The second experiment using bugs, in the end, was more successful. Radford originally tried to coax a small moth to fly in front of the camera lens but was unsuccessful. He then purchased 1,750 ladybugs from a local supplier and came back to next day at 7:00am hoping to get a result using the same lighting conditions as when the event was originally recorded. After placing the bugs on the camera he waited a while to let them crawl all over it before going inside to review the recording. Initially the bugs didn't appear to create the same glowing image as was first recorded but at 7:26am they finally had success. The sun hit one of the bugs crawling across the lens and the effect recreated an accurate "ghost" down to its color, size, shape and movement. The courthouse staff watching the recording agreed that the mystery had been solved and the origin of the ghost was nothing more than a bug. A detailed report on Radford's experiments was published in Skeptical Inquirer magazine's September/October issue that year, and in 2014 in Radford's book Mysterious New Mexico.
