Talk:Spooklight

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First of all this isn't a Missouri related entry so that needs to be changed. The lights are in Oklahoma, and OKLAHOMA only. They can not be seen from Missouri.

Secondly, we need a citation for the claim that the light was studied by the Army C of E. I've read this claim all over the internet but find it hard to beilieve that in corps was ever in the area to "study the light". Where would we find such records if they exist?

These things are all over the place, NOT just Missouri. Find them all over the planet. A few US locations are Marfa, Texas, Gurdon, Arkansas, Brown Mountain. Martial Law 20:50, 5 May 2006 (UTC) :)

[edit] Real People

Perhaps we should add a section detailing the involvement of the NBC TV show 'Real People' in the early 1980s. As I recall, they sent John Barbour and a camera crew out to document the light for an annual Halloween episode, although one website lists the episode as premiering on Dec. 2, 1982. Anchor Tony Beason and a support crew from NBC affiliate KYTV Channel 3 from Springfield, MO accompanied them. When the light actually appeared, the camera batteries for the NBC crew failed, but the KY3 cameras managed to capture the light. The resulting footage seemed to have quite an effect on the show's hosts. (As an aside, Beason got a kick out of how one of the cameramen from California totally freaked out when he found a tick on his arm. He had never seen one before!)

As for the theory that it is simply highway lights, it should be mentioned that accounts of the light date back well before the construction of the area's highways.