# Caron 2016: To investigate or not to investigate? Researchers' views on unexplored atmospheric light phenomena

> Etienne Caron, Pouya Faridi, 2016. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The best open overview of the phenomenon's characteristics and the state of…

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# To investigate or not to investigate? Researchers' views on unexplored atmospheric light phenomena

Etienne Caron, Pouya Faridi, 2016. _Frontiers in Earth Science 4, 17_.

A perspective on why the lights are under-studied: rates of 15–20 a week in 1981–1984 and 10–20 a year now, proposed models (scandium-bearing dust combustion, dusty plasma), the association with UFOs as a deterrent, and researchers' views on funding and instruments.

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[Proposed from spectra analysed by Hauge in 2007 and 2010.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights/evidence/EVD0D0NDVSA7PGD/proposed-from-spectra-analysed-by-hauge-in-2007-and-2010)

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[The Hessdalen lights](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights)

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[If some lights are a natural phenomenon, what produces them?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hessdalen-lights/questions/QST0D0NDNP02RD8/if-some-lights-are-a-natural-phenomenon-what-produces-them)

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Caron, E., & Faridi, P. (2016). To investigate or not to investigate? Researchers' views on unexplored atmospheric light phenomena. Frontiers in Earth Science 4, 17. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2016.00017
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