Subject: Re: (unknown)
From: "Robertson Harpsichords" <tsrobert@...>
Date: 1 Dec 2002 18:24
Mr. Adams, Thank you for your reply. It helps clarify the lights I saw as mostly being the result of car headlights. I am glad you mentioned that indeed there is a road in the area and that it is twisty and has turns and dips this again helps explain some of what I saw. Is there a name for this road you mentioned? Is it a main highway? Can you tell me if it is hwy 67 ? Looks like road 159 might be only a dirt road and not enough traffic. I wonder if the real lights are visible if one approaches them closer road 159? Next time I will definitely drive these roads and time the traffic, Might even have another person stationed out counting and keeping track of the vehicles as I film from near the visitor's center. Also I plan to bring higher powered binoculars and a spotting scope and a telescope to see if I can make out double lights in the case of headlights. Have you tried these? You say.. "It does mean that the Marfa observations are a mix of "real" and human activity." Precisely! Thanks, TR ----- Original Message ----- From: M. Adams <electroquake@...> To: <mysterylights@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 12:07 AM Subject: Re: [mysterylights] (unknown) > Hi Ted, > > You have made some excellent observations, however > there is a mundane explanation for many of them. It > appears you are describing the Chinati mountains 26 > miles from the Marfa Lights Viewing area. There is a > very twisty road that descends from the summit of this > mountain near Shurly Ranch. There are many cuts and > dips along this road. The net effect is that randomly > spaced lights (cars) appear to descend slowly from > left to right flashing, disappearing and reappearing > as the car headlight angle changes and is blocked by > the freqent dips and road cuts. The white lights are > car headlights descending towards the MLVA, the red > lights are tail lights climbing the mountain road. > > I too was very puzzled when I first videotaped this > phenomenon. I drove the road and timed it. If you > reveiw your tapes you will see the light motion to > the right, descending, matches the timing of cars > moving about 55-60 mph. The car headlights even > appear to stack vertically near the top section of the > road as it descends and turns. > > The observation of more frequent lights near sunset > and sunrise could be commute traffic. > > This critique does not imply that the Marfa Lights are > not real. It does mean that the Marfa observations > are a mix of "real" and human activity. One has to be > very careful in interpreting which are which if the > phenomenon is ever to be understood. From your > description it appears you may have also seen some > "real" ones. Best to focus on those! Good luck! > > M. Adams > > --- Robertson Harpsichords > <tsrobert@...> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > mysterylights-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ >