I’ll first link the 1985 gov study paper on this. It’s a national medicine doc from the old days. Published on a few journal sites. 2nd link is the document in full. **Authors:** Michael A. Persinger and John S. Derr **Publication:** *Perceptual and Motor Skills*, 1985 **Core Finding:** A strong temporal correlation (r = 0.80) existed in 1967 between monthly UFO reports and local earthquake magnitudes within 150 km of the Uinta Basin. **Hypothesis:** Strain fields in the earth's crust shift a...

The book Earthlights by Paul Devereux explains how tectonic activity, which is particularly considerable near fault lines, can produce EM fields in the surrounding environment. These are typically created by rock/minerals under tremendous stress, and in fact, certain minerals such as quartz have even been found to produce luminous phenomena under such conditions. Similar lights have been reported far back into antiquity. Strange balls of light, referred to in folklore as ghost lights, fairy l...