Austin, TX

Texas · Travis County · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos Metro

Austin is a major city in Texas with a population of 967,862. Residents earn $91,461 per year, which is 22% above the national average.

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967,862 Population 2,965/sq mi density

$91,461 Median Income $59,427 per capita

$512,700 Home Value $500,627 Zillow

$1,655 Median Rent 29.0% income on rent

71°F Avg Temperature 298 sunny days/yr

401 Violent Crime/100K 3,711 property/100K

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Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education

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Economy

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$91,461 median income, 3.4% unemployment

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Affordability

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$512,700 home value, $1,655/mo rent

Safety

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401 violent crimes/100K (5% above avg)

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Education

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58.2% bachelor's degree or higher

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UFO Sightings Near Austin, TX

200 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Austin, TX.

Name	Year	Description
Austin, TX	2014	Orange orbs above Austin&#44 TX&#44 on New Years 2014.
Austin, TX	2014	Red lights all over the sky in Austin TX new year&#39s 2014.
Austin, TX	2014	Light on top left of moon&#44 followed by white lights and jets.
Austin, TX	2014	Reddish orange bright lights traveling very quickly then disappearing. Completely silent.
Austin, TX	2014	Austin: Unexplained silent unlit object moving 100ft over the ground seen at close range
Austin, TX	2014	Formation of Red Lights Over Zilker Park.
Austin, TX	2013	Triangle ufo over austin tx. 9:35 pm may 4th .
Austin, TX	2013	Three balls of light flying overhead in a zig zag motion.
Austin, TX	2013	100+ solid white objects/lights traveling SE to NW at 500-1500 feet overhead.
Austin, TX	2013	The object almost impacted our windshield
Austin, TX	2013	15 to 20 red orbs moving from west to east over Austin then disappearing.
Austin, TX	2013	UFO over north austin west to east no sound 300 mph 5000 ft and turned off light over east o pflugerville.
Austin, TX	2013	Red and white light dancing and dipping rapidly over Austin for over twenty minutes.
Austin, TX	2013	White blimp-like object&#44 glows pink at times and changes shape
Austin, TX	2013	Small maneuverable craft w/ two blue-white lights over Austin&#44 TX.
Austin, TX	2013	I was driving on the highway when I noticed a rather large green &#39star&#39 in the sky. They started as small green balls and traveling qui
Austin, TX	2013	Lights over downtown Austin.
Austin, TX	2013	Round silver object appearing and disappearing twice in sky.
Austin, TX	2013	V shaped craft flew over in and out of clouds clearly visible that the lights were on one craft. 7 lights total with two out on a side.
Austin, TX	2013	Apparent blinking star turned out to be an object that changed appearance and showed many colors&#44 videos available.
Austin, TX	2013	Gold hazy "being" hovering (like standing on edge of craft) while over apt building in NW Austin - amber lights on edges.
Austin, TX	2013	UFO lights over Austin&#44 Texas ACL Fest During the Cure Concert.
Austin, TX	2013	Craft videoed near daybreak near Austin.
Austin, TX	2013	Bright green flash zipped accross sky in Austin&#44 Tx. ((NUFORC Note: Meteor? We suspect a nighttime sighting. PD))
Austin, TX	2013	Spherical object moving through clouds at sunset creating sets of "smoke" rings.
Austin, TX	2013	Round white light moves across the eastern part of the sky with incredible speed and disappears.
Austin, TX	2013	UFO over austin. i just saw a 2nd batch but they were all together the 1st were a triangle&#44
Austin, TX	2013	Large cluster of ufo&#39s over Austin.
Austin, TX	2013	I spotted multiple amber colored orbs appearing & disappearing in the sky just above the horizon. There were several of these orbs that
Austin, TX	2013	Bright Flash of Light Exploding In Austin Sky.
Austin, TX	2012	Orb or Fireball seen in Austin Tuesday
Austin, TX	2012	bright royal blue sphere with no sound
Austin, TX	2012	TWO BRIGHT WHITE LIIGHTS WAVERING IN THE SKY VERY LOW. ((NUFORC Note: We strongly suspect a sighting of Jupiter and Venus. PD))
Austin, TX	2012	Bright green fireball with long bright green tail streaks across the sky. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a meteor. PD))
Austin, TX	2012	Unidentified flying object south of Austin
Austin, TX	2012	Red and yellow Comet like object flashed across the sky just below the clouds in Austin.
Austin, TX	2012	Spheres of light seen over the west campus area of austin which then broke apart and sped off in different directions.
Austin, TX	2012	Two objects appear in the night sky and disappear&#44
Austin, TX	2012	Slow moving&#44 solid trinagle (no wings) with green and red lights. ((NUFORC Note: Green/red is not inconsistent with an aircraft. PD))
Austin, TX	2012	Fleet of Flying Objects/Crafts - Austin&#44 Texas - 01/13/2012
Austin, TX	2012	Slow&#44 lightless Boomerang object in AustinTx
Austin, TX	2012	Low flying&#44 gray object flew overhead at night&#44 made absolutely no sound at all
Austin, TX	2011	sighting in out backyard
Austin, TX	2011	Have green have red ball of light for 30 seconds
Austin, TX	2011	Rotating Object Moves Across the Austin Sky
Austin, TX	2011	Bright lights in the sky
Austin, TX	2011	Stationary light that faded
Austin, TX	2011	Bright Silver Oval Object 20 seconds Clear Sky
Austin, TX	2011	A couple of friends and I were enjoying independence day when we looked up at The sky and saw about 5 triangular objects with only the
Austin, TX	2011	Austin&#44 Texas ufo that was bright&#44 triangular and fast and disappeared after about 2 seconds
Austin, TX	2011	Very large neon green circle was seen right outside my window.
Austin, TX	2011	light s over austin texas 05/30/2011 have pics too
Austin, TX	2010	I saw four orange lights in a triangular formation gliding above me about 300 ft. they did not make any noise and glided over the neigh
Austin, TX	2010	Over a dozen drone-like UFOs witness over Austin&#44 Texas
Austin, TX	2010	Object with unusually large and luminous lights seen hovering completely still 100 yards off the highway.
Austin, TX	2010	Saw a string of about 10 to 12 lights in a loose V-formation very high up moving quickly across the sky in Austin&#44 TX.
Austin, TX	2010	Amber lights seen in night sky in Austin&#44 Texas
Austin, TX	2010	Noticed a total of 6 ball shape orange glow except the last one was more red.Coming from north(downtown)to south(parallel)I-35.they all
Austin, TX	2010	Two objects over Austin
Austin, TX	2010	4-6 lights dancing in sky west of Austin&#44 TX. Chasing ea. other and going up/down side to side forming squares
Austin, TX	2010	4 orbs of glowing light
Austin, TX	2010	Silver metallic spherical object moving in the afternoon sky over Austin. Correction of date from 11/2 to 11/6/2010
Austin, TX	2010	Two tiny objects (like dim stars) fly overhead in unison&#44 and then begin to move around each other as they continue on.
Austin, TX	2010	Silver metallic spherical object moving in the afternoon sky over Austin.
Austin (rural), TX	2009	It was right after dark&#44 Wednesday&#44 February 4&#44 2009. I had just let the dog out for a run. The sky was clear with only a few stars
Austin, TX	2009	Orange glowing orbs floating gracefully and stopping in triangular and linear shapes.
Austin, TX	2009	Slow moving&#44 blinking light moving across the sky vanishing with no cloud cover.
Austin, TX	2009	BALL ON THE HORIZEN
Austin, TX	2009	This thing went Galactic&#44 out of the Universe&#33
Austin, TX	2009	Cigar shaped object seen over Austin&#44 Texas flying from West to East
Austin, TX	2009	A crescent shape UFO flying 6&#44000 feet above my head
Austin, TX	2009	New Years Eve Unkown object in the sky above Downtown Austin Texas
Austin, TX	2009	A Bluish-white object with glowing aura hurtles through the sky at great speeds
Austin, TX	2009	Bright Star like object
Austin, TX	2009	A very bright object over Austin TX that follows plan then passes it like nothing seem to be investigating the plan.
Austin, TX	2009	Green light over the area around Austin.
Austin, TX	2008	UFO over Austin
Austin, TX	2008	Durning a lightning storm a grey jellyfish looking craft that emitts no light changes in to a 3-D rectangle with lights.
Austin, TX	2008	Loud Low Rumble followed by Orange Light
Austin, TX	2008	Floating ghostly kite like ufo
Austin, TX	2008	Pulsating star looking light moving fast and steady.
Austin, TX	2008	Triangle shaped UFO in the sky over city park in Austin&#44 Tx.
Austin, TX	2008	Triangular or diamond-shaped craft produced rhythmic circular humming as it slowly flew by very low in the sky.
Austin, TX	2008	Steady&#44 silent moving light moving over Northeast Austin&#44 and vanishing. ((NUFORC Note: Probably ISS. Please see table below. PD))
Austin, TX	2008	2 independent observers witnessed very fast&#44 very high&#44 triangular lights soaring through the Austin sky and then dissappearing.
Austin, TX	2008	black sphere with glowing ring around it. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD))
Austin, TX	2008	light shot across sky horizontally from north to south at extremely high rate of speed.
Austin, TX	2008	White spinning object passed overhead in daylight.
Austin, TX	2008	over austin flying
Austin, TX	2008	fast and shiney straight path no wings
Austin, TX	2008	Object was appearing in different places of the sky&#44 changing magnitudes&#44 and other bizzare behaviors.
Austin, TX	2008	bright light drops and disappears
Austin, TX	2008	Bright Stange Lights and Dissapeared
Austin, TX	2008	Small saucer camouflages itself at dusk and speeds off
Austin, TX	2007	Rectangular glowing objects flying over Austin&#44 TX
Austin, TX	2007	3 craft over south Austin - Mopac
Austin, TX	2007	Two small oval objects over a neighborhood
Austin, TX	2007	First one&#44 then two white lights in the sky&#44 visible in midafternoon
Austin, TX	2007	Witnessed a group of 8 or 10 high altitude glowing lights traveling at very high speed from north to south over austin
Austin, TX	2007	Two far and near objects over Austin&#44 TX. during the early morning of 10/05/2007
Austin, TX	2007	I am a police officer and was working my night shift at our headquarters building checking doors and locks. When I stepped outside I l
Austin, TX	2007	UFO hovers over Lake Travis for 5 minutes&#44 then speeds off.
Austin, TX	2007	Afternoon sighting of stationary white spherical object
Austin, TX	2007	Amber glow with two star-like points of light all moving in a triangular formation
Austin, TX	2007	pulsing flash recurring at 2 second intervals 3 times along the same trajectory along 90 degrees of sky
Austin, TX	2007	oval with several bright colors at one point heading south then retreating north east
Austin, TX	2007	Strange wedge shaped yellow-orange lights flying South over Austin TX
Austin, TX	2007	Green triangle light display over ACL festival in Austin.
Austin, TX	2006	I saw an intense light formation in the sky at 1a.m. in Austin&#44 Tx.&#44 which stood still for a while&#44 rose vertically&#44 then vanished
Austin, TX	2006	rectangular arrangement of white lights head North . Spacing between lights did not change
Austin, TX	2006	3 grey saucers quietly souring through the sky&#44 and disapearing.
Austin, TX	2006	Triangle Formation Spotted over Austin TX
Austin, TX	2006	White cigar shaped object hangs over Austin Tx then disapears in a flash of white light
Austin, TX	2006	Unknown Light over Austin&#44 TX
Austin, TX	2006	blue streak illuminates austin sky.
Austin, TX	2006	This object hovered&#44 moved up/down/left/right changed into four different colors&#44 and we heard a faint noise
Austin, TX	2006	This object was silver in color and oblonged shaped. The sun was shining off of it causing it to glow. The item was visible for about a
Austin, TX	2006	White quickly moving light swept across our backyard.
Austin, TX	2006	Floating "Veil" Austin&#44 TX
Austin, TX	2006	2/11/06 6:40am NOW - UFO Sighting in eastern sky in Austin Texas. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus&#44 we believe. PD))
Austin, TX	2005	Two red & green lights over SE Austin
Austin, TX	2005	A bright green glowing sphere&#44 almost teardrop shaped that fell extremely fast and disappeared&#44
Austin, TX	2005	3 lights forming a triangle in Austin&#44 TX
Austin, TX	2005	Burning debrie falling from space. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor. PD))
Austin, TX	2005	Triangluar Object very low to the point of seeing detail hanging over the city.
Austin, TX	2005	Object over highway in Austin&#44 TX
Austin, TX	2005	triangle over austin tx
Austin, TX	2005	Long line of green rectangular lights in the hills of southwest Austin
Austin, TX	2005	night manuevers
Austin, TX	2005	fire and triangles in the sky over austin texas may 24 and 25 2005
Austin, TX	2005	Triangular Object&#44 Fast blinking lights&#44 Austin&#44 TX 23:50 03-29-05
Austin, TX	2005	Large&#44 dark&#44 almost rectangular object tumbling and ascending
Austin, TX	2004	Small black orb hovering in the sky moving irregularly north or barton hills
Austin, TX	2004	It seemed remarkable as it didn&#39t look like any shooting star or object we had ever seen.
Austin, TX	2004	an unexplainable occurrence
Austin, TX	2004	one light that stretched into 3 white lights&#44 with a red light on the left&#44 very suddenly
Austin, TX	2004	it was v shaped looking that is was flying in the clouds but there were no clouds&#44no noise at all
Austin, TX	2004	slow silent lighted silver triangle pre-dawn northwest Austin going south to north at steady rate of speed
Austin, TX	2004	small black object hovering above austin&#44 copter nearby
Austin, TX	2003	Teardrop/triangle silver and shiny object moving at slow steady speed in perfect weather during broad daylight in Austin&#44 TX.
Austin, TX	2003	5 pure white lights&#44 long cylinder moving fast
Austin, TX	2003	An oval&#44 saucer-shaped object moving slowly with brilliante colors of light flashing.
Austin, TX	2003	They were all the same magnitude brightness and not one object.
Austin, TX	2003	green fireball
Austin, TX	2003	2 blue-lit conicle objects rotate around each other and then "morph" into 1 object and disappear.
Austin, TX	2003	Gliding silver object there one second&#44 gone the next
Austin, TX	2002	A single eyewitness observed from a third-story balcony (west facing) 80 degrees from the normal plane and approximately 30 degrees nor
Austin, TX	2002	UFO spotted among group in Texas
Austin, TX	2002	There was no smoke or trailing from the fireball so it wasn&#39t a rocket or metor.
Austin, TX	2002	Black square object seen over Austin Tx&#44 Fall of 2002.
Austin, TX	2002	Buick seen in Austin&#44 TX&#44 with NUFORC sign on its side door. Thank you&#33 Peter Davenport
Austin, TX	2002	"Comet Like" Blue/Green streak before dusk.......
Austin, TX	2002	Bright Star-Like object obsevered in South-East Sky
Austin, TX	2002	Daytime observation of metallic object in Austin&#44 Tx.
Austin, TX	2002	Looked like a bright green shooting star&#44 much larger&#44 longer tail and brighter than a SS&#44 headed in dowward direction.
Austin, TX	2002	Very bright birdlike image with flapping wings flashing in sky&#44 moving across sky to the south at first and then gradually turning to t
Austin, TX	2002	I was headed for work and was dropping off my trash at the Trash dumpster and looked up and saw a Silver Sphere just hovering. It was a
Austin, TX	2001	UFO Sighting in Austin TX Over UT/Capital Night Before 9/11
Austin, TX	2001	Driving soutth on Mo Pac Expressway&#44 I saw two black cigar shaped objects hovering.
Austin, TX	2001	HUGE blazing falling object (NOT the Mir).
Austin, TX	2001	low-flying&#44 helicopter-sounding&#44 aircraft or circle shaped (from underneath)&#44 and had few lights + bright spotlight
Austin, TX	2001	Conical shaped oject with purple lights on the underside seen near a Home Depot store.
Austin, TX	2001	Firework like flash looking like one lighted point hitting another and creating short spark shower&#44 then dissapears.
Austin, TX	2001	two others and I saw a number of lights in the sky
Austin, TX	2000	We had a daylight sighting of a large cylindrical object in Austin&#44 Tx which lasted 30 seconds before the object disappeared.
Austin, TX	2000	objects over central texas so bright look like stars except its broad daylight
Austin, TX	2000	The craft shot a ray of solid light up into the sky and connected to what appeared to be a star.
Austin, TX	2000	Flare-like object blasts across sky at unthinkable speed over Austin Texas
Austin, TX	1999	I was outside with my girlfriend looking at the moon with my telescope and something passed within my line of sight&#44i looked up from th
Austin, TX	1999	A man and his two kids see a clear UFO less than a mile away during an autumn evening in Austin&#44 Texas. Dazed deer present.
Austin, TX	1999	I witnessed an extremely bright&#44 pulsing object at approx. 3000 ft&#44 slowly descending and then accelerating - this object was completel
Austin, TX	1999	strange and extremely hypnotizing.Bright red&#44green&#44white lights in triangle form.Hovered with sporatic movement.
Austin, TX	1999	Two objects that would normally be assumed to be stars except too low in the sky&#44 changing colors - blue/green to white&#44 to red. appear
Austin, TX	1999	Three dome shaped lights. One craft or three I don&#39t know.
Austin, TX	1999	At 2:00am I observred what I thought was a single satelite moving north to south.Soon I noticed a multitude of these objects following
Austin, TX	1999	Green comet looking thing flew across sky.
Austin, TX	1999	It appeared from my vantage point to be like a large metorite but it was traveling too slow and the angle was all wrong. My best descri
Austin (area), TX	1998	my fiancee&#39 and i were driving to her mother&#39s house in hutto after work for a visit at about 11 o&#39clock at nigt. it was clear out&#44 whi
Austin (round rock), TX	1998	Triangular object w/three hemi-spherical &#39projections&#39 from the bottom&#44 travelling N-S reflecting pink glow of city lights.
Austin, TX	1998	Saw a glowing fireball plunge through the sky towards earth.
Austin, TX	1998	I saw a triangle craft&#44 huge&#44 black&#44 white light in each corner&#44 red light in center&#44 hovering above me at about 200-300 feet altitude.
Austin, TX	1998	Fireball&#44 green with white center&#44 with a tail of white sparkling stuff. It went horozontally across sky&#44 winked out.
Austin, TX	1998	Shortly after midnight on Monday morning February 9&#44 1998&#44 I observed 9 or 11 glowing white balls in a "V" pattern traveling North in t
Austin, TX	1998	1 to 3 objects moved in sky flashing blue &#44 green&#44 red then blue again
Austin, TX	1998	i was walking my dog.looking up at stars i felt a pressure i looked to my left out of the right corner of my eye i seen something acros
Austin, TX	1998	Eruption of blue-white light in the sky followed by sweeping action and lesser blast of blue-white light&#44 south&#44 toward San Antonio.
Austin, TX	1998	I was standing in my driveway&#44 I looked up and saw a circular craft coming into view from a northwest direction. The size was like som
Austin, TX	1998	shape resembled a b2 bomber&#44 gray/brown bttm&#44 apprx 1000 feet high traveling slowly and completely silent along the I35 corridor. Disa
Austin, TX	1998	Triangular shaped object moving from north to south. Object was barely discernable from the night sky. Leading edges faint orange. No
Austin/san marcos, TX	1998	Extremely clear night&#44 south/southeast of Austin&#44TX. Possibly btween Austin/San Marcos. 11pm 11/16/98. Flashing object. Remained st
Austin, TX	1997	Saw a fast movin UFO on the way back from getting a pizza.
Austin, TX	1997	While viewing M42 through telescope&#44 we witness 3 anamolous moving lights&#44 two with scope&#44 one with naked eye&#44 approx. 10-15 min. apart
Austin, TX	1997	it flashed very bright and then took off at the speed of light with a blue trail following it.
Austin, TX	1997	Large rectangular&#44 metallic&#44 no sound&#44 no lights&#44 just above trees&#44 not moving trees&#44 Austin&#44 TX end of 1996 thru 1997
Austin, TX	1997	Trianglular lighted object sighted over Austin Texas 6-14-97 at 11:20 pm.Seen from the intersection of Hwy. 71 and Hwy. 620&#44 near Bee C
Austin, TX	1997	I was driving northbound on I-35&#44 and was around 5 miles south of Austin when I noticed an intensely bright white light far ahead on th
Austin, TX	1997	The UFO I had Reported has turned out to be an IFO to my relief. It was the Iridium satellite flash. We picked up the satellite naked-
Austin, TX	1997	A bright red light in E/SE. Did not move as long as we watched.
Austin, TX	1997	Several lights appeared in the Northwestern sky.
Austin, TX	1996	Triangle shaped&#44 low-flying&#44 slow&#44 silent Stealth fighter sized object with a red&#44 revolving light on bottom.

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