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A light mystery to Scientists

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By Michael Ankomah AsimengPublished 2 years ago 5 min read

These days, we reach the bottom of the ocean and scale the highest peaks; we find exoplanets thousands of light years distant. We research quantum physics and develop quantum computers, yet for some reason, we still don't understand these odd lights in the sky. Some of them are large-scale, some are still mysterious, and some may lead to unexpected discoveries.

Misrepresentations let’s start with the most enigmatic burning balls. For several generations, people have seen blue, white, yellow, and other lights that suddenly appear out of nowhere in the middle of the night and flicker before splitting into two parts and taking off into the sky. These lights are regularly seen close to the town of Marfa in West Texas. Scientists have verified that these lights exist; nevertheless, they still need to explain what kind of light they are. It was a local shepherd who first saw the lights.

The shepherd first believed that the Marfa lights in 1883 were caused by Apache fires. However, after hearing from neighbours who had also seen the mysterious lights, they all decided to verify the Apache theory, which proved to be false because there was no evidence of a fire where the lights had been flying above. Later, in the 1940s, pilots from the closest Midland Airfield saw the Marfa lights.

More people saw the strange lights, and many of them were certain that the lights had been some ships of an extraterrestrial civilization; others claimed that those were the souls of wandering spirits, but scientific theories seemed far more plausible. They also wanted to discover the mystery behind this phenomenon, but they were unable to do so. After doing their own study, a group of physics students discovered that the lights were the headlights of passing cars on the closest highway.

You can see the same visual effect in the ocean when it appears to you that a ship is floating in the air on the horizon. However, if these lights are headlights and an optical illusion, why do people only see them a few times a year? Okay, some lights do look like headlights, but what about those that take off into the sky and change their colours?

Another theory on the origin of the light claims that they resemble swamp lights, which are enigmatic bright balls. Rising into the sky in the middle of the night, organic materials like fallen trees and twigs degrade in moist environments and release phosphine and methane gases when they come into contact with oxygen. However, West Texas lacks any such moist areas where this gas could originate.

The Marfa lights are thought to be caused by an unusual electric charge, according to aerospace engineer James Bnell. Scientists have not yet confirmed this theory, but there are abundant natural gas and oil reserves in this area, all of which have the potential to contain methane and phosphine. Under pressure, solid materials like minerals and other crystals produce electricity. This subterranean energy manifests as multicoloured lights, but the scientist was unable to validate his idea. Marites are still a mystery; perhaps you can answer it.

People in the City of Hesdin, Norway, are taken aback by the other lights. Assign Unlike other comparable phenomena, lights can frequently be seen in the night sky, and naturally, many people have captured them on camera.

Holin lights first appeared between 1981 and 1984, and now people see them between 10 and 20 times a year. These enormous balls float in the air, pulse, flash, and move very quickly. They can also hang in the air for a few seconds to several hours, and despite the fact that people have captured them on camera numerous times, scientists are still unable to fully understand them.

Alternative Energy There are now a number of ideas regarding these lights. Scientists hypothesise that the balls arise from the burning of dust clouds containing scandium, a light silver metal found in large concentrations in the valley where people report seeing bright and luminous spots. This is a complex scientific hypothesis that hasn't been confirmed. Scientists need a lot of funding to study lights can encourage a technological leap in light-based technologies. Another theory claims that the balls are the result of the accumulation of macroscopic crystals in the dust plasma. This plasma is formed when air is ionised and blah blah blah.

A surge in light-based technologies can be sparked by holes and lights. In 1997, some of the most well-known lights in history emerged in Phoenix, Arizona, and tens of thousands of people witnessed two odd events there: a massive soaring triangle at around 8:00 p.m. About two hours later, people noticed lights hovering in the sky. These lights didn't form a triangle; instead, they moved freely and burned brightly like lightening. A number of lights appeared in the sky lined up in a triangle, flew through Phoenix in an even formation, and vanished far into the sky.

People in Phoenix were alarmed, so they called the police and reported strange lights. Many were certain that these were alien spacecraft, but the explanation quickly emerged: in the first incident, people saw multiple planes lined up in a triangle, which flew over Phoenix and landed at a nearby air base. In the second, aircraft exercises involved the dropping of glowing rockets from multiple planes, which landed on tiny parachutes and burned in the air before disappearing behind a mountain range. This was a reasonable explanation, but after nearly ten years, an odd event happened.

Hundreds of concerned citizens sent messages to the Phoenix police station on April 21, 2008, reporting seeing strange lights in the sky. Four bright balls hovered over the city, changing shape from triangle to rectangle before disappearing one by one. The police contacted the closest airfield, but they were told that the radar had not seen any objects in the sky; if those had been tangible objects, the radar devices would have shown them. The police had no explanation, and the air traffic controllers were also clueless about what was going on. The case created a lot of societal stir, with many remembering the phenomenon from a decade earlier and making similar claims believe the ships were alien spacecraft.

Many of the witnesses to the lights at the time rejected this account and insisted that the enigmatic balls were alien in origin, but they were mistaken. Third, the time of the burning signal rockets burned for about 20 minutes before one of those lights faded, the second burned down for another minute, and the last one went out about 20 to 30 minutes after the first fire was started. Radars would have noticed something if objects with a metal surface had been flying there, but light balloons and flares were too small to be detected by Radars.

Witnesses noted that the man who admitted to organising had a neighbour who lived there for the same amount of time. The neighbour claimed to have witnessed him burning flares at approximately 8:00 p.m., which coincided with the beginning of the police calls. This concludes our discussion for today. If you satisfy your curiosity, please like and share the video with your friends. If you'd like to see more, click on these videos and remember to be positive. Phoenix Lights have emerged as a prime illustration of how simple it is to trick people and create a commotion.

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Michael Ankomah Asimeng

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