Lubbock Lights

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The Lubbock Lights were a v-shaped formation of lights seen over the town of Lubbock, Texas in August, 1951.

The lights were first seen on August 25, 1951, including by professors at Texas Tech University. They were seen again in the Lubbock area on several occasions, as well as in New Mexico.

A theory for the lights is that they were newly installed street lights or lights from a drive-in movie theater reflecting off a flock of plovers.

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One of the most impressive ufo sightings ever took place in the town of Lubbock, Texas, in August and September of 1951. The sightings were photographed (above) and reported by hundreds of eyewitnesses, many of whom claimed to be able to make out a wing-like outline of a craft that was flying overhead. The first reported sighting took place on August 25th by an employee of the Atomic Energy Commision in Alberquerque, New Mexico. Both he and his wife stated they had seen a huge object with bluish lights on its rear edge pass overhead. The lights seemed to be about 800 feet overhead, and the pair could make out the vee wing shape of the craft. That same evening, several college professors sitting on a porch in Lubbock noticed a semi-circular formation of lights move quickly across the sky. Several hours later, the lights suddenly appeared again, this time glowing with a bluish color.

Another Lubbock resident claimed to have seen the same lights on the same evening, clearly being able to make out once again the same vee-wing shaped object with bluish lights on the rear or trailing edge. The sighting was identical to the earlier Alberquerque sighting, and was reported only minutes after the latter was, so it is highly unlikely the eye witness had any prior knowledge of it. Over the following two weeks, hundreds of people saw the fast moving lights in and around the town of Lubbock. Most of the witnesses agreed that they first noticed the lights appear at about 45 degrees above the horizon, pass over and disappear at about the same angle. Many of the observers could offer no "rational" explanation for what they were seeing, including those with extensive experience of the night sky and atmospheric phenomena.

On the evening of August 31rst amateur photographer Carl Hart Jr. managed to capture the "nocturnal lights" on film. He took five pictures in all, the best being published in the local newspaper and presented above. The lights were clearly in the formation that had been reported, tracing the outline of a vee - wing shaped object. The Air Force conducted a thorough investigation into the sightings and the photographs, but never reached a satisfactory conclusion, which as we know really means they were unable to debunk the sightings. The shots taken by Carl Hart Jr were completely examined, as well as the negatives, and were found to be untampered with. To date, the Lubbock Lights sightings remain one of the best documented unexplained ufo sightings in history.