Hi All,

In the world of stranger than strange, I was watching a show tonight about Virgin Mary sightings and when they discussed sightings in Zeitoun, Egypt in 1968 they mentioned that regional seismicity had increased and there were a number of sightings of earthquake lights as well.

In researching on the net looking for information regarding these earthquake lights events the most plentiful information actually was provided by several psychology sites of which I found the following short article. Dr. John Derr is a seismologist who is interested in earthquake lights and Dr. Persinger is a psychologist who also has a degree in geophysics. Persinger belives that people who see visions or apparitions, ufo's and the like are influenced by regional seismic behavior....Kind of interesting in an odd way....Petra

DERR JS; PERSINGER MA
Geophysical variables and behavior: LIV. Zeitoun (Egypt) apparitions of the Virgin Mary as tectonic strain-induced luminosities.
Percept Mot Skills. 1989 Feb. 68(1). P 123-8.
Temporal analyses were completed between the occurrence of intense displays of exotic luminous phenomena over a church in Zeitoun (Egypt) during the years 1968 through 1969 and regional seismicity. These phenomena, viewed by thousands of onlookers, began one year before an unprecedented increase (factor of 10) in seismic activity about 400 km to the southeast. Monthly analyses also demonstrated a moderate (0.56) correlation between increases in seismicity and the occurrence of luminous phenomena during the same or previous month. These results were interpreted as further support for the hypothesis that most anomalous (terrain-related) luminous phenomena are generated by factors associated with tectonic strain. Refs: 14.