Skeptics may believe extra-terrestrial life is found only in cinematic forums, but when it comes to understanding UFOs, there are real-life experts keeping their eyes towards the skies, including here in San Antonio. Since 1969, clusters of people across the country, united by the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), have devoted their time to debunking and confirming reported UFO sightings.
While the organization tends to fly under the radar, I became aware of the unique group while attending San Antonio's first annual "UFO Festival" at the Wonderland of the Americas mall in August. While I didn't oblige the festive create-your-own tinfoil hat station at the time, it was admittedly interesting to hear some alien insights.
Ken Jordan, state director of the Texas division of MUFON and head of the San Antonio chapter, was happy to oblige. Jordan is among the local experts who have studied evidence of UFOs whizzing through San Antonio airspace.
"In the last 20 years, we've had 311 reports specifically out of San Antonio, and a little bit over 8,000 in the state of Texas," Jordan tells me, while combing through a meticulous MUFON database. "About 90 percent of what we investigate is mundane, or can be explained as natural or man-made incidents, but the rest we can't explain."
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