![]() While there are no established theories that suggest UFO sightings occur more frequently in Lubbock than other parts of the state, some experts suggest that a higher proportion of Lubbock residents may be more inclined to believe in UFOs and report them, after the Lubbock Lights encounter. Dozens of others shared similar experiences that night, but Air Force investigators claimed it to be a rare phenomenon called “ball lightning,” debunking the widespread UFO theory. In 1957, one alleged witness, who was driving near Levelland, said he saw a bright flash of blue light before his truck engine sputtered, then died, as they felt something pass overhead, according to KAMC. when one person wrote “fireballs seen in the sky” and another wrote “hovering glowing objects, strategically line up and travel west” for five to two minutes.Īlthough, in some of the more dramatic cases, their encounters were closer, such as in the instance of one person who wrote, in August 2021 that a “saucer-shaped craft surrounded by pulsating, expanding and contracting white and green light followed me (for about 30 minutes) and wanted me to see it.” Many describe a “V-shaped object” with several dim lights” or a “triangle-shaped object.” Several occurrences had multiple reports, including one instance on Feb. Since 1998, Lubbock had more than 50 reported sightings. One witness stated there were “blinking lights but not a place” for about three minutes on March 18 in Wolfforth, while another stated they saw a “v shape formation with 5 lights traveling low and fairly slow” for about five seconds on Jan. ![]() So far this year, only one two have been reported in the Lubbock area. “They run off two batteries that are 14.8 volts each - so a little stronger than the battery in your car.”īut data shows West Texas accounts for nearly half of Texas’ reported UFO sightings since the 1990s. “"It's six electric motors that are all connected together with stabilization electronics running through the,” Kris Barton told KCBD. That was the case with a sighting in 2012 it turned out to be an object that its owner describes as a multi-rotor, which allowed him to take aerial photos for his company, Swing Wing Productions. According to the National UFO Reporting Center database, witnesses have reported nearly 60 sightings since 1995. Lubbock’s UFO Legacyīeyond the most famous of Lubbock’s UFO reports, the city is a hot spot for UFO encounters. This week, we’re covering the UFO sightings from Abilene to the Panhandle. But it’s only one of dozens- if not hundreds - of reported UFO sightings in West Texas.Īs part of our Weird West Texas series, we explore some of the most odd, eccentric and just plain weird things in our region - from the state's northernmost town of Hitchland down into the Big Country, westward to the Permian Basin and all the way into the Rolling Plains. This phenomenon, dubbed the Lubbock Lights - which remains unsolved more than 70 years later - is one of the most well-known UFO sightings in our nation’s history. In the following weeks, residents from across the city reported similar sightings, describing groups of glowing lights flying low and fast and abruptly changing direction. For example, the clients of a portfolio manager may have seen positive returns during an economic crisis, which may make the manager seem like someone who predicted the downturn.It was a warm summer evening in 1951 when three professors from Texas Technological College saw a group of strange lights moving in a V-formation across the sky over Lubbock. ![]() By focusing on trades and strategies that a manager got right, the investor may inadvertently disregard what the manager didn’t do well. Investors may fall prey to the Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy when evaluating portfolio managers. The fallacy outlines how people can ignore randomness when determining whether results are meaningful, focusing on similarities and ignoring differences. The gunman didn’t aim for the target specifically (instead, he was aiming for the barn), but outsiders might believe that he meant to hit the target. ![]() The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy also called a clustering illusion, takes its name from the metaphor of a gunman who shoots at a side of a barn, and only later draws targets around a cluster of points that were hit. Understanding the Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy is only one of many fallacies a wise investor should understand and avoid.It illustrates how people look for similarities, ignoring differences, and do not account for randomness.The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy is a logical fallacy based on the metaphor of a gunman shooting the side of a barn, then drawing targets around the bullethole clusters to make it look like he hit the target. ![]()
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