Dear Readers: Here’s a column that was first published in October of 2012.

Dear Johnnie: I was driving on Airport Road at 9:30 Monday morning when I noticed this beam in the sky coming from the mountains.

I pulled over to the airport and took these pictures. It vanished about a minute after I first saw it.

Do you know what this is? It was quite honestly one of the strangest things I have seen. Thank you. — Jennifer

Dear Jennifer: The first question our photo editor asked was: Are you sure this isn’t something on the lens?

But looking closely at both photos you sent, it clearly is a gray streak across the sky. (I included one of the photos here.)

Immediately, I wondered if this beam could be related to those mysterious lights in the eastern sky. So I sent your question to someone who

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