The Most Outrageous U.S. Conspiracy Theories

Brown Mountain Lights

"It was something out there. It came on and went back off virtually instantly four times over several minutes," one of the scientists said. "We've eliminated all the things that are likely man-made natural sources, so we're left with no real explanation other than it's whatever the lights might actually be."

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