southeast to the left of my shoulder. I take the city bus to Mueller Lake Park to walk 3 1/2 miles early in the morning when the sun rises. This morning I saw a circle of red lights hovering above the horizon that look like the video above, except the lights were bigger and they were red. I thought, Oh God ..... I turned to the right to see if there was anything that could be making the image. The Dell Children's Hospital tower is in the background, When I looked back at the circle it turned on its side. It looked like a paperclip circle on its side. There was an extra light outside the circle to the right. That light was faded and less defined. The light did not look like it was attached to the circle but it moved at the same time the circle moved. Then the circle disappeared. It faded away -- it looked like it was going into another dimension. It didn't shoot across the sky. The Capitol Metro Bus Driver might have seen it. She is Black and wears a Fedora. I'll ask her. Pilots see UFOs. Bus drivers probably see them too!