Talk:Marfa lights

message: This might be a insignificant question to some people, but I'm wondering. Since the phenomenon is commonly known as the "Marfa Lights" why isn't this page there? Wikipedia allows plurals if they are appropriate to the subject. In my opinion the redirect should be heading the other way around. Mgm|(talk) 15:24, Oct 9, 2004 (UTC)
I agree.  "Marfa Light" sounds awkward.  –Floorsheim 21:27, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: I don't understand how the UT Dallas team concluded that these Marfa Lights were car headlights.  I just saw the Marfa Lights this week and while I am sure there is a natural explanation for these lights, I don't agree with the car headlights theory.  I am naturally a skeptic and don't go for the conspiracy theories but there are some things that I don't see mentioned on this page.
Question - If the Marfa Lights are car headlights then why are tail lights from cars never seen?  I never once saw a set of tail lights. 
Question - If the Marfa Lights are car headlights then why do the lights sometimes travel in one direction and then reverse their direction with quite a bit of speed? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mozzer30 (talk • contribs) 06:01, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Car Headlights Theory 

message: The latest Skeptoid podcast covered the Marfa lights...  the podcast said that the 2004 SPS study concluded that the car lights were distorted due to a Fata Morgana mirage...  I can't find any mention of this in the SPS report though...    If anyone can find a reliable source for this, it would be good to add.  --Interiot 00:30, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Fata Morgana (mirage)]]? 

message: What exactly is all that nightorbs website advertising doing in the article? Seems rather PoVish to me anyway.84.57.160.189 (talk) 22:38, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  nightorbs.net 

message: Considering the location, why haven't any skeptics considered the possibility that the lights are flashlights held by illegal migrants? 173.12.172.149 (talk) 03:18, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Immigrant flashlights? 

message: Recent revisions have fundamentally changed the article, resulting in an essay-like structure, containing what appears to be original research (most particularly in the 'Explanations' section). This will clearly need rectification. Please note that this is also being discussed at Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard#Marfa Lights. AndyTheGrump (talk) 14:30, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original research and essay-like structure 

message: Nobody citing spiritual connection, foo-fighters or different views.
What a lame explanation. When science tries to play God it fails in plain view. --81.37.41.177 (talk) 19:01, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: are you serious? what a lame fringe theory. if you have a problem with the article, edit it, it is not locked. see if you get reverted --84.60.141.136 (talk) 19:28, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Astronomical? carlights? Foolish science claims

message: I edited the section, so that it actually reflects the study it is citing, as I think that the fact that the study in question mentions to not have observed any Marfa lights is significant. The way it was phrased before implied that the study did observe what is known as Marfa Lights, but attributed them to cars or other light sources, which was not the case at all.
In fact the study even refers to another observation that caught 40 incidents of Marfa Lights on video, so contrary to the implications of the earlier version of the section, the cited study and it's authors in no way dispute the existence of the Marfa Lights or the fact that they are not car lights. 
Please make sure your contributions are accurately reflecting the source if and when editing this section further (and hopefully people could just do that in general...) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.135.87.119 (talk) 20:00, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The text, as it is, is very clearly referring to "a number of lights that "could have been mistaken for lights of unknown origin"". No modification/interpretation is needed. - - LuckyLouie (talk) 20:26, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Section about spectroscopic analysis changed to reflect source

message: The country singer Miranda Lambert mentions the Marfa Lights in her song “In his Arms”, from the album “Palomino”, and also on the album “The Marfa Tapes” with Jack Ingram and Jon Randall. 2003:F9:8F04:AF6E:30DC:B4E3:C3AD:AB8B (talk) 07:06, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marfa lights in pop culture