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.