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850700
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Speer, Ed, (Wade Edward)
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The Brown Mountain lights : : history, science and human nature explain an Appalachian mystery /\ Wade Edward Speer.
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| Publication Statement
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Jefferson, North Carolina :: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,, [2017]
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| Series Statement
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Contributions to southern Appalachian studies ;; 40
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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1476626200
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: 9781476626208
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1476666768
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9781476666761
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments ; Preface ; Introduction ; 1. The Research Team, Methods Used and Data Collected; 2. Historical Overview of the BML Phenomenon ; 3. Lack of Sightings Before Electricity ; 4. Legends, Myths and Folklore ; 5. First Sightings and Birth of the Legend ; 6. The Events of 1916
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13. Ghosts, Aliens, Spirits and UFOs14. Pseudoscientific Explanations ; 15. Possibly Misidentified Natural Lights ; 16. Possibly Misidentified Man-Made Lights; 17. Staged Light Tests ; 18. Appalachian State University Nightly Cameras; 19. Morphing of the Legend ; 20. Unclassified Lights; 21. Reality or Delusion ; Concluding Remarks
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7. Government Investigations: 1913, 1919 and 1922 8. Early Photographers of the Lights ; 9. Paul Rose's 1962 Tower on Brown Mountain ; 10. Ralph Lael's 1962 Alleged Alien Encounters ; 11. Other Scientific Investigations, 1915-2011 ; 12. Lack of BML Sightings from the South and East
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Appendix A. BML Research by the Author Appendix B. Light Sighting Report Form and Annotated Panoramas; Appendix C. Annotated Chronological List of Selected References; Bibliography and List of References ; Index
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| Abstract
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"Mysterious nighttime lights near Brown Mountain in North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest have intrigued locals and visitors for more than a century. The result of a three year investigation, this book identifies both manmade and natural light sources--including some unexpected ones--behind North Carolina's most famous ghost story"--
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Curiosities and wonders-- North Carolina-- Burke County.
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Legends-- North Carolina-- Burke County.
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Optical illusions-- North Carolina-- Burke County.
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Curiosities and wonders.
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HISTORY-- United States-- State Local-- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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Legends.
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Optical illusions.
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Travel.
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Burke County (N.C.), Description and travel.
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Pisgah National Forest (N.C.), Description and travel.
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North Carolina, Burke County.
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North Carolina, Pisgah National Forest.
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| Dewey Classification
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975.6/85
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| LC Classification
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F262.B96S68 2017eb
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