Strange lights captivated the people of Lubbock, Texas who happened to gaze skyward on a summer night in 1951. But what those lights actually were remains an object of contention… particularly because nobody involved, including the Air Force, seems interested in talking about it. This is a presentation of Premium Episode 60 on the main feed. Hosted by Laurah Norton Research by Bryan Worters and Maura Currie Written, Engineered & Produced by Maura Currie Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething We have partnered with Libsyn to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email ad-sales@libsyn.com or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing 2025 All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast & The Fall Line Podcast LLC Works Cited NA, "Flying 'strings of beads…'" The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1951. NA, "3 Texas Tech Profs…" The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1951. NA, "Flashes in sky filmed…" The Austin American, 1951. NA, "'String of beads' is…" The Odessa American, 1951. Kenneth May, "Scientist At Texas Tech…" The Lubbock Morning Avalanche, 1952. George Dolan, "This Is West…" The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1957. Dave Knapp, "Area writes own chapter…" The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, 1969. History.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.