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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Re: Strange Lights in Southwestern Desert ??
- Date: 21 Nov 1992 01:39:37 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <12994.2b0cedcd@cpva.saic.com>
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- In article <12994.2b0cedcd@cpva.saic.com>, save@cpva.saic.com writes:
- >Hey, It must have been at least a year ago that I caught a snippet
- >on a local eye-witless news program about some strange flickering
- >lights in a California, Arizona, or New Mexico desert. They had
- >some actual video footage of the the phenomenon and, to the best
- >of my recollection, it looked like explosive flashes happening just
- >over the horizon. The tape was shot at some road-side location
- >at night and included a bunch of other cars and people as well as
- >the surrounding terrain. Does anybody else - John Winston not
- >included 8^) - else rememeber hearing about this and, if so, what
- >the resulting explanation was? Just curious.
-
- I may have heard about it. It's something that's supposed to happen about the
- same time every year. Don't remember any details, though.
-
- Your description, by the way, sounds a lot like heat lightning.
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
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