# Burning gas, possibly in a vortex

> Still possible: Burning gas or other flammable material, such as methane, possibly held together in an air vortex.

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# Burning gas, possibly in a vortex

Burning gas or other flammable material, such as methane, possibly held together in an air vortex.

**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 show combustion features, such as hydrocarbon flame bands or sodium lines.
- Gas seeps or pyrophoric material are found where lights are triangulated.

## What would rule it out

- No flammable source on Mitchell Flat, or spectra with no combustion features.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Coleman's vortex-fireball theory, which lets outside fuel feed a fireball and lets it drift, fits the 2005 object's…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKQ42433BM/colemans-vortex-fireball-theory-which-lets-outside-fuel-feed)

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[Methane combustion could supply the energy for many of Bunnell's observations, though not all.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKQ3FF16ZG/methane-combustion-could-supply-the-energy-for-many-of)

Speculative

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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). Burning gas, possibly in a vortex [Answer ANS0DCKMYCHBTA4]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DCKMYCHBTA4
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