# Some are close, low over Mitchell Flat

> Still possible: Some are close to observers, low over Mitchell Flat within a few kilometres or less.

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# Some are close, low over Mitchell Flat

Some are close to observers, low over Mitchell Flat within a few kilometres or less.

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

## Where it stands

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

## What it predicts

- Lights show parallax between observers a few hundred metres apart.
- Spectra show little oxygen absorption.

## What would rule it out

- Every checked triangulation of a close-seeming light puts it at a road or building kilometres away.

## Evidence 1 for · 2 against

[Two geologists in 1973 reported two cantaloupe-sized lights coming towards them at about 200 mph, one of which hovered…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKQD9T4KQS/two-geologists-in-1973-reported-two-cantaloupe-sized-lights)

Speculative

FOR

[At least two television crews posted observers to triangulate the lights; none located them, and the lights were shown…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKQE0CBNZR/at-least-two-television-crews-posted-observers-to)

Speculative

AGAINST

[The triangulations that placed Bunnell's lights away from roads rest on bearings and times found to be in error.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKQDM2HFR9/the-triangulations-that-placed-bunnells-lights-away-from)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Where are the lights, and how far are they from the viewing area?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/questions/QST0DCKKKVT63PG/where-are-the-lights-and-how-far-are-they-from-the-viewing)

Open3 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). Some are close, low over Mitchell Flat [Answer ANS0DCKMG364183]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DCKMG364183
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