UFO sightings on the rise across the Valley, researcher says

MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Sightings of unidentified flying objects are becoming more frequent in the Rio Grande Valley, according to local UFO researcher and author Noe Torres. He says growing public interest and social media are helping more people share their encounters.

“UFOs are absolutely part of the paranormal,” Torres said. “When people encountered them in the past, they didn't know how to explain them. It made them feel like an unusual experience had happened to them.”

Torres says reports of unusual lights and objects in the sky have increased across northern Hidalgo County, stretching from La Joya to Edinburg.

“All the way from north of La Joya, all the way to east of Edinburg, we've had quite a large pattern of sightings over the past couple of years,” he added.

One of those recent sightings was captured by Elizabeth Garza of La Villa, who says she saw glowing orbs in the sky while visiting family in east Edinburg.

“Just orbs in the sky. Like you see them and then they disappear and then you see them come back up and you're like, well, what, what, like, what is this?” Garza said.

At first, she thought the lights were drones, but she says they made no sound and moved unpredictably.

“It's something that kept happening for a good like 20 to 30 minutes when we were out there,” Garza said. “They never landed, it was just like they were going in circles.”

Torres, a member of the Mutual UFO Network, says the number of reports has grown dramatically in the past two decades. The organization has been tracking UFO sightings since the 1960s.

Recently, Torres presented new research about a man who claims he was abducted from his McAllen apartment in 1992 while he slept.

“He was being levitated or taken along floating across his bedroom floor. He looked to his left and there were two little creatures which a lot of people refer to as the alien grays, the gray aliens,” Torres said.

Torres identified the man as 76-year-old Xavier Gonzalez, who told him he was unable to move or speak as he watched himself being carried through the room. When the experience ended, Gonzalez found himself back on his bedroom floor.

Torres says he plans to continue researching the case and urges others to stay alert and to always take a glimpse at the skies.

“I have always had the policy when I am out at night, and even in the daytime, I am always looking to see if I could see something unusual on the sky, and I have my camera and my telephone ready to go at a moment’s notice,” Torres added.