Case file · High strangeness

Dover Lights

From an overlook in the Ozark National Forest north of Dover, Arkansas, people report watching balls of light drift and split in the valley below.

1981 CE · 35.58, -93.07 · status: claim

The account

Legends tie them to Spanish miners killed while hiding gold, or to lost Civil War soldiers.

The sceptical view

Valley fog, distant headlights and campfires are the likely sources.

Sources

  1. KATV: The mystery of the Dover lights
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