Phenomena

Spooklight

Meteorology

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General Reference

Earth and Environment Atlas. "Spooklight." Accessed September 9, 2026. https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/phenomena/spooklight.

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Earth and Environment Atlas. (n.d.). Spooklight. Retrieved September 9, 2026, from https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/phenomena/spooklight

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@misc{earthandenvironmentatlas-spooklight,
  author = {Earth and Environment Atlas},
  title = {Spooklight},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/phenomena/spooklight},
  note = {Accessed September 9, 2026}
}

The Spooklight is an atmospheric ghost light reported on the border between southwestern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma, a few miles west of the small town of Hornet, Missouri. Investigation has attributed the light to the misidentification of distant car headlights.

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