# Stolyarov 2005: An Experimental Analysis of the Marfa Lights (progress report) > Alexander Stolyarov, Jeff Klenzing, Patrick Roddy et al., 2005. 18 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The UT Dallas Society of Physics Students… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKDE6BATSV/an-experimental-analysis-of-the-marfa-lights-progress-report Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Marfa lights](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights)Stolyarov 2005 **0** # An Experimental Analysis of the Marfa Lights (progress report) Alexander Stolyarov, Jeff Klenzing, Patrick Roddy et al., 2005. _Society of Physics Students, University of Texas at Dallas_. A three-page progress report dated 10 December 2005 on fieldwork by about a dozen UT Dallas students from 10 to 14 May 2004: two video cameras at the viewing area, a traffic counter on US 67 south of Marfa, and a chase car on US 67 in radio contact with the viewing area. The lights moved along a fixed path in line with a radio tower east of US 67, their numbers fell with the traffic after dusk, and the chase car's flashing headlights looked like a Marfa light from the viewing area. **Marfa lightsSecondary source** ReportChecked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The UT Dallas Society of Physics Students report on their May 2004 video, traffic-count and chase-car experiments, which attributed every light they saw to headlights on US 67. ## Cited by on this site 18 records [Far away, on US 67 and ranch roads](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/answers/ANS0DCKMFMEX1JZ/far-away-on-us-67-and-ranch-roads) Answer ANS [Headlights on US 67, distorted by the air](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/answers/ANS0DCKM724BXY0/headlights-on-us-67-distorted-by-the-air) Answer ANS [UT Dallas video of the lights from the viewing area, May 2004](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/artifacts/ART0DCKJZ5RNKQS/ut-dallas-video-of-the-lights-from-the-viewing-area-may-2004) ART [US 67 hourly traffic counts south of Marfa, three days in May 2004 (UT Dallas)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0DCKJJBP0ZXP/us-67-hourly-traffic-counts-south-of-marfa-three-days-in-may) Dataset DAT [A chase car on US 67 south of Marfa, signalling by radio, was seen from the viewing area in the same place as the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKQB058MY0/a-chase-car-on-us-67-south-of-marfa-signalling-by-radio-was) Evidence EVD [A chase car parked on US 67 flashing its headlights appeared from the viewing area as a Marfa light, in the same place…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKNRJM7PRF/a-chase-car-parked-on-us-67-flashing-its-headlights-appeared) Evidence EVD [Every light seen on the nights of the 2004 chase-car test and in 20 nights of spectroscopy in 2008 was identified as…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKNWMQ20Y6/every-light-seen-on-the-nights-of-the-2004-chase-car-test) Evidence EVD [The 2004 chase car showed that vehicles on US 67 are seen directly from the viewing area, with no reflection needed.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKNV93R0E7/the-2004-chase-car-showed-that-vehicles-on-us-67-are-seen) Evidence EVD [The lights the 2004 group filmed all lay on the line of sight to a radio tower east of US 67, moved along one path…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/evidence/EVD0DCKNS3TZZP6/the-lights-the-2004-group-filmed-all-lay-on-the-line-of) Evidence EVD [UT Dallas students film the lights, count US 67 traffic and send a chase car](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/events/EVT0DCKHX6YSHP4/ut-dallas-students-film-the-lights-count-us-67-traffic-and) EVT [The Marfa lights](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights) The mystery article MYS [Society of Physics Students, University of Texas at Dallas chapter](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/organisations/ORG0DCKGXG04HBE/society-of-physics-students-university-of-texas-at-dallas) ORG [Lighted radio tower south of Marfa (UT Dallas reference point)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/places/PLC0DCKG37SKNMX/lighted-radio-tower-south-of-marfa-ut-dallas-reference-point) PLC [Marfa Lights Viewing Area, US 90 east of Marfa](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/places/PLC0DCKF9FVT6YF/marfa-lights-viewing-area-us-90-east-of-marfa) PLC [US 67 between Marfa and Presidio](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/places/PLC0DCKG2P3JKYE/us-67-between-marfa-and-presidio) PLC [What are the lights seen on most nights from the viewing area east of Marfa?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/questions/QST0DCKKFJFECKD/what-are-the-lights-seen-on-most-nights-from-the-viewing) Question QST [Where are the lights, and how far are they from the viewing area?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/questions/QST0DCKKKVT63PG/where-are-the-lights-and-how-far-are-they-from-the-viewing) Question QST [UT Dallas observers: Lights appeared, twinkled and vanished along one path in line with a radio tower…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights/accounts/WIT0DCKJAP2VGZZ/ut-dallas-observers-lights-appeared-twinkled-and-vanished) WIT ## Cite it ``` Stolyarov, A., Klenzing, J., Roddy, P., & Heelis, R. A. (2005). An Experimental Analysis of the Marfa Lights (progress report). Society of Physics Students, University of Texas at Dallas. https://web.archive.org/web/20070620170535/http://www.spsnational.org/wormhole/utd_sps_report.pdf ``` [Read it free at web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20070620170535/http://www.spsnational.org/wormhole/utd_sps_report.pdf) Key **SRC** 0DCKDE6BATSV Kind Report Rights unknown Kept 28 Oct 2026, for editors Checked Against the published original Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKDE6BATSV/an-experimental-analysis-of-the-marfa-lights-progress-report/csl.json)