# An electrical plasma with a geological source

> Still possible: An electrical plasma, akin to ball lightning, with a geological source.

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# An electrical plasma with a geological source

An electrical plasma, akin to ball lightning, with a geological source.

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

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Spectra of a genuine light show emission lines of air (nitrogen, oxygen) rather than a lamp's continuum.
- Lights cluster over particular rock units or coincide with measurable electrical activity.

## What would rule it out

- Spectra of recorded unexplained lights that are continuous or match lamps or flames.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Bunnell reports that the lights resist wind currents while their heat signatures do not, from infrared images taken…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKQ1QSFQYC/bunnell-reports-that-the-lights-resist-wind-currents-while)

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[Ohtsuki's cameras at Marfa in 1989 caught a 10-second light that began "long and thin like a string" and shortened…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKQ2KARMTD/ohtsukis-cameras-at-marfa-in-1989-caught-a-10-second-light)

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## The questions it answers

[If some of the lights are natural, what produces them?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/questions/QST0DCKKR8KK0DP/if-some-of-the-lights-are-natural-what-produces-them)

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)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). An electrical plasma with a geological source [Answer ANS0DCKMXRQCM1R]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DCKMXRQCM1R
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