Two of the most famous UFO cases in American history happened right here in West Texas, six years apart. Lubbock Lights (1951): professors watch, measure, and even photograph bluish formations. Levelland (1957): glowing, egg-like objects stall car engines and lift away—seen by a dozen witnesses, including the sheriff. A secretive Air Force unit investigates both. Its explanations raise more questions than they answer. We follow the paper trail across the South Plain...
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Two of the most famous UFO cases in American history happened right here in West Texas, six years apart. Lubbock Lights (1951): professors watch, measure, and even photograph bluish formations. Levelland (1957): glowing, egg-like objects stall car engines and lift away—seen by a dozen witnesses, including the sheriff. A secretive Air Force unit investigates both. Its explanations raise more questions than they answer. We follow the paper trail across the South Plain...
#1 - Judge Roy Bean: The West's Most Notorious Judge
WTX - A History of West Texas
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#1 - Judge Roy Bean: The West's Most Notorious Judge
In this premiere episode of WTX, host Jody Slaughter dives into the wild life of Judge Roy Bean, the self-proclaimed "Law West of the Pecos." Step into the blistering heat of the 1890s in the remote town of Langtry, Texas. Here, amidst the dust and desert, Judge Bean held court in the Jersey Lilly Saloon with a pet bear by his side and a fearless grip on frontier justice. Follow Bean's journey from a dirt-poor youth in Kentucky to his rise as a saloon-owning, gun-slinging judge who imposed fi...
WTX - A History of West Texas
Two of the most famous UFO cases in American history happened right here in West Texas, six years apart. Lubbock Lights (1951): professors watch, measure, and even photograph bluish formations. Levelland (1957): glowing, egg-like objects stall car engines and lift away—seen by a dozen witnesses, including the sheriff. A secretive Air Force unit investigates both. Its explanations raise more questions than they answer. We follow the paper trail across the South Plain...
