# A natural light of unknown origin, seen most nights

> Still possible: A natural light of unknown origin over Mitchell Flat or the Chinati Mountains, visible on most nights.

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# A natural light of unknown origin, seen most nights

A natural light of unknown origin over Mitchell Flat or the Chinati Mountains, visible on most nights.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** One piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The lights appear when there is no traffic on US 67.
- Their spectra and movements are unlike those of lamps on any road.

## What would rule it out

- The lights' timing, path and spectra match traffic on the roads in view.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[A journalist watching from US 90 in 1983 could not match the lights he saw to any known light.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKNWZ5P0QD/a-journalist-watching-from-us-90-in-1983-could-not-match-the)

Speculative

FOR

[Every light seen on the nights of the 2004 chase-car test and in 20 nights of spectroscopy in 2008 was identified as…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKNWMQ20Y6/every-light-seen-on-the-nights-of-the-2004-chase-car-test)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What are the lights seen on most nights from the viewing area east of Marfa?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/questions/QST0DCKKFJFECKD/what-are-the-lights-seen-on-most-nights-from-the-viewing)

Open4 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A natural light of unknown origin, seen most nights [Answer ANS0DCKM7Y5BJE9]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DCKM7Y5BJE9
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