NUFORC UFO Sighting 194150

Occurred: 1974-10-31 20:00 Local
Reported: 2025-11-15 20:00 Pacific
Duration: 4 and 1 half hours plus
No of observers: 119 - Military

Location: Adkins, TX, USA
Location details: Over the trees on a neighboring posted ranch.

Shape: Oval
Color: Orange to Red
Estimated Size: Roughly the size of our two car garage plus ~ 1ft.
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: Straight ahead towards the front of our house.
Angle of Elevation: 30
Heading: Movement directions given in my narrative.
Closest Distance: 10 ft. overhead.
Estimated Speed: From about 2 ft, per second to beyond sight.
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby, Landed, Animals reacted

Dramatic UFOs hovered over my Texas home. 7 squadrons of fast low flying inbound jets and a black sedan entered the area.

I am a U. S. Veteran of the LaArNG from 1977 to 1984 and a former crewmember of the USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN 633 Gold) from 1981 to 1983. My past security clearances are no longer valid and I have nothing left to lose by coming forward with past knowledge now.

My first remembered encounter with UFOs was as a teenager at our former home near San Antonio, Texas in Salem-Sayers (aka Atkins), Texas. About 6:30 in the evening my mother and I went outside to feed our two Great Danes, Dachshund, and Chauhan. Thee was no wind or noises when my mother asked what is that?

I initially saw nothing but our neighbor, Ed Rosinski, our neighbor who got me into raising pigeons across the fence in his own yard. I then noticed where my mother was looking. Just above the roof of our two car garage was a circular craft with windows and what appeared to be a smaller closed cylinder sticking a short ways out of the top of this craft and about twice as far out its bottom, As I remember, this craft was slowly spinning clockwise while glowing soft pink to orange in color. It also had 3 lighted lobes equidistant around its bottom. At about this time, all our dogs had gone and hid. We also owned chickens, but they were nowhere to be seen either.

While I watched, this craft began turning brighter orange and slowly began moving from the top middle our garage towards its front and down our fence line and our driveway. Possessing more curiosity than caution, I raced along under this craft looking straight up into its bottom trying to figure out how this machine cold be doing what it was. I heard my mom and our neighbor yelling for me to stop, but I continued to follow all the way to just inside our gate.

From here, I watched as this craft wove above the houses in our double horseshoe two block residential area, noticing other people coming outside to look. As it reached the back part of our neighborhood, the craft began to glow bight red and continued aster to a stand of trees across a barbed wire fence on a posted ranch. This craft settled down into the small grove of trees and I thought everything was done. I was wrong.

Roughly about a half hour later, i watched this craft exit the trees. It hovered for a few moments, another craft just like the first came down and then the first shot skyward. I immediately ran inside to get a pen and small spiral notebook for notes and sketches and ran back outside ignoring parental concerns to sit on our porch and watch.

For about the next hour and a half or so, I watched while these craft entered our atmosphere individually and in groups of thee to seven to enter these trees only to shortly take off again and hover briefly before shooting off again like fireworks. They did fly in different formations while approaching, leaving, and above the trees. Then suddenly, the hovering crafts went down into the trees and everything settled down for a while.

Then there was a loud roar as seven squadrons (I counted) flew in low over our houses, shaking the roofs and rattling windows. Some of these jets seemed to strafe the woods (even though I do not remember shots being fired), The jets then began lying in circles around the wooded area; some flying one way, while some flew the opposite direction. The only sounds that followed were a dog in the back of our neighborhood barking; a black sedan speeding through towards the posted property gate to the ranch; and a sudden yelp when the dog went silent.

These jets continued in the area of the woods for some time, then they left back the way they came.

All was quiet for about 40 minutes, then the UFOs began going up out of the trees and streaking off in all directions, some in formations of two or three. it was shortly after this that I finally went inside.

My mother was a strong woman and my father had been a U. S. Marine. Only my mother would speak of this incident again and my father was fond of saying, if any aliens ever landed in our yard, he would go out and shake their hands. He never said these words again as long as he lived.

We did see viewers briefly from inside through their windows.

INVESTIGATION REPORT

Phone interview date/time: 11-29-2025 at 1:50pm PST

Summary

On 10-31-1974, the witness, identified as T, observed approximately 50 to 60 silent circular orange obs over his property and over the rest of the city of Adkins, Texas. T served in the U.S. Navy for approximately 7 years.

Statements

T stated that on the date/time of the observation, he was approximately 14 to 15 years old. T then stated that the first craft he observed was approximately 20 to 25 feet wide which he compared to the size of his garage that the craft flew over. T stated that the craft was orange in color, spinning clockwise, and was silent. T added that there was no wind and no air displacement while the craft hovered or when it rapidly accelerated out of sight.

T stated that he could see windows on the craft as it was hovering 15 to 20 feet above him. T also stated that he saw humanoid looking creatures standing in the windows inside the craft. T stated that the creatures were standing on 2 legs, were really thin, had large eyes, and very long arms. T added that he also observed what he thought were children based on their size standing at the windows as well.

T stated that he watched the craft as it started slowly and silently flying towards a nearby forest. T stated that he decided to follow the craft and ran after it. T added that he was able to catch up to the craft, and was running under it as it continued slowly flying towards the forest. T stated that he observed 3 round lights under the craft as he was easily keeping up with it. T then stated that when the craft approached the forest, he stopped and watched it descend into the trees.

T stated that he returned to his residence and thought the situation was over. From his residence, he continued to watch the forest. T stated that the craft ascended from the forest about a half-hour later and met with another similar looking craft that had descended from the evening sky. T stated that the first craft changed its color to dark orange then rapidly accelerated straight up and out-of-sight.

T stated that for over an hour, he observed approximately 50 to 60 different crafts ascend and descend into the forest and sky, usually in groups of 3 to 7, and on occasion, by themselves. T then stated that all the crafts looked the same, and were still silent. All of a sudden, the crafts that were closest to the forest descended into the forest, while the other crafts shot up into the atmosphere.

T stated that his windows started to shake, and he heard a loud roar in the sky coming from behind him. T then stated that he counted 7 different squadrons of U.S. fighter jets as they flew over his house and headed for the forest. T stated that the squadrons would sometimes circle around the forest, while also flying over the area around his neighborhood. T stated that a black sedan drove at a high rate of speed through his neighborhood, and was headed for the forest as well.

T stated that the jets flew around for a few minutes, then left. For the next 40 minutes, everything was quiet including all his dogs and chickens that had run off to hide somewhere. T added that the animal's hiding was very unusual. After the 40 minutes was up, a large number of dark orange crafts shot up out of the forest and silently flew away in every direction. T noticed that just about everyone in his surrounding neighborhood was outside watching the show.

T stated that he never did see the black sedan leave the area, but it could have without his knowledge since he was more focused on the crafts and fighter jets. T stated that even though this incident happened many years ago, he still remembers it like it happened yesterday. T also stated that after the incident, he had nightmares about UFOs for quite some time. T stated that his sister might have had a UFO encounter when she was younger, so he gave me her phone number to see if she would be interested in talking about it.

On 12-1-2025 at 1:30pm PST I spoke to T's sister identified as R. R stated that her possible UFO encounter occurred in Hall Summit, Louisiana when she was approximately 21 years old. R then stated that she was with 2 other friends when the incident occurred. R stated that the year was 1983 and all 3 friends were walking on a familiar country road at night.

R stated that as the 3 of them were walking, she noticed that all 3 of them were walking in slow motion. R stated that all 3 of the girls looked at each other with wide eyes as they continued to walk slowly together. R then stated that she remembers being able to see the road and the forest around her, and the only other thing she can remember was how heavy the air felt.

R stated that at the time, she had no idea how long the 3 of them were walking slowly, then all of a sudden, they were walking normally. R then stated that if felt to her like the 3 of them were shoved out of whatever they were in. R added that all 3 of them sprinted to the signal light ahead and then walked home. R then stated that when she got home, her brother T was waiting on the porch getting ready to go look for her.

R stated that T told her that she was 3 hours late coming home, and he was worried and preparing to go look for her. R stated that she told T what had happened. R stated that she didn't have any side-effects from the experience until about 3 months later when she felt a lump on the back of her neck. R stated that the lump was on the left side. R also stated that both her friends each had a lump on their necks in the same place.

R stated that she didn't go see a doctor about the lump, even though it would swell up on occasion. R stated that her 2 friends told her that their lumps also would swell up on occasion. R stated that when she tried to touch the lump, it seemed to move. R stated that after 20 years, the lump finally popped, and something came out and landed on her laundry room floor. R added that whatever it was that came out hit the floor and sounded metallic. R stated that she and her husband searched the whole laundry room for the object, but couldn't find it. R then stated that the only thing she could think of that happened was that the object disintegrated.

Conclusion

I checked different media outlets for any 1974 UFO sightings. There were some UFO sightings and the military followed up on an unknown radar target they picked up, but nothing was Adkins, Texas specific. I am classifying both incidents as an anomalous sighting and experience.

Keith Bickford
NUFORC investigator




Posted 2025-11-18