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Fran Ridge:
Listed as item 11 under photographic evidence in the Special
Evidence section of NICAP's UFO Evidence. These photographs, taken by
Carl Hart, Jr., show a V-formation of large circular objects. Capt.
Ruppelt, head of Air Force Project Blue Book, reported that "In each
photograph the individual lights in the formation shifted position
according to a definite pattern." Main photograph reproduced in True
Magazine, May 1954.
Skeptics have always had a field day with this one because
it seemed to be only a set of photographs, taken by a young,
inexperienced photographer, of geese, later explained as moths. Little
did anyone know that even the Air Force, including the professors who
also witnessed the overflights, did not buy the explanations. In fact,
it appears some people, alerted to UFO activity, saw birds; others saw
UFOs. And the most damning evidence against birds, a professional
photographer, with professional equipment and better film, could not
capture lighted bellies of geese. And that's not all. A swept-back
winged object was being seen around the country during the period and
two radars confirmed an unknown.
Captain Edward Ruppelt:
This target was real. I quickly took out a map of the United
States and drew in a course line between Lubbock and the radar station
(Larson AFB, Washington). A UFO flying between these two points would
be on a northwesterly heading and the times it was seen at the two
places gave it a speed of roughly 900 miles per hour. This was by far
the best combination of UFO reports I'd ever read and I'd read every
one in the Air Force's files.
Detailed reports and documents The
Lubbock Lights:
Introduction - Francis Ridge
The Lubbock Lights: The Detailed Story - Michael Hall & Wendy Connors New Findings On The Lubbock Lights - Donald R. Burleson (IUR Summer 2001) Chapter 8, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects - Ruppelt UFO Intelligence Summary - Subject: Lubbock Lights - Francis Ridge Squadron of Discs Over Atomic Test Site - Oct 30, 1951 - Walter M. Webb 8/25/51 - Ducker et. al. al.; Hart, Lubbock, TX - Mark Cashman The Blue Book Files on Lubbock - Fran Ridge NARA Project Blue Book Archive (Search "Lubbock Lights") |