Sixteen years after a group of mysterious lights were spotted by thousands throughout the Valley, theories still swirl about what was overhead.

Recently, ABC4 has received a number of phone calls and emails about UFOs and Scott may have found an answer as to what these strange light in the sky really are.

It is a phenomenon that has baffled residents and tourists for more than a century: mysterious lights spotted floating in the foothills of Brown Mountain in North Carolina.

Spooky lights in a night sky have left one Hamilton resident asking if there is something extra-terrestrial out there.