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Mysterious glowing red lights spotted in skies over West Texas

An unusual weather phenomenon caused the skies over Midland, Texas, to glow with a weird red light Tuesday night, similar to this shot of a sunset. Photo: Pixabay

Residents in West Texas noticed mysterious glowing red lights in the skies over Midland Tuesday night.

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People started calling into news stations reporting the unusual occurrence.

Many of you have spotted mysterious lights in the sky tonight. The National Weather Service tells us its due to light...

Posted by CBS7 News on Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Turns out the odd lights were an unusual weather phenomenon.

Light from gas flares in the area refracted off ice crystals in the clouds causing the weird red lights, according to the National Weather Service in Midland.

HAVE YOU SEEN THESE?? There's some strange lights over Midland and no one seems to know what they are. Did you get a picture? Photo cred: Angel Davis

Posted by NewsWest 9 on Tuesday, January 8, 2019
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