Editing Marfa lights (section)

==Overview==
[[File:marfa lights.png|thumb|The "Marfa Lights" label within this image shows where Marfa lights can be seen.]]
[[File:TXMap-doton-Marfa.PNG|thumb|[[Marfa, Texas]] is located at {{Coord|30|18|43|N|104|1|29|W}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web |date=2011-02-12 |title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html |accessdate=2011-04-23 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>]]According to Judith Brueske, the best place from which to view the lights is a widened shoulder on Highway 90 about nine miles east of [[Marfa, Texas|Marfa]]. The lights are most often reported as distant spots of brightness, distinguishable from ranch lights and automobile headlights on [[U.S. Route 67|Highway 67]] (between Marfa and [[Presidio, Texas|Presidio]], to the south) primarily by their aberrant movements."<ref name="Judith">{{Cite book |last=Brueske |first=Judith |title=The Marfa Lights |publisher=Ocotillo Enterprises |year=1989 |page=7}}</ref>

Robert and Judy Wagers define "Classic Marfa Lights" as being seen south-southwest of the Marfa Lights Viewing Center (MLVC). They define the left margin of the viewing area as being aligned along the Big Bend Telephone Company tower as viewed from the MLVC, and the right margin as [[Chinati Mountains|Chinati Peak]] as viewed from the MLVC.<ref name=Wagers>{{Cite book |last=Wagers |first=Robert |title=Mysteries of the Marfa Lights Revealed |publisher=R&J Books Unique |year=2012 |isbn=978-0988827127 |pages=75–79}}</ref>

Referring to the Marfa Lights View Park east of Marfa, James Bunnell describes Marfa lights as "orbs of light", which change in intensity and color, which can move or remain stationary, splitting or merging.<ref name="James">{{Cite book |last=Bunnell |first=James |title=Hunting Marfa Lights |publisher=Lacey Publishing Company |year=2009 |isbn=978-0970924940 |pages=14–15}}</ref> He describes the lights as being usually yellow-orange, but also occasionally other hues including green, blue, and red.<ref name="James" /> He states that they usually fly above desert vegetation but below mesas in the background.<ref name="James" />