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The Marfa Lights: A Real American Mystery
Brian Dunning, 2007. Skeptoid Podcast #38.
Transcript of a sceptical podcast episode. Dunning argues that the lights are headlights on US 67 magnified and made to hover by a superior mirage, that no record of the lights predates motor traffic, and that failed triangulations rule out ball lightning from piezoelectric quartz. A later correction withdraws his earlier suggestion of a Fata Morgana, which he calls unlikely in the Marfa environment.
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Sceptical podcast transcript arguing the lights are US 67 headlights seen through a superior mirage, with a later correction withdrawing the Fata Morgana suggestion.
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Dunning, B. (2007). The Marfa Lights: A Real American Mystery. Skeptoid Podcast #38. https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4038
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