Subject: Re: (unknown)
From: "Robertson Harpsichords" <tsrobert@...>
Date: 23 Nov 2002 23:27
Hi, I was fortunate to see and film the Marfa lights about a week ago. Does anyone know where I can find a documentary on this subject for sale? I noticed that there seemed to be a general pattern to the movement and color of these lights. There were some exceptions. And I only saw them over one night so perhaps the next day the pattern might be different. What I noticed through binoculars and recorded on videotape was: 1) the white lights were always either stationary or moved to the right. 2) the dimmer red lights always moved to the left if they moved at all 3)A white light would originate near the left top of the mountain range and move on a gentle, straight downward sloping line to another location near the lower right. Then this light would disappear along the way on and off. when it reached the end of the line it would disappear for good and then become a red light that continued to retrace the path of the white light up and back to where the white light had originated . This cycle would take about 15 minutes approx. so the lights were moving slowly. The red lights appeared to travel approx. the same speed as a white light and the red would either momentarily merge with other white lights that were passing or pass through/ behind them. 4) more than one light would originate at the "starting point" in the upper left part of the line so that there would be differently spaced white lights travelling together at "random?" spacings between them. 5) sometimes the white lights would suddenly for clusters of other lights around them. 6) Sometimes other lights would just pop up in various locations and some would stay stationary for long durations of about an hour. 7) the highest number of lights were seen generally before sunset, about an hour after sunset, and right at dawn and after dawn. 8) When Driving to one side of the other on the highway, the mountains and houses and other physical objects would be passed by and out of view yet I could still see the lights appearing directly in my field of view. What I am trying to say is that they did not appear to be in the same location distance wise as the houses or mountains but rather farther away. Since it takes more driving distance to put a far object out of view as opposed to a near object. Essentially what I saw is similar to what one sees as they drive along a highway and watch the moon , it looks as if the moon has the appearance of "following the car" since it is so distant compared to terrestrial objects. The Marfa lights too seemed to "follow the car" as if they were very distant objects, yet I cannot understand how this could be accomplished since these lights were below the horizon and thus viewed always as if they were in front of the mountains. This does not make seem practical because how could the light from something so distant be seen to appear in from of a more near mountain range. I could see how this could occur if the Marfa light were being bent as a distant projection. An unusually curved light path? It is as if the mystery lights emanate from an unknown and very distant source behind the mountains. 9) when driving on the highway to the east there comes a point where the lights are no longer visible. Then after turning the car around and driving back in the other direction, they become visible again. -very curious . Also they disappear as one gets close to them or so I have heard so that if one flies up to these lights in a helicopter there is a point reached where the lights disappear. Further making their study difficult. And suggesting that they are not physical objects. floating in the air. If anyone has experience with these lights and would like to collaborate observations, etc. I'm all ears.. Sincerely, Ted