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January, 2001: I first heard about Spook Lights while reading William R. Corliss' 'Handbook of Unusual Natural Phenomena' some years back. I have always enjoyed reading through this book because it seems to be rather dispassionate in cataloging odd things that people have seen (mostly reports from the 1800's!!) including ball lightning (a real phenomenon) and unusual natural sounds. Among his list are Spook Lights or 'Earth Lights'. Apparently, there are many different varieties of these, but in nearly all cases they are accompanied by lots of local folk tales. What I am going to try to do, here, is create an archive that will serve as my notepad for a very dispassionate study of these curious phenomena. I will try to collect only the best information that I can about them. I don't claim that I will come to a better understanding of them, but I do want to reduce their study to a bare set of facts that seem indisputable...at least for now. Here are some more thoughts about the problem : 1..........Essay 1 |
Marfa Lights...........Marfa, Texas
Big Thicket Lights...........Sarasota, Texas
Hornet Lights...........Joplin, Missouri
Brown Mountain Lights...........Morganton,North Carolina
Gurdon Lights.......................Gurdon,Arkansas
Maco Lights..................................Wilmington,North Carolina
Paulding Light..................................Watersmeet,Michigan
Maple Lake Light..................................Willow Springs, Il
Saint Louis Light.......................St. Louis, Saskatchewan
Dog Meadow Light.......................Eagle River, Wisconcin
Hebron Light.......................Hebron, Maryland
Cohoke Light.......................West Point, Virginia
Surrency Light.......................Surrency, Georgia
Bingham Light.......................Dillon, South Carolina
Cogdell Light.......................Cogdell, Georgia
Dover Light.......................Dover, Ozarks
McDermott Light.......................McDermott, Nevada
Scugog Light.......................Scugog, Ontario
Senath Light.......................Missouri
Old Brewery Hill Light.......................Le Sueur, Minnesota
Illinoise Central Light.......................Beauregard, Mississippi
Haldeman Light.......................Haldeman, Kentucky
Hansel Light.......................Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Oxford Light.......................Oxford, Ohio
Elsey's Light.......................Crisfield, Maryland
Cal's Light.......................Andrews, Maryland
Silver Cliff Cemetary Light.......................Silver Cliff, Colorado
Oviedo Lights.......................Oviedo, Florida
Gonzales Lights.......................Gonzales, Louisiana
Grosse Tete Lights.......................Grosse Tete, Louisiana
Lake Wanaque Lights.......................Lake Wanaque; Passiac County, New Jersey
Notes:
The Condon Report, Chapter 4, on Mirages
The Science of Atmospheric Light Amplification
