Herkimer Jitty wrote:

Some people think they're sensors, some think they're skylights, some think they're cargo bay doors.
Those are the most common explanations I've seen, at any rate.
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Agreed... I've had the same thoughts.
Then there are the 3 little windows on the lower aft quarters on the sauce... Probably windows.
Cary L. Brown wrote:

All they "really" are are three lighted pieces of plexiglass and one painted rectangular spot, evidently intended to resemble the backlit pieces.
Since this is the same technique used for windows, I treat them as windows. Here's how that looks...

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Really? You didn't know he was talking about in universe when you posted that they were plexi-glass?