James Bunnell

In Defense of the Marfa Lights (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

These days, Marfa, Texas, is a mecca for art and artists. But Mitchell Flat, a vast stretch of ranch land to the east of Marfa, is a much older mecca, not for art, but for lights. Since the 19th century, reports of mysterious or unexplained lights have intrigued and confounded folks from west Texas for years. Some visitors declare distant, moving lights to be mysterious while other, more skeptical visitors say they are just ranch lights and headlights. While the skeptics assure themselves these are ranch lights or headlights from a far-off highway, can we really be sure?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: BookBaby
• Seitenzahl: 41
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781098367091
• Artikelnr.: 62209169

Autorenporträt

James Bunnell is a retired aero-systems engineer. He was born and raised in far West Texas, shuttling between homes in Marfa and the "Tex-Mex" border town of Presidio. He graduated from New Mexico State University with a degree in mechanical/aero engineering, and earned did graduate work in aviation systems (U. of Tennessee) and psychology (Georgia State U.). Bunnell retired in 2000 from BAE Systems as director of mission planning projects for military (Strategic Command) programs. His career path also included aircraft hydraulics testing (LTV); value engineering (Lockheed); Apollo launch support team and aircraft mission planning systems manager (McDonnell Douglas); and program manager of solid rocket motor testing (Arnold Research Center: commended for study of propellant detonations). Much of his work over these years has involved managing software projects and providing information and support to end users. In retirement he has made multiple presentations on the Apollo program; he was a member of the launch team for the Saturn 5 third rocket stage for all manned Apollo launches (1968-1973; achievement award for Apollo 11 moon landing launch). Mysterious lights in Mitchell Flat, east of Marfa, have intrigued Bunnell since his early childhood days in Marfa. His need to understand these lights resulted in a 10-year study beginning in 2001.