William Ducker oral history interview
Date
1980-07-27Author
McClain, Meredith
Brock, Elaine
Ducker, William
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William Ducker was one of the Texas Tech professors who originally saw the famed Lubbock
Lights in 1951. Two years before his death, he spoke to fellow Texas Tech professor, Meredith
McClain, about the original sighting and subsequent extensive research Ducker conducted. In
this interview, Ducker reveals his research concluded without question that the lights they
witnessed were migratory geese illuminated by street lights. Ducker also shared his research
findings with Edward J. Ruppelt to be included anonymously in The Report on Unidentified
Flying Objects (published 1956).