Texas Grows Bigger with Stephenville UFO Sightings

Texas is known for big things. When we think of Texas we usually think of cowboys, country music & its food. But lately Texas is known for UFO's!

According to The Associated Press more than a dozen people in Stephenville, Texas have claimed to see a UFO last week around January 8^th . The UFO was described as a large object moving fast and low to the ground. The craft was said to be covered with flashing lights. Some even say it was being chased by fighter pilots.

Official reports from the Joint Reserve Base Naval Air Station in Fort Worth & Dyess Air Force Base state that no planes from their base were in the area the night of January 8^th.

A spokes man from the Joint Reserve Base Naval Air Station in Fort Worth says that it all could have been an illusion from two commercial airplanes. Major Karl Lewis says that the lights on an airplane may seem brighter and orange from the setting of the sun.

But those who saw the UFO disagree. Ricky Sorrells, who is a mechanic says the object he saw was a flat metallic object. He saw it hovering over his pasture. Others explain that it was flying too low to the ground, too quiet and too big to be an airplane.

Texas is not alone in the recent UFO sightings. The National UFO Reporting Center shows that in Dec. 2007 they received many reports from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Massachusetts & even Vermont. People reported seeing an object that was visible for 45mins at each of those locations.

One report from Georgia describes the object sighted with binoculars. The object was bright and looked like a comet. They say the object was white and moved up and down and side to side all at the time. The man who reported it says he had never seen anything like it.

The UFO center says from past reports they think it was what is called a "spent rocket" which was parked in high orbit. During this excess oil is released from the fuel tanks which results in a glowing comet affect.

Another recent report was made on November 28th by a man and his wife. He called the National UFO Report Center to say him and his wife saw something while driving down the highway near the San Diego area. They saw a weird shaped object that had three blue lights on its side. The object came down in Camp Pendleton and continued west & on down towards the ocean.

They were not the only witnesses. They say that several other cars slowed down to watch it too. The National UFO Report Center says they are welcome to any other reports from this alleged sighting.

So what does all this mean? Should we worry about a "War of the Worlds" or do you just think people are going crazy? That is the fun when it comes to UFOs. So stop watching tv, your loved one and head outside & look up into the stars. You never what you'll find.

If you do see something feel free to report it: National UFO Reporting Center