Marfa lights. Are they flying saucers or what?

Question

I read a study done by a university and they say that they are lights from the highway. The only problem is that these lights were recorded before the invention of the automobile. So what's the answer?

I think it's a natural phenom honestly, but why can't we figure it out. The car thing is the best answer so far and cattle barrons were the first to write about it..I mean come on.

http://www.astronomycafe.net/weird/lights/marfa26.htm

First sighting was in 1883 by a man named Reed. There are also stories about the lights that Indians have passed down.

Answer 1

The Marfa lights or the Marfa Mystery Lights are unexplained lights (known as "ghost lights") usually seen near U.S. Route 67 on Mitchell Flat east of Marfa, Texas of the United States.

The first confirmed report of the Marfa Lights dates to a 1957 magazine article.[citation needed] Earlier oral reports of the Marfa Lights have been attributed to Robert Reed Ellison in 1883. According to the historian Cecilia Thompson, writing in History of Marfa and Presidio County, Mr. Ellison did not record the Marfa Lights in his memoirs written in 1937 but told his family about them and this information was orally relayed by them.[citation needed] No verifiable written sources for the Marfa Lights predate the 1950s.

The characteristics of Marfa lights
Reports of evidently similar strange nocturnal lights in this area have persisted all through the twentieth century, and they continue today. These reports often describe brightly glowing balls floating above the ground, or sometimes high in the air. Colors are usually described as white, yellow, orange or red, but green and blue are sometimes reported. The balls are said to hover at about shoulder height, or to move laterally at low speeds, or sometimes to shoot around rapidly in any direction. They often appear in pairs or groups, according to reports, to divide into pairs or merge together, to disappear and reappear, and sometimes to move in seemingly regular patterns. Their sizes are typically said to resemble soccer balls or basketballs.

The Marfa lights are elusive and fairly rare. Sightings are reported occasionally and unpredictably, perhaps ten to twenty times a year. There are no reliable reports of daytime sightings; the lights seem to be a nocturnal phenomenon only.

According to the people who claim to have seen the lights, they may appear at any time of night, typically south of U.S. Route 90, five to fifteen miles east of Marfa, at unpredictable directions and apparent distances. They can persist from a fraction of a second to several hours. There is evidently no connection between appearances of the Marfa lights and anything else besides nighttime hours. They appear in all seasons of the year and in any weather, seemingly uninfluenced by such factors. They sometimes have been observed during late dusk and early dawn, when the landscape is dimly illuminated.

It is extremely difficult to approach an ongoing display of the Marfa lights, mainly due to the dangerous terrain of Mitchell Flat. Also, all of the land where the Marfa Lights are observed is private property, and access is prohibited without explicit permission from the owners. There are only a very few accounts of success in moving very close to observed lights, but those that exist generally describe objects resembling fireworks lacking both smoke and sound.

Answer 2

No answer yet. Interesting stuff, isn't it? But they don't fly and are not saucer shaped, so I say they are not flying saucers.

There is a guy who has set up automated cameras in the area to try to catch the elusive lights, which appear rarely and unexpectedly. See the source.

Answer 3

According to Wikipedia, they were first seen in 1957, well after cars had been invented! Best guess, based in part on a scientific study, is that they are cars.

Answer 4

YES they are flying saucers @ they are here to take you away but they can't fine you.

Answer 5

Hmmm . . . flying saucers or what. I vote for "what."