# Yes; a small residue is a real unexplained phenomenon

> Still possible: Yes; a small fraction of the lights, seen on a few nights a year away from the US 67 direction, is a real natural phenomenon not yet…

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# Yes; a small residue is a real unexplained phenomenon

Yes; a small fraction of the lights, seen on a few nights a year away from the US 67 direction, is a real natural phenomenon not yet explained.

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

## Where it stands

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

## What it predicts

- Unexplained lights recur at a low, steady rate in continuous monitoring.
- Checked triangulations place them away from any road, track or building.
- Some move against the wind or hold position in it.

## What would rule it out

- Re-analysis of the best cases, with corrected times and bearings, matches each to an ordinary source.

## Evidence 4 for · 1 against

[After eight years of observation and camera monitoring, Bunnell estimates that three per cent of the lights are…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKP9A0D79R/after-eight-years-of-observation-and-camera-monitoring)

Speculative

FOR

[After sorting out mirages, distant headlights and ranch-track lights in 1994, Paul Devereux judged from local…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKP9PBW3FP/after-sorting-out-mirages-distant-headlights-and-ranch-track)

Speculative

FOR

[An object photographed by two stations on 3 June 2005 shone for over three hours at about 10 kW of visible light, too…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKP8TPDB8G/an-object-photographed-by-two-stations-on-3-june-2005-shone)

Suggestive

FOR

[Reviewing Bunnell's data in 2006, Stephan wrote that headlights and mirages are visible from the site but easy to tell…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKPA0KY16X/reviewing-bunnells-data-in-2006-stephan-wrote-that)

Speculative

FOR

[Bunnell's best photographs of "genuine" lights carry errors in their recorded bearings and times, so triangulations…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKPAC6JYRM/bunnells-best-photographs-of-genuine-lights-carry-errors-in)

Supported

AGAINST

[Lights that Bunnell counted as genuine appeared on only about 0.9% of the nights his cameras monitored between…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKPAXEZTMP/lights-that-bunnell-counted-as-genuine-appeared-on-only)

Suggestive

NEUTRAL

## The questions it answers

[Once vehicles, ranch and other artificial lights, fires, stars and mirages are excluded, do any Marfa lights remain unexplained?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/questions/QST0DCKKKFZBKJA/once-vehicles-ranch-and-other-artificial-lights-fires-stars)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Yes; a small residue is a real unexplained phenomenon [Answer ANS0DCKMEWPX5QP]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DCKMEWPX5QP
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