Never Saw the Light
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Post by Never Saw the Light on Aug 14, 2010 1:22:34 GMT -6
OK, so I've never seen the lights, I've never been to Paulding. I do think it's a little odd that people are looking toward a road and reporting seeing lights, but of course there might be something else to it. The reason I'm writing this is regarding stars. Yes there are blue stars (though they are not called supernovas, Supernovas are stars that have exploded) there are red stars and yellow stars and white stars. But the stars natural color is NOT necessarily the color we see on the ground. A few points. As light travels across vast distances of space, it loses energy. Since light always travels at the same speed (in a vacuum) this loss of energy cannot cause the wave front to slow down, what it does instead is called "red-shift." So for example, a blue star's light can shift toward the red side of the spectrum (to appear yellow) simply by being very far away. Point 2, stars move. Since the universe is expanding, that means most of the stars that we see are actually moving (relatively) away from us. Like the Doppler effect with sound (where the frequency shifts to lower tones) the light from these ultra distant stars will shift even more toward the red. Point 3. Our atmosphere changes density as you travel through it, both vertically and horizontally. As the light passes through a dense substance, the light bends (like looking at a straw in water). Because our atmosphere is dynamic, light travels through varying shifting densities. The more chaotic (windy) the atmosphere is, the more stars appear to twinkle (wind moves in different directions at different altitudes). Point 4. Our atmosphere is made of particles that can absorb, reflect, and refract light. This can cause stars to appear to be a different color than they actually are and even shift in color as the dynamic atmosphere moves those particles around. This is a brief introduction to light.
Now my hypotheses on the Paulding light. Having never seen it, the most obvious thing would be the headlights. But assuming it's not, what could cause the light? Perhaps the location is at the exact right point on the earth with the exact right geographical features for the sun to reflect off the atmosphere long after it has set. Perhaps its a form or Aurora, that is, the magnetic fields of the earth do just the right thing at this point to pull solar wind down to the ground (friction with the atmosphere would cause it to glow). and the viewers are at just the right angle to see it. Maybe someone lives down the way and it's their porch light that they leave on for their dogs. Or maybe it's a ghost...
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I just witnessed this 'mysterious Paulding light' this past Friday night July 9th/ early Saturday morning July 10th.. from approximately 11:55 pm to 12:10 am ........... A man who said he went to H.S. in the area and looked to be around 50 told me what I was seeing was the Paulding light (never said it was cars) .. He said he saw it when he was in H.S. ... Well what I remember seeing basically was a small dark red light that was about the size of an average star in the sky and after 8 - 9 minutes or so it got white and after a couple more minutes it got very bright white for about 30 seconds or so and then went back to its original white brightness. I understand there is a road back there but come on .. would you really think that this is only carlights in this super rural area ? It definitely was an eerie thing to see and I didn't want to get freaked out being by myself so I left and slept in my tent (well tried to sleep with all the animals around and hearing the wolves at night howling) - talk about an alive country ! It was the scariest night of my adult life but also very exciting and meaningful and eye opening ! 