 Case Directory Category 1, Distant Encounters Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Classification of Distant Encounter is usually
an incident involving an object more than 500
feet from the witness. At night it is
classified as a "nocturnal light" (NL) and
during the day as a "daylight disc" (DD). The
size of the object or the viewing conditions
may render the object in greater detail but
yet not qualify the sighting as a Close
Encounter which is an object within
500'. |
Metallic-Looking
Spherical Object
August 2, 1951
Lubbock, Texas
August 2, 1951
Lubbock, Texas
| Fran Ridge: August 2, 1951; Lubbock,
Texas (BB)
8::57 to 9:03 p.m. local. Five civilian men observed a metallic looking spherical shaped object hanging in the air. The only apparent movement was a quivering motion. The object after about six minutes moved straight east until it disappeared into a cloud bank. One witness, Mr. Gibbs, was very familiar with weather balloons and he was positive that the object was not a balloon of any type. Reese AFB was located just west of Lubbock, Texas. (Fran Ridge, Dan Wilson, Bill Schroeder, BB files) Detailed reports and documents docs/lubbock/520802lubbock_docs.pdf (Dan Wilson & Bill Schroeder) |