Earth-lights file

Lights that behave like nothing on the schedule of physics — the world's watched skies and ridgelines. Open the world map to see them plotted.

1. The Brown Mountain Lights — Appalachia's Light Phenomenon

   A · Morganton, North Carolina, United States — Glowing orbs reported over a low Blue Ridge ridge since the nineteenth century, investigated by the USGS in 1922 and the origin of the 1962 bluegrass standard 'Brown Mountain Lights' — one of America'…

2. Marfa Lights — The Viewing Area Phenomenon

   A · Marfa, Texas, United States — Nine miles east of Marfa, a roadside viewing area faces the Mitchell Flats where globes of light have been reported since the first print mention in 1957 — the most famous unexplained-light phenomenon…