Talk:Brown Mountain lights

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Could not be light refractions due to the existance of the lights before the common use of electricity. An episode of unsolved mysteries that aired a segment on the Brown Mtn lights debunked the candlewatt reflection experiment in 1977.

There is also an excellent source to ellaborate on this article:

http://www.ibiblio.org/ghosts/bmtn_p2.html

This article appears biased towards LEMUR research. The referenced Electric Spacecraft is not a respected journal (http://www.electricspacecraft.com/journal.htm) but closer to a hobbyist publication. The explaination of intersecting "discharges" spinning in the visible spectrum makes no sense at all. Plasma discharges are a viable explaination -- IEEE Spectrum has an article describing lights caused by electrical discharges creating plasma before earthquakes. However, this article's description is incomplete and confusing.

I have referenced LEMUR's material as claims rather than fact. LuckyLouie 00:47, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I've taken first steps to correct this, but more work is needed. Is "Electric Space Craft" even peer-reviewed? LEMUR does ghost hunting and is a commercial group. A couple years ago they were selling the video they claimed to have taken of the lights. None of these things means they're not doing good science, but I think it suggests they have a high burden to show that they are doing good science. Allen 17:57, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

There is also a burden of finding a solid source for finding information concerning BML. I think there too many alternate sources that may be less than reputable. I originally posted the first entry in discussion being my first foray into the world of Wikki. It pleased me to see a timely revision.

I suggest looking into the entry for Joshua P. Warren. (a) He's a self-proclaimed "scientist. (b) There is much of what appears to be pseudoscience being claimed as fact. LuckyLouie 08:19, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]