UFO Appears over Football Game in Texas

PALACIOS — On an October night in 1973, a high school football game in Palacios became the setting for one of the town’s strangest and most talked-about events. Under the stadium lights, during the second quarter, spectators noticed something unusual above the field — a glowing, dome-like red object that seemed to defy normal flight patterns. Then-Mayor W.C. Jackson later described it as a “big red blob” that moved in bursts, sometimes stopping in place for up to 20 seconds before continuing on its path.

The strange sighting put a sudden halt to the halftime program, as attention turned from the game to the sky. What made the moment even more curious was that Palacios wasn’t alone — reports of unidentified flying objects were coming in from across Texas that same week. In San Antonio, FAA air traffic controllers observed a flickering red light moving erratically in the night sky. Two airline pilots reported approaching the same object within 1,000 feet before it darted away at a speed they could not match.

In Brownwood, police officers witnessed glowing lights while their radio systems went silent. Mesquite police reported a bright object with flashing lights that hovered before shooting off into the distance.