Stephenville, Texas UAP Encounters
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On the evening of January 8, 2008, dozens of residents of Stephenville, Texas, including a pilot, a constable, and local business owners, reported enormous, low-flying lights moving silently at high speed across Erath County. The objects were described as approximately a mile wide by some witnesses, with brilliant white lights and no sound. The Air Force initially denied any aircraft were in the area. One week later, the Air Force reversed course and stated F-16 fighters had been conducting training nearby. MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) subsequently obtained FAA radar data through FOIA that showed an unidentified object tracking toward President George W. Bush's Crawford Ranch, prompting Secret Service interest. Radar analysis showed the object flying at speeds of 1,900-2,100 mph without any military intercept response.
Key Facts
- ›Date: January 8, 2008, approximately 6:15-7:00 PM CST
- ›Location: Erath County, Texas; primarily Stephenville and Dublin
- ›Approximately 30-40 witnesses filed reports; estimates of the total witness pool range from dozens to hundreds
- ›Objects described as massive white lights, silent, moving extremely fast at low altitude
- ›Witness Steve Allen, a pilot and business owner, estimated the object was 'a half mile to a mile across and it was going at least three times the speed of a jet'
- ›Constable Lee Roy Gaitan reported two objects emitting rapid-fire beams of light chasing each other across the sky
- ›Air Force (301st Fighter Wing, Naval Air Station Fort Worth JRB) initially stated no aircraft were in the area on January 8
- ›Air Force reversed its statement January 23, 2008, acknowledging ten F-16s from the 457th Fighter Squadron were conducting training in the area
- ›MUFON obtained FAA radar data via FOIA showing an unidentified object tracking toward President Bush's Crawford Ranch
- ›Radar data indicated object traveling 1,900-2,100 mph without fighter intercept from Carswell Alert Facility, which maintains active interceptors