Photos shared online recently showed what were described as mysterious pillars of light illuminating a Japanese town. More Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images The Pentagon has said that many of the ...

Nine mysterious pillars of light recently appeared in the night sky over the port of Mikuriya, in the city of Daisen, Japan.

The lights appeared to float over the Sea of Japan (Picture: @totoro8201) Locals in a small coastal town were baffled to see nine pillars of light appearing in the night sky above the ocean.

Fantastic Pillars of light observed off the coast of Japan. And no, it is not the mothership trying to land. Here is why it is important for you to know your physics, or at least a few fact in physics ...

Photo of the mysterious floating light above Jeju City, South Korea. Light pillars are optical atmospheric phenomena formed by tiny crystals of ice. Photo of the mysterious floating light above ...