# Moran 1957: The Mystery of the Texas Ghost Light

> Paul Moran, 1957. 11 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Coronet 42(3), July 1957: the first known magazine account, a single light in the Chinati…

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# The Mystery of the Texas Ghost Light

Paul Moran, 1957. _Coronet 42(3), July 1957_.

A one-page Coronet piece describing a single light in the Chinati Mountains, seen from Highway 90 between Alpine and Marfa, that vanishes when approached. It says settlers first reported it more than 70 years earlier, reviews mica, swamp gas, mirage, foxfire and uranium, and concludes that no one knows what it is.

**Marfa lights** **Primary source** ArticleCopy of **[Coronet's picture of the "Texas ghost light", July 1957](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/artifacts/ART0DCNYXPYGAAH/coronets-picture-of-the-texas-ghost-light-july-1957)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Coronet 42(3), July 1957: the first known magazine account, a single light in the Chinati Mountains seen from Highway 90, read here in the Internet Archive's scan of the issue.

## Cited by on this site 11 records

[A natural light of unknown origin, seen most nights](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/answers/ANS0DCKM7Y5BJE9/a-natural-light-of-unknown-origin-seen-most-nights)

Answer

ANS

[Yes; the lights were seen in the 1880s](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/answers/ANS0DCKMQ0G4TX8/yes-the-lights-were-seen-in-the-1880s)

Answer

ANS

[Coronet's picture of the "Texas ghost light", July 1957](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/artifacts/ART0DCNYXPYGAAH/coronets-picture-of-the-texas-ghost-light-july-1957)

ART

[Coronet's picture of the "Texas ghost light", July 1957: scan of page 57](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/copies/CPY0DCNZC765FSA/coronets-picture-of-the-texas-ghost-light-july-1957-scan-of)

CPY

[Coronet in 1957 said settlers had first reported the light more than 70 years before.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKPM0C04GR/coronet-in-1957-said-settlers-had-first-reported-the-light)

Evidence

EVD

[Coronet in 1957 said settlers had reported the light more than 70 years earlier.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKPPC9RQQK/coronet-in-1957-said-settlers-had-reported-the-light-more)

Evidence

EVD

[Coronet wrote in 1957 that settlers had reported the light more than 70 years earlier, when the brightest light in the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKNT8AT0FE/coronet-wrote-in-1957-that-settlers-had-reported-the-light)

Evidence

EVD

[The earliest known written report of the lights is a San Angelo Times story of February 1945, "Ghost Light Appears in…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKPNA220JE/the-earliest-known-written-report-of-the-lights-is-a-san)

Evidence

EVD

[Coronet publishes the first known magazine account of the light](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/events/EVT0DCKHH1S1G3G/coronet-publishes-the-first-known-magazine-account-of-the)

EVT

[The Marfa lights](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights)

The mystery article

MYS

[Chinati Mountains](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/places/PLC0DCKG1VZCV18/chinati-mountains)

PLC

## Cite it

```
Moran, P. (1957). The Mystery of the Texas Ghost Light. Coronet 42(3), July 1957. https://archive.org/details/sim_coronet_1957-07_42_3
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[Read it free at archive.org](https://archive.org/details/sim_coronet_1957-07_42_3)

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Kind

Journal article

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Kept

28 Oct 2026, for editors

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