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B737 captain reported a rejected takeoff after red runway lights illuminated as they advanced the power.

Attributes
ACN	1717025
Time
Date	202001
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 437
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types

Narrative:

I had just turned and lined up on the runway. Tower cleared us for takeoff. As I powered up; the red in runway lights illuminated. I brought the power back and stepped on the brakes. I told tower the red in runway lights were on; and they said to 'stand by.' they said they had a false target; and the red runway center lights went out. They then cleared us for takeoff. We departed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Captain reported a rejected takeoff after red runway lights illuminated as they advanced the power.

Narrative: I had just turned and lined up on the runway. Tower cleared us for takeoff. As I powered up; the red in runway lights illuminated. I brought the power back and stepped on the brakes. I told Tower the red in runway lights were on; and they said to 'Stand by.' They said they had a false target; and the red runway center lights went out. They then cleared us for takeoff. We departed.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.