Beloved Texas City Holds Record For 'Most UFO Sightings' In The State
📍 Location
Houston–Katy metropolitan area, Harris County, Texas, USA, Houston, Texas
Specific Location: Houston metro area (Houston and Katy in Harris County), Texas, United States
Coordinates: 29.76043, -95.36980
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29.7604°, -95.3698°
📝 Description
Houston tops Texas for UFO sightings with 472 reported cases since 1995, per a Bramlett Real Estate study using National UFO Reporting Center data; Austin is second with 378 sightings and San Antonio third with 312; Harris County (Houston-Katy area) records 541 sightings; the dataset notes urban density correlates with higher counts and mentions West Texas hotspots (Marfa Lights) and border counties; the findings come from public reports rather than a singular incident and are corroborated by San Antonio Current coverage (March 31, 2025); no specific sighting event is described.
🔍 Circumstances
A retrospective compilation of reported UFO sightings across Texas from 1995 to present, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center and organized by Bramlett Real Estate into metro and county tallies; the articles discuss rankings and geographic patterns rather than a single event.
👤 Physical Description
Not described in the articles; reports vary widely; no consistent physical characteristics documented in these sources.
ℹ️ Additional Details
Sources: Houston Chronicle (April 2, 2025) and San Antonio Current (March 31, 2025) summarize Bramlett Real Estate's Texas UFO sightings rankings using National UFO Reporting Center data; additional context from Axios (Feb 2024) notes per-capita sighting rates vary by county.
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Case Information
- Case ID
- cmiw8p6re00cq8fhg678ewt86
- Primary Source
- www.iheart.com
- Article Date
- January 3, 2025
- Added to Map
- December 7, 2025
- Last Updated
- December 13, 2025