Aurora, Texas

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• Unusual Metal from the Aurora Crash?
  

  Here is an interesting tidbit on an old case. I'm sure most of you are aware of the alleged UFO crash in the small town of Aurora, Texas, in 1897 .

• UNT checks authenticity of UFO claim
  

  A century-old legend of aliens in Wise County could become part of history. University of North Texas researchers are analyzing pieces of unsual metallic objects to see if they could have come from a UFO.

• Have A Close Encounter At Hailey's This Weekend
  

  On April 19, 1897, a great airship reportedly crashed and exploded in Aurora, TX , destroying a windmill. via Dallas Observer

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City Description

Aurora is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 853 at the 2000 census. Aurora was also a town in Jefferson County, Texas, near the mouth of Taylor Bayou on Sabine Lake. The present-day city of Port Arthur has occupied this site since about 1895, when Aurora became a ghost town. Aurora is located at 33°3′30″N, 97°30′58″W (33.058295, -97.516220). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.2 square miles (8.4 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 853 people, 312 households, and 245 families residing in the town. The population density was 264.2 people per square mile (102.0/km²). There were 332 housing units at an average density of 102.8/sq mi (39.7/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 94.49% White, 0.23% African American, 1.99% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 1.52% from other races, and 1.52% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.99% of the population. There were 312 households out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.7% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.2% were non-families.

City Contained By:

• United States
• Wise County
• Texas

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 8.28796195308 km squared

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