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Mystery lights

Ghost lights

In a dozen or so places around the world lights appear so regularly that tourists come to watch them and scientists set up cameras and spectrometers. Norway’s Hessdalen valley even has a measuring station. Proposed explanations include electrical phenomena in rocks, burning gases, plasma and, in some cases, car headlights on distant roads.

cases
7
years
1883–2026

Unexplained: 1 Disputed: 5 Explained: 1

  1. 19th century

    1. c. 1883–present Ghost lights · Disputed Marfa Lights Mitchell Flat near the town of Marfa, Texas, United States Flickering balls of light seen at night over a desert plain in West Texas – a local legend, a festival, and a tourist attraction.

  2. 1910–1919

    1. c. 1912–present Ghost lights · Disputed Brown Mountain Lights Brown Mountain ridge in the Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina, United States Pale, wandering lights over the Brown Mountain ridge in the Appalachians, reported in the press since the early 20th century.
    2. c. 1918–present Ghost lights · Disputed Min Min Light Near Boulia, Channel Country region, Queensland, Australia A fuzzy light hovering above the horizon in the Australian outback that, according to accounts, can follow travelers.

  3. 1960–1969

    1. 1965–1967 Ghost lights · Disputed Matsushiro Earthquake Lights Matsushiro, a district of the city of Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan During the 1965–1967 earthquake swarm in Matsushiro, Japan, mysterious earthquake lights were photographed for the first time.
    2. 1966–present Ghost lights · Explained Paulding Light Valley off Robbins Pond Road near Paulding, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States A light that appears almost every night over a wooded valley in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula – according to legend, the lantern of a ghostly railroad man.

  4. 1980–1989

    1. 1981–present Ghost lights · Unexplained Hessdalen Lights Hessdalen Valley, Holtålen Municipality, Trøndelag County, Norway Glowing balls of light that have appeared over Norway’s Hessdalen Valley since December 1981 – one of the best-measured light phenomena in the world.
    2. c. 1985–present Ghost lights · Disputed Naga Fireballs over the Mekong Mekong River near Phon Phisai, Nong Khai Province, Thailand Reddish balls of light that rise over the Mekong on the Thailand–Laos border every October, watched by large crowds.