Levelland, Texas sightings

Abandoned grain elevator in Levelland, Texas
Levelland, Texas, the town around which drivers reported the 1957 sightings Leaflet, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Over about two hours, drivers near Levelland reported a large glowing object and said their engines and headlights failed as it passed. The Air Force attributed the reports to ball lightning; physicist James McDonald later told Congress no storms were near that night.

Sources

  1. OfficialProject Blue Book case file: Levelland UFO case, November 2-3, 1957 (opens in a new tab)U.S. Air Force, Project Blue Book (copy hosted by The Black Vault)
  2. OtherStatement of Dr. James E. McDonald, Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects (House Committee on Science and Astronautics, July 29, 1968) (opens in a new tab)U.S. House of Representatives (transcription hosted by National Capital Area Skeptics) / 1968-07-29

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