Very lights
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Very lights, anti-aircraft shells flashed brightly above them.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Twenty-five minutes after the attack began, green Very lights arched over the crest.
From Time Magazine Archive
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They said it bugge or even bwg, but then they were more afraid of specters in those days than we, who imprison will-o'-the-wisps in Very lights, and rub fox-fire on our watch faces.
From Edge of the Jungle by Beebe, William
As he spoke, three green Very lights came from the cockpit of the plane.
From Astounding Stories, February, 1931 by Bates, Harry
Almost immediately red Very lights went up within a stone's-throw as it seemed to me.
From Pushed and the Return Push by Nichols, George Herbert Fosdike