Alfredo Diaz
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And whether it was the size, the sudden appearance of it, or just the like the awesomeness of it again, it I think this speaks to just how wild it would have been to see in person. As a result, they called this particular instance Heinemann's Horror. The professors continued to witness these strange lights in the night sky between 9pm and midnight, until early September when they vanished.
In fact, the group repeatedly saw lights at around 9.20pm, and it was so consistent that they decided to call those the old 9.20. That's how repeatable some of these lights were, which is really interesting. So again, Meteor Shower are consistent, but not to the minute, right? In total, the group considers there to be 12 official sightings of the Lubbock Lights.
In fact, the group repeatedly saw lights at around 9.20pm, and it was so consistent that they decided to call those the old 9.20. That's how repeatable some of these lights were, which is really interesting. So again, Meteor Shower are consistent, but not to the minute, right? In total, the group considers there to be 12 official sightings of the Lubbock Lights.
In fact, the group repeatedly saw lights at around 9.20pm, and it was so consistent that they decided to call those the old 9.20. That's how repeatable some of these lights were, which is really interesting. So again, Meteor Shower are consistent, but not to the minute, right? In total, the group considers there to be 12 official sightings of the Lubbock Lights.
These official sightings were instances where at least two or more of the professors from the original group had seen and spotted these lights. And I do appreciate that, too. There's a little bit of micro peer review happening here where it can't just be, well, Bob saw one and then Jimmy saw one. It's from the original group when it first happened. At least two of those four go, no, we saw this.
These official sightings were instances where at least two or more of the professors from the original group had seen and spotted these lights. And I do appreciate that, too. There's a little bit of micro peer review happening here where it can't just be, well, Bob saw one and then Jimmy saw one. It's from the original group when it first happened. At least two of those four go, no, we saw this.
These official sightings were instances where at least two or more of the professors from the original group had seen and spotted these lights. And I do appreciate that, too. There's a little bit of micro peer review happening here where it can't just be, well, Bob saw one and then Jimmy saw one. It's from the original group when it first happened. At least two of those four go, no, we saw this.
Let's document it. And I say the original group because over the nights, like I said, there were other various members of the faculty who joined in, Texas Tech faculty like Dr. Grayson Mead or Dr. John Brand, just to name a few others.
Let's document it. And I say the original group because over the nights, like I said, there were other various members of the faculty who joined in, Texas Tech faculty like Dr. Grayson Mead or Dr. John Brand, just to name a few others.
Let's document it. And I say the original group because over the nights, like I said, there were other various members of the faculty who joined in, Texas Tech faculty like Dr. Grayson Mead or Dr. John Brand, just to name a few others.
Right. Every new person we bring in, we got to sell another 5,000 books. So you better be worth it, right? Like it's always worth having a little ounce of skepticism and maybe cynicism because we have seen that so much to your point that these stories can be made up or exaggerated to make a point or to sell a book or whatever the end goal is sometimes to get attention.
Right. Every new person we bring in, we got to sell another 5,000 books. So you better be worth it, right? Like it's always worth having a little ounce of skepticism and maybe cynicism because we have seen that so much to your point that these stories can be made up or exaggerated to make a point or to sell a book or whatever the end goal is sometimes to get attention.
Right. Every new person we bring in, we got to sell another 5,000 books. So you better be worth it, right? Like it's always worth having a little ounce of skepticism and maybe cynicism because we have seen that so much to your point that these stories can be made up or exaggerated to make a point or to sell a book or whatever the end goal is sometimes to get attention.
And who knows, maybe they're doing some study that they need research or grant money for. And that's all things worth considering. But yeah, I agree. I appreciate that they brought in other minds, other people. And ultimately, the group could not identify the source of these lights. And thus, their story, as intriguing as it was, made it all the way to Project Blue Book.
And who knows, maybe they're doing some study that they need research or grant money for. And that's all things worth considering. But yeah, I agree. I appreciate that they brought in other minds, other people. And ultimately, the group could not identify the source of these lights. And thus, their story, as intriguing as it was, made it all the way to Project Blue Book.
And who knows, maybe they're doing some study that they need research or grant money for. And that's all things worth considering. But yeah, I agree. I appreciate that they brought in other minds, other people. And ultimately, the group could not identify the source of these lights. And thus, their story, as intriguing as it was, made it all the way to Project Blue Book.
A program that we talked about just a few weeks ago, Task Force, if you want to check it out, we dive into what Project Blue Book is, various cases they covered, but ultimately it was the United States' official answer to studying this sudden, almost spontaneous arrival of lights like this.
A program that we talked about just a few weeks ago, Task Force, if you want to check it out, we dive into what Project Blue Book is, various cases they covered, but ultimately it was the United States' official answer to studying this sudden, almost spontaneous arrival of lights like this.
A program that we talked about just a few weeks ago, Task Force, if you want to check it out, we dive into what Project Blue Book is, various cases they covered, but ultimately it was the United States' official answer to studying this sudden, almost spontaneous arrival of lights like this.
You know, at the turn of the decade here at 1951, we're still in the early days of suddenly a lot of mysterious lights showing up. And so the government's like, all right, just for the sake of national security, the Cold War going on, a lot of other things. Let's look into this. Is it aliens? Is it something mundane? Something in between? But yeah, very interesting.