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- Subject: Re: Strange Lights in Southwestern Desert ??
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- From: lippard@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu (James J. Lippard)
- Date: 21 Nov 1992 10:11 MST
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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.
- >
- >Clark Wallace
-
- Sounds like the Marfa, Texas lights--which are car lights.
- (See Herbert Lindee, "Ghost Lights of Texas," _Skeptical Inquirer_
- vol. 16, no. 4, Summer 1992, pp. 400-406.)
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- Jim Lippard Lippard@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU
- Dept. of Philosophy Lippard@ARIZVMS.BITNET
- University of Arizona
- Tucson, AZ 85721
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