Stephenville lights (Texas)
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Downtown Stephenville, Texas
Stephenville in Erath County, Texas, where dozens of residents reported a large silent object on 8 January 2008 and the Air Force later confirmed F-16s in the area. Location photograph · context.
Renegomezphotography · 2024 ↗CC BY-SA 4.0Licence terms ↗On the evening of 8 January 2008 dozens of residents of Stephenville and Dublin, Texas, including a pilot and a police officer, reported bright lights moving silently at low altitude, some saying a large object was pursued by jets. FAA radar data obtained by MUFON showed an unidentified track toward the Crawford ranch. The corpus does not discuss the case.
The event
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Place | 32.2207, -98.2023 approximate · United States |
| Official response | The Air Force first said no aircraft were flying, then on 23 January 2008 said ten F-16s from Carswell Field were in the area on a training mission; FAA radar released under FOIA showed an uncorrelated primary track. |
Reported by
- steve allen witness pilot and freight-company owner
- lee roy gaitan law-enforcement Erath County constable
Investigated by
- mufon researcher
- federal aviation administration government
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