Michigan Tech students trace the Paulding Light to US-45 headlights

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Night photo of the Paulding Light near Paulding, Michigan
The Paulding Light, which Michigan Tech students traced to headlights on US-45 Flivver 99 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Michigan Tech students in the university's SPIE chapter reported that the Paulding Light, a long-reported mystery light in the Upper Peninsula, is vehicle headlights on US-45. A telescope showed cars, and logged traffic times matched the sightings.

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  1. FirsthandJust in time for Halloween: Michigan Tech Students Solve the Mystery of the Paulding Light (opens in a new tab)Michigan Technological University / 2010-10-28

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