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Stephenville sightings (2008)

The Stephenville UFO sightings were a mass sighting of large, bright, silent lights over Stephenville, Texas, and nearby towns on the evening of January 8, 2008. Numerous residents and pilots reported fast-moving objects, sometimes allegedly pursued by military jets. While skeptics and the Air Force attributed the event to training F-16s with afterburners and flares, UFO investigators argued that radar data indicated an unidentified object.

During this event, 12 different people reported 14 sightings in the area on this site. 3 of the 4 reports that name a shape describe a light. 9 include video.

🗓️ January 2008 (main sighting 8 January) 📍 Stephenville, Dublin and Erath County, Texas 14 reports12 different people 🎥 9 with video

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Every report (14)

  1. Sunday 13 June 2021 · 1 report

  2. I wasn't familiar with the Stephenville, TX UFO incident mentioned by Mellon so I'm posting this for others who might be interested too. 📍 Stephenville, Texas, United States · 🎥
  3. Sunday 30 October 2022 · 1 report

  4. UFO Sighting in Texas 2008 📍 Texas, United States · 🎥
  5. Sunday 12 March 2023 · 1 report

  6. What do you guys think about the Stephenville, Texas UFO sighting, and the possible confirmation of the unknown object from radar data, apparently obtained from the FAA? 📍 Stephenville, Texas, United States I hadn’t heard of the Stephenville, Texas UFO sighting, until I came across it on James Fox’s documentary, “I know what I saw”. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u36QG9ho…
  7. Saturday 24 June 2023 · 1 report

  8. NatGeo Full Episode: Giant UFO in Texas 📍 Texas, United States · 🎥 In 2008 in Stephenville, Texas a local pilot sees lights in the sky over his ranch coming from something huge. He is not alone: hundreds of people saw the craft, and a l…
  9. Monday 11 September 2023 · 1 report

  10. My brother recorded this yesterday at 36,000ft. Commercial airline pilot. 📍 East of Houston, Texas, USA · Light · 🎥 He was just east of Houston, Tx circling around to San Antonio last night. Not satellites. Kept reappearing. Would move around and disappear. Get bright then vanish. I’v…
  11. Thursday 28 September 2023 · 1 report

  12. Encounters: The FAA sure did fix that "problem". 📍 Texas, United States I laughed out loud when this appeared at the end of the Texas episode. The show did a really good job of telling the story of the Texas sightings and showing us how the …
  13. Tuesday 3 October 2023 · 2 reports

  14. Interesting bit left out of Encounters episode on Stephenville sightings... An unidentified radar trace heading from the area of sightings straight towards... George W Bush's ranch. 📍 Stephenville, Texas, USA · 🎥 This video shows the radar traces during the 2008 Stephenville sightings in texas. They were mentioned in the series but not shown in detail. You can see the initial sig…
  15. Stephenville radar data animation 23:05 · 📍 Stephenville, Texas, United States · 🎥 For those interested in the Stephenville sightings, I have plotted the radar data that was released under FOIA at https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/Stephenvi…
  16. Saturday 7 October 2023 · 1 report

  17. Strange lights over West Texas 2nd video 📍 Texas, United States · Light · 🎥 https://reddit.com/r/UFOs/s/C5HlQUNDVQ Here is a link to the first video that I posted. I don't know why this video keeps taking down. I have a source of the flight rada…
  18. Tuesday 17 October 2023 · 1 report

  19. Ricky Sorrel's Sighting of an Insectoid Piloting a Large Craft, featured in ep 1 of Steven Spielberg's Netflix series "Encounters" 📍 Stephenville, Texas, USA · 🎥 Two articles on witness Ricky Sorrel's UFO sighting: 'Stephenville Witness Claims Harrassment' http://www.ufoevidence.org/Cases/CaseSubarticle.asp?ID=1169 at around 30:0…
  20. Monday 25 March 2024 · 1 report

  21. Someone DM'd me on reddit last year, claiming to have a video of a UFO and I ignored the message until 2 days ago, when my curiosity got the better off me. The ending of the footage is quite… 20:23 · 📍 Stephenville, Texas, United States · 🎥 SS: Basically as the headline reads, this is not my video and it was sent to me by a Redditor for reasons unknown. Perhaps it's because I used to post regularly with sev…
  22. Friday 21 February 2025 · 1 report

  23. The found the Mantis NHI mummy in Nazca. And a reptilian with 3 eggs inside. CIA is somehow connected to it. 📍 Nazca, Ica, Peru · Egg Everybody is familiar with the Nazca mummies. But what is not known to the general public is that Instituto Inkari Cusco, the institue managing the topic, found way more…
  24. Monday 14 July 2025 · 1 report

  25. The strong emotional experience Jake Barber had as a helicopter pilot recovering a UFO was similar to what Steve Allen felt during his 2008 Stephenville, Texas UFO sighting: “Almost like a religious… 📍 Stephenville, Texas, United States Mr. Steve Allen on his experience during his 2008 Stephenville, Texas UFO sighting: “When it came past us, I developed the most peaceful, easy feeling I think I’ve ever …
  26. Sunday 3 August 2025 · 1 report

  27. David Parker, Phoenix Lights witness, recalls his emotional UFO experience: “I just had this incredible, overwhelming feeling of love. It was like the best friend you ever had just drop by to say… 📍 Phoenix, Arizona, United States · Light Mr. David Parker, Phoenix Lights witness, recalls his emotional UFO experience: “I just had this incredible, overwhelming feeling of love. It was like the best friend yo…

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