"My father came home from work with an Air Force officer I had never seen and they sat me down and told me it was a secret helicopter test” - Witness Recalls Childhood UFO Sighting

• When: Summer 1972
• Where: Robstown
• What: Camouflaged V-shaped UFO

In the summer of 1972, a young boy witnessed a triangular-shaped craft hovering in the sky for over a half an hour. Not long after, his father came home with an Air Force officer, and the boy was informed that he'd seen a "secret helicopter test."

One wouldn't be surprised if this sighting never made the light of day. However, zoom forward to 2021, and Tom Wolf is finally sharing his incredible encounter:

My understanding is you investigate ufo sightings in Texas. I realize there is no shortage of those, but when I had one in the seventies I contacted the local sheriff in Robstown and they contacted my father who was a squadron maintenance chief at NAS Kingsville. My father came home from work with an Air Force officer I had never seen and they sat me down and told me it was a “secret helicopter test.” Not the first time my dad lied to me.

One other witness with me Greg Vrana, spoke to police about the sighting. Unless my memory is gone we saw a daylight triangle with some kind of active camouflage for 45 minutes in broad daylight from the front yard of St. John’s Catholic Church in the summer of 1972. We were literally altar boys leaving the church on a Saturday afternoon after serving a wedding mass. I could be getting the year wrong, I was a Navy brat and moved almost every year but it is approximately right.

What we actually watched was three black circles with black dots in their center arranged in an equilateral triangle. It remained absolutely still for the time we watched. It was slightly bigger than a half dollar held at arms length. The day was clear and there were no clouds. It was impossible to judge height, but it appeared to me to be very high in the sky. Greg and I got excited but after watching it for more than half an hour we just felt puzzled. We rode our bikes to Greg’s home and called the sheriff. I then went home alone where I was unexpectedly greeted my father (who had duty at the base) and this unidentifiable Air Force officer. They told me I had seen a high altitude helicopter test. I did not believe that.

Anyway, I could provide some more details if you are interested.

Although we don't have a photo or video of this particular UFO, many others have seen "triangle" UFOs over the years, and so we have plenty of evidence to scour through:

witness drawing of triangle UFO seen over Fort Stockton, TX 2008

Triangle UFO seen in Houston, December 2020

What do you think is going on with the triangle UFO phenomenon? Are these craft man-made, perhaps top secret military? Or could aliens be visiting Texas? Let me know what you think below in the comments or on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.