FORTEAN TIMELINE - TEXAS

1830s-1960 - Ghost light (Angleton)

1867 - Fall of insects (Panther Springs)

1880 - SHC of Fred Bader (San Antonio)

1883 to present - Ghost light (Marfa)

1888 - Fall of nails (Port Isabel)

1896 - Archaeological find - ancient wall (Milano)

1912 - Fall of frogs (Comanche)

1913 - Children saw little green man, which dogs then killed (Farmersville)

1918 - Fall of grey powder (Farmersville)

1921 - Stratigraphic anomaly - two Cretacious limestone formations which transgress time diagonally (Austin, and also at Fort Stockton)

1924 - Fall of fish (Ranger)

1926 - Crater (meteorite?), 168m diameter, 6m deep (Odessa)

1928 - Toad found entombed in rock (Eastland)

1935 - Scorpion found entombed in rock (Dallas)

1941 - Archaeological find - carved stone heads (Malakoff)

1943 - Poltergeist outbreak (Dallas); ghost light (Lufkin)

1944 - Sighting of giant bird (Possum Kingdom Dam)

1946 - Fall of ice (Austin); poltergeist outbreak (Houston)

1947 - Archaeological find - site dated to c.7000BCE (Plainview); fall of metallic object (Hillsboro)

1951 - Exploding tree (Dallas); sky-quake (Dallas)

1953 - Sighting of flying humanoid (Houston); anomolous TV transmission - 'KLEE-TV' (Houston); ball lightning (San Antonio)

1955 - Apparition of Saint Pious X (El Paso); archaeological find - site dated to c.10,650 BCE (Lubbock); archaeological find - site dated to c.7000BCE (Midland)

1956 - Fall of metallic object (El Paso); archaeological find - site dated to c.36000 BCE (Lewisville)

1957 - Several sightings of egg-shaped UFOs, which landed on roads and caused engine failure (Levelland); sky-quake (Lone Star)

1958 - Fall of fish (Dallas); ghost light sighting (Lampasas); archaeological find - site dated to c.9000BCE-1450CE (Alibates Flint Quarry)

1960 to present - Ghost light (Saratoga)

1961 - Fall of carbonaceous meteorite (Bells); sighting of USO (Port Aransas)

1962 - Archaeological find - site dated to c.500-1550CE (Kyle Shelter); archaeological find - ancient inscription (Tornillo Creek)

1963 - Archaeological find - Roman coin (Round Rock); archaeological find - site dated to c.8000-5000BCE (Levi Rock Shelter)

1964 - SHC of Olga Worth Stevens (Dallas); sky-quake (Bexar County); anomalous holes found in ground (Floydada); fall of flaming blob (Fort Worth)

1965 - Sasquatch sighting (Direct)

1966 - 'Crying' tree (La Feria)

1967 - Archaeological find - ancient walls (Rockwall)

1968 - Sighting of phantom aircraft (Commerce); archaeological find - site dated to c.8000BCE-1000CE (Edwards Plateau)

1970 - Anomalous 'pulsating' airborne sound (nr. Austin)

1972 - phantom images appear on wall (Cedar Hill); poltergiest outbreak (Graham)

1973 - mystery radio transmission (Calvert); fall of crabs (Houston); fall of fossil bone (Marlin)

1974 - Cattle mutilation (Jones County); cattle mutilation (Olney)

1975 - Cattle mutilation (Matagorda); cattle mutilation with UFO sighting (Copperas Grove); cattle mutilation (Big Spring); cattle mutilation (Brownwood); turtle found entombed in rock (Fort Worth); sheep mutilation (Hamilton); dog mutilation (Helotes); cattle mutilation (Hondo); cattle mutilation, and phantom helicopter sightings (Kaufman); cattle mutilation (La Salle County); cattle mutilations (Mission); cattle mutilation (Pearsall); giant bird sighting (San Benito); archaeological find - Chinese object c.1000BCE (Bald Peak); cattle mutilation with UFO sightings (Whiteface); giant bird sighting (Rio Grande City); giant bird sighting (Robstown)

1976 - Sighting of giant bird (Bethel); sighting of giant bird (Brownsville); mysterious bird deaths (of pelicans, nr. Clifton); fall of ice (Columbus); sighting of giant bird (Harlingen); sighting of giant bird (Laredo); sighting of giant bird (Montalba); sighting of giant bird (Poteet); sighting of giant bird (Olmito); sighting of giant bird (Palestine); sighting of giant bird (Raymondville); sighting of giant bird (Catfish Creek); sighting of 'pterodactyl' (San Antonio); archaeological find - site dated to c.7000BCE-1400CE (Baker Cave)

1977 - Sky-quake (Texarcana); sighting of sasquatch (Corsicana); cattle mutilations, with panther tracks (Harris County)

1978 - Fall of white substance (Beaumont); cattle mutilation with UFO sighting (Deaf Smith County); horse mutilation (Hereford); cattle mutilation (Laredo); sky-quake (Port Lavaca)

1980 - Cash-Lundrum UFO sighting

1983 - Sighting of 'pterodactyl' (nr. Los Fresnos); farmer heard loud roar and found two holes 20 feet apart. No meteoric origin (Malone)

1984 - City street developed 20-foot long bump which swayed back and forth. No trace of gas and soil layers found intact to depth of 8 feet (Fort Worth); sighting of saquatch, which left 6-toed footprints (Gainsville)