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Originally Posted by GeorgieB
Sam5 asked about the "speed" of the light that I saw move off.
I should have qualified that statement about the perceived speed. It's almost impossible to determine the speed of anything without any visible, stationary reference, and that goes double at night. I have no idea about the speed. CalamityJaimie claimed she saw the lights "bounce up and down", I didn't. And, we had nothing to drink beforehand. 
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Georgie,
Thanks for all the information and the links. I always wanted to see the lights but I never had time to stop off in Marfa.
It looks to me like many of the photos in these links are time exposures, which would make a point light source look like big round blob. The long streaks are time exposures too.
I’ll try to go out in my yard tonight and see if I can take some time exposures of lights I see that are about 10-25 miles away. The ones I see are house lights and yard lights on ranches in the distance. They are always there and never move.
What you said about the soil is interesting. If there is mica in the soil or other types of reflective sand or minerals, that might cause some odd effects from reflected car lights.
The color of the 1888 lights would be important to know. If they were orange, they were firelights. If they were blue or other colors, I don’t know what they were.
http://www.astronomycafe.net/weird/lights/marfa21.htm
http://www.gazeraids.com/marfalights/MarfaMap.jpg
http://www.nightorbs.net/Mystery_Lights.htm
http://www.nightorbs.net/MysteryLites2.htm