Case study · CASE-064 · Multiple-witness sightings with photographs
Lubbock Lights
DisputedExplained (contested)Where Lubbock, TexasWhen 1951-08 to 1951-09
Case
- Overview
- Texas Tech professors and residents reported formations of lights; student Carl Hart Jr. photographed them. Investigated by the Air Force.
- Investigative phases
- Blue Book investigation; photograph analysis
- Reported phenomena
- V-shaped formations of lights
- Public evidence status
- Blue Book file at NARA; photographs public
- Alternative explanations / caveats
- Birds (plovers) reflecting streetlights (Air Force view)
- Next research tasks
- Retrieve file and photo analysis
- Last reviewed
- 2026-11-11
Assessment
- Event date
- 1951-08 to 1951-09
- Source category
- Blue Book file; photographs
- Original data accessibility
- Yes
- Witness / instrument basis
- Multiple witnesses; photographs
- Corroboration limitations
- Photo authenticity debated
- Extraordinary claim assessment
- Explained as birds
- Current status
- Explained (contested)
- Priority research task
- Retrieve file
- Lead source ID
- SRC-V86-31
- Last reviewed
- 2026-11-11
Evidence (1)
- Lubbock Lights file and Hart photographs Documented
Documents gathered (1 line of evidence)
- Lubbock Lights file and Hart photographs Primary record linked