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- From: infinity@mintaka.sdsu.edu (David E. Coleman)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic,alt.paranormal,alt.alien.visitors,alt.alien.research,alt.paranet.ufo
- Subject: Re: Marfa Headlights Festival
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- Date: 15 Jun 1996 21:59:54 GMT
- Organization: San Diego State University
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- David E. Coleman (infinity@mintaka.sdsu.edu) wrote:
- : Michael Edelman (mje@pookie.pass.wayne.edu) wrote:
- : : Scott LaRoche (scott.laroche@atomiccafe.com) wrote:
- : : : >>Interesting. A whole festival based on the headlights and tailights of
- : : : >>cars traveling the road between Marfa and Presidio.
- : : : >>
- : : : >>
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- : : : http://members.aol.com/scroach1/marfa.htm
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- : : Excellent article; short, and to the point. An interesting observation
- : : caught my eye- if you actually take a pair of high powered binoculars
- : : you'll quickly see what the lights actually are. Lots of good references,
- : : too.
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- : : Somehow the point that the lights become much more rare after midnight
- : : never occured to the believers to be evidence that the lights were
- : : somehow linked to human behavior! Funny how a natural or alien
- : : phenomenon would be influenced my a human construct like clock time!
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- : Somehow, the point that people begin going to better more around midnight
- : might be eluding you. Just how is the "rareness" measured? Somehow I
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- The word "better" was supposed to be "bed." I'd like to know how
- I make mistakes that ridiculous.
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