There are places all around the world that experience mysterious lights. From Marfa, Texas to the Hessdalen valley in Norway to Thailand, some so regularly that entire festivals are held around them.

The indigenous Apache refer to the Marfa Lights as Alsate’s Ghost, named for the Apache chief who had been killed by the Mexican army near Ojinaga, a little more than 60 miles to the south ...

For more than 135 years, people have reported strange lights above the horizon in Marfa, Texas. No-one knows exactly what they are, and that’s what makes them so captivating. Video by Eliot Stein.