UFO sightings in Texas
Texas holds the 1957 Levelland case, where a dozen motorists reported an object that stalled their engines, and the 1980 Cash-Landrum incident, in which three people said a flaming diamond-shaped craft escorted by helicopters left them ill. The state also carries the legendary 1897 Aurora airship 'crash'.
Texas case files in the archive
- 1980Cash-LandrumNear Huffman, Texas, USATwo women and a boy on a Texas back road said a diamond-shaped object spewing flame hovered over the road, surrounded by military helicopters. All three fell ill afterward with symptoms resembling radiation exposure. Their lawsuit against the US government failed.
- 1957LevellandLevelland, Texas, USAOver a few hours one November night, drivers around a small Texas town reported a glowing, egg-shaped object on or near the road that stalled their engines and dimmed their headlights, then let them restart when it left. Project Blue Book blamed ball lightning.
Saw something over Texas?
Most strange lights have an ordinary cause. Run the identifier: seven questions and the three most likely explanations, from a Starlink train to Venus to a drone, each with how to confirm it.
Note the exact time, the compass direction, the height above the horizon, how long it lasted and how it moved. Check a flight tracker and a satellite app before deciding it is unexplained.
File it. The National UFO Reporting Center and MUFON take reports from every US state, Texas included, and their databases are where the per-state counts actually live.
Other states with famous cases
The famous cases above follow the public record; XenoAtlas documents claims and their explanations and takes no position on whether any involved non-human contact. Per-state sighting counts are maintained by NUFORC and MUFON. For the big cases on a map, see the case files.