Ever look up at the vast Texas sky and see something move across it? It could be a shooting star, a satellite \u2014 or a UFO.<\/p>\n
The Pentagon released several documents Friday, May 8, detailing sightings<\/a> of unidentified flying objects, or \u201cbogeys,\u201d in U.S. airspace, including reports from Texas.<\/p>\n The documents were released by the\u00a0U.S. Department of Defense<\/a>\u00a0at the directive of President Donald Trump<\/a>, marking the release of government files related to “alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP)” and UFOs.<\/p>\n “These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation \u2014 and it\u2019s time the American people see it for themselves. This release of declassified documents demonstrates the Trump Administration\u2019s earnest commitment to unprecedented transparency,” said U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n Here’s a look at the files related to Texas.<\/p>\n ‘Never-before-seen’ UFO files released by Pentagon \u2013 see the photos<\/p>\n 1 of 16<\/p>\n The Pentagon<\/a> announced on May 8 the release of “never-before-seen” files on unidentified aerial phenomena, or sightings of unidentified flying objects, at a new government website: war.gov\/UFO<\/a>.<\/p>\n Infrared still image (black hot) captured of unidentified object over western United States in December of 2025.<\/p>\n UFO spotted in 1948 above Abilene, Texas<\/p>\n A DoD incident summary<\/a> shows that on Jan. 1, 1948, a man identified as “Mr. A. Schroeder” reported a UFO in the 1100 block of Highland Ave in Abilene, Texas.<\/p>\n Schroeder reported seeing a stationary bright blue-green bell-shaped object in the western sky above Abilene at 1:25 a.m. and 1:30 a.m.<\/p>\n Fort Worth man sees UFO above Alaska<\/p>\n Also in 1948, Lt. Aytch Johnson noticed a silver flat disk in the sky in Fairbanks, Alaska.<\/p>\n According to the incident report<\/a>, the Fort Worth man observed the object flying over Alaska at around 1:06 p.m. on April 18, 1948, at an estimated speed of 250 to 300 miles per hour.<\/p>\n The report also noted that the sighting “may have been the reflection of sun from wings” of aircrafts flying in the area at the time.<\/p>\n Possible UFO sighting during the NASA Gemini 7 space launch<\/p>\n The DoD released the transcript<\/a> and audio file<\/a> of NASA’s Gemini 7 mission in 1965 when astronaut Frank Borman reported to NASA mission control in Houston his sighting of an unidentified object, which he referred to as a “bogey.”<\/p>\n While the launch didn’t take place in Texas, the report came back to space control in Houston.<\/p>\n The conversation occurred on Dec. 5, 1965 \u2014 4 hours and 24 minutes into the flight \u2014 when Borman notified space control that there was a “bogey” on their left-hand side.<\/p>\n When asked to clarify what they are seeing, Borman said he was seeing “hundreds of little particles” on their left, about three to four miles away.<\/p>\n As NASA Public Affairs clarified, the bogey was an unidentified object, along with the particles.<\/p>\n Pentagon documents report of other possible sightings in Texas<\/p>\n Some documents have connections or reports of possible UFO sightings in Texas, but are missing details to understand the situation.<\/p>\n