# A natural object triggered by lightning

> Still possible: A natural luminous object, apparently triggered by lightning, of a kind not yet explained.

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[Questions](https://mysteriesdept.com/questions)[Marfa lights](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights)[What was the bright object recorded by two monitoring stations on Mitchell Flat on 3 June 2005?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/questions/QST0DCKKQPF2NRJ/what-was-the-bright-object-recorded-by-two-monitoring)Answer

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# A natural object triggered by lightning

A natural luminous object, apparently triggered by lightning, of a kind not yet explained.

**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

- Similar long-lived objects recur near lightning strikes in the monitoring record.
- A spectrum of such an object shows no lines of electrode metals such as copper.

## What would rule it out

- Evidence of an arc, fire or lamp at the location that night.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Lightning strokes in the National Lightning Detection Network match the object's origin in time and place, and a flash…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKPZP2Q68F/lightning-strokes-in-the-national-lightning-detection)

Suggestive

FOR

[Borraz and Ballester Olmos judge the 2005 object not compelling evidence for the Marfa lights or for any geophysical…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKQ0ENSQM4/borraz-and-ballester-olmos-judge-the-2005-object-not)

Speculative

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What was the bright object recorded by two monitoring stations on Mitchell Flat on 3 June 2005?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/questions/QST0DCKKQPF2NRJ/what-was-the-bright-object-recorded-by-two-monitoring)

Part of [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)

Open3 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A natural object triggered by lightning [Answer ANS0DCKMRZDZTWJ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DCKMRZDZTWJ
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