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Check out The Story in Us on PBS Voices! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1mtdjDVOoOolv18shpkYEj3CFecO61P- In 1951, college freshman Carl Hart Jr. captured photos of mysterious lights over Lubbock, Texas—sparking one of America’s most credible UFO cases. With professors, radar data, and government investigations involved, the Lubbock Lights challenged Cold War fears and launched a mystery that remains unsolved today. For audio descriptions, go to Settings - Audio Track - English Descriptive ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateStoried ***** Written and Hosted by: Dr. Emily Zarka Creative Director: David Schulte Executive Producer: Amanda Fox Executive Producer: Dr. Emily Zarka Producer: Thomas Fernandes Editor/Animator: Ben Harrison Illustrator: Samuel Allan Executive in Charge (PBS): Maribel Lopez Director of Programming (PBS): Gabrielle Ewing Assistant Director of Programming (PBS): John Campbell Additional Footage: Shutterstock Music: APM Music Descriptive Audio & Captions provided by The Described and Captioned Media Program Produced by Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monstrumpbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bibliography Catoe, Lynn En. UFOS and Related Subjects: An Annotated Bibliography. Library of Congress for the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 1969. Carlson, Paul. “Caprock Chronicles: Lubbock in the 1950s was in a Boom Period of Growth.” Dennett, Preston E., and Guiley, Rosemary ellen. UFOs and Aliens. Chelsea House, 2008. Khatri, Vikas. Mysteries Around UFOs And Aliens. Pustak Mahal, 2006. Masters, Michael P. Identified Flying Objects. Michael P. Masters, 2019. Murphy, Scott K. Alien Images, UFOs, Photography, and Belief. The befuddled press, 2010. Office of the Director of National Intelligence. “Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena.” 25 June 2021. Project Blue Book: The Top Secret UFO Files that Revealed a Government Cover-Up. Ed. Brad Steiger, 2019. Ruppelt, Edward J. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects. Doubleday, 1956. Sharples, John. “A Mysterious Light: Flying Saucer Narratives in Post-War USA.” Fantastika Journal, vol. 1, issue 2, December 2017, pp. 37-50. Svozil, Karl. “UFO Sagas and Legends from Trinity (July 1945) Until Robertson Panel.” UFOS, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, Observations, Explanations, and Speculations. 2023, pp. 15-38. The National Archives, GOV.UK.