What are the Marfa lights?
RESPONSE A: This question is fairly easy to answer, but the answer frequently disappoints people, and especially people who have already been out there to see them and simply can’t believe that they’re capable of being fooled. Here’s more or less how I answer it, depending upon the way in which it was asked: In terms of empirical evidence (mine and others I trust), the Marfa Lights are vehicle traffic south of Marfa, mostly along highway 67 to Presidio. Especially over distances of tens of miles, these headlights are frequently greatly affected by terrain and changes in atmospheric density and are certainly not unique to this setting. Despite claims that the Marfa Lights were seen in pre-automobile times, the evidence for this has yet to be made manifest. (KM) RESPONSE B: While you may have overheard of been told directly that the Marfa Lights are a mysterious phenomenon which residents and visitors have observed in the Mitchell Flats area near Marfa for hundreds of years. Actually, th
