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 ...

The recent appearance of pillars of light in the skies over Japan sparked some to fear an alien invasion. Here’s what they really were and what caused them. Light sources can be natural ...

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.

As per Maashii, this occurrence is known in Japan as “Isaribi Kochu”, Hint Pot reported. The term “Isaribi Kochu” literally translates into “fish-attracting light pillars”. It happens ...

Pillars of light were observed near Daisen, a coastal town in Japan. These light pillars are caused by an atmospheric optical phenomenon in which a vertical beam of light appears to extend above ...