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- From: John Hendricks <NancyLD@POP3.concentric.net>
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- Subject: Re: "Ghostlights"
- Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 13:59:10 -0500
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- TOM ELEVEN wrote:
- >
- > In article <31C5CE18.52FF@inlink.com>, Mark Sumner <range@inlink.com>
- > writes:
- >
- > >Bill Peterson wrote:
- > >>
- > >> I'll speculate that an abnormally large concentration of quartz
- > crystals
- > >> will be detected in that area.
- > >>
- > >
- > >Bill,
- > >
- > >I hate to say this, but I don't put much faith in the "earth lights"
- > >explaination.
- >
- > Perhaps we have not considered the possibility of a "mirage " effect.
- > We could be dealing with lights that are being seen from BEYOND the
- > horizon. The "headlight" theory may not be considered valid because the
- > nearest highway might be too far away, but ask any sailor. Often objects
- > below the horizon can be seen on the ocean when the weather conditions are
- > just right. If the area in question has a particularly flat horizon and
- > the atmospheric conditions are right, it is possible that the lights from
- > automobiles and houses MANY miles away may be seen in the air above the
- > horizon. The distance beyond the horizon that these light sources are
- > coming from will vary with the temperature of the air. Any turbulence in
- > the air will cause the lights to flicker Thus the "ghostlights" may be
- > a nightime mirage, that is visible simply because lights are involved.
- > The upper air might cool drammatically faster that the land near the hot
- > ground at night, thus setting up the conditions that cause mirages. In
- > daytime, the conditions might not be favorable, so mirages of distant
- > hills or buildings would not be seen during the day. They would not be
- > seen at night either, despite favorable conditions if artificial Light
- > sources were not available.
- >
- >
- > tomeleven@aol.com Thomas M. Ray/\/\/\/\
-
- I have been to Marfa, Texas and driven through the desert late at night.
- I have seen trucks and automobiles with their headlights on, some parked
- and others driving in circles, approximately a mile off the road. On this
- particular evening there were about a dozen. At the time I didn't know
- what to make of it. I thought it was probably some of the local youth
- getting togather for some kind of rally.
-
- The Marfa lights could be a concerted effort by locals to fool
- unsuspecting tourists into thinking there is something mysterious
- out in the desert, thereby creating a tourist businesss in an area that
- has nothing but desolation and scrub brush to offer.
-
- I do not know that the Marfa lights are tom-foolery, but this one
- experience and the postings I see here tend to convence me there is
- nothing there except a little local humor.
-
- JohnHendricks
-