Lasure’s full story is posted online here.
Sara Lasure on Channel 5 is live now — did a great job with an odd story.
The newsroom line has apparently been hot, with callers saying they saw the lights, too. Sara says some Winslow residents report seeing the bright lights on the night in question. Trouble is, everybody’s brave when you’re on the phone and anonymous. Heh.
Sara says she talked with the Commander of the 188th Fighter Wing, Kevin Wear. He thinks the lights were A-10s firing something called “suspended flares” over Razorback Range on the night in question.
Bob Moody was interviewed — he’s the resident expert on all things astronomical in these parts.
I’m thinking chiropractors are gonna make some bucks here in the next couple of weeks — what with all the necks craning to see strraaaaanggge lites in thuh skyyyyyy. Heh.
tracyplaces 
Does Bob Moody have some connection to Waldron? Rings a bell …
Prolly so. He’s the resident stars guru. Doesn’t Waldron or Mansfield or summers’ have an observatory? Seems like…
I took meds to prevent last night’s stay awake to cough experience. Methinks I’ll sleeeeeep vewy vewy well. Hate I’m missin the State of the Union and Da Bears/Saints replay. Either way, ya know how it’ll turn out. So I think I’ll drift off into peaceful slumber.
Twenty years ago this summer I wrote a story for the SWTR about a small observatory a guy put in at Waldron in honor of his son who had died, or something like that …
Now that’s weird, ER. Talk about a small, small world. I probably lived in Little Rock or Meridian, Mississippi then. Ah, Meridian. Friendly, Festive, Unforgettable.
I just got video of the event tonight:
http://www.realclearwx.com/lightsnsky.htm
Great work, Brian! Thanks for posting!
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The Arkansas Oklahoma Astronomical Society (AOAS) named its observatory after Doug Coleman, a founding member of AOAS and probably the best pilot the 188th ever had… possibly the best in the ANG at that time. Doug lost his life in an F4 crash near Waldron AR back in 1985 and I belive the original Coleman Observatory was located on a mountaintop not far from the crash site. It is now located just outside Van Buren.
That’s pretty cool, Al. Thanks for stopping by!
We have had some fine pilots in the 188th, huh?