"Looks like campfires."
That was the description back in the 1800s when cowboys and pioneers first noticed the lights. According to numerous accounts, they speculated they were camp fires or signal fires from Apaches who roamed the wilderness area around Texas' Big Bend. But, as the legend has it, when folks went over for a closer inspection, they found no sign of fires.
And still haven't.
The lights on a recent pair of June evenings appeared to float above the horizon, dip and occasionally flare. At times, there were two or three simultaneously. They generally moved left to right, up and down. Then there were periods of no lights.
...the lights were here before cars and even before electricity reached the region.
There are numerous theories on what causes the phenomenon. Moonlight on mica veins sparkling off the mountains. Swamp gas. Static electricity. Atmospheric conditions created by warm and cold layers of air bending light rays that only can be seen from afar.
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Very interesting phenomena - piezoelectric effect/static charge w/quartz?, auroral zone? UFOs? really not sure. Also while cross-referencing ATS I found another thread that listed Marfa, Texas as an operational site for a Tethered Aerostat Radar System. I wonder if these mysterious lights in Marfa were a factor in locating a TARS there.
