Flash
A momentary burst of light, too brief to carry structure.
2,257 entries on file
December 16, 2023 · 2:10 AM · FLASH
Tunkhannock, PA
As I was driving on Rt. 6 just west of Tunkhannock, PA, I saw a bright blue flash in the Eastern sky. I got on the 2-way radio and asked if anybody else saw it. I had a confirmation from a driver in Wysox, PA and another driver near Noxen, PA say they saw the same blue flash. It only lasted a split second but was bright enough to light up the whole eastern sky from northeastern PA. [NUFORC annotation: Lightning - Possible]
December 14, 2023 · 11:05 PM · FLASH
Batesville, IN
Clear sky, I was walking my dogs outside my lawn facing 300 see a (1)flash starting around 210 (30 angle going towards the horizon which was my tree line) thought it was a meteor at first but there was no trail. As I walk to the side of my house to get a clearer view of the sky (Orions belt left of the sky)facing 210 (60 angle) now I saw another seemingly instant (2)flash no trail white bright light curving almost like an S but more so elongated. The light disappeared I saw the beginning and the end. The end was about 75 angle. (3)Then it appeared back into the sky from my view left side of the orions belt starting below his legs curving around it and and up towards 80 angle then dissapearing also seeing the end. No trails for anything no means for propulsion seemingly appearing in one side of the sky out the other. Quiet night no noise. There was also a plane in the sky heading towards Cincinnati I believe and I heard a helicopter. Before I left to walk my dog I was in a call with my friend on my pc using discord. When I came back inside my pc was back in the Home Screen page wanting a password and disconnected from the call. And that wouldn’t have happened other than my computer losing power and coming back on. I have no screensaver settings or any previous electrical problems with my PC Could be coincidence but all that happening together seems odd this was an explanation for checked box for electrical/magnetic interferences.
December 6, 2023 · 11:50 PM · FLASH
Pearland, TX
I have spent the past couple years doing my meditation outside and (earthing /grounding to help deal with chronic pain and depression). About a year and a half back i started seeing in the night sky, flashes of light here and there mostly above 45 degrees. Some would but dim flashes some would be quite bright much brighter than jupiter or venus. sometimes while the flash was blooming it would collapse and be followed by a short streak of light. Or there would be several short flashes in a row then nothing again. or nonlinear flashes.. I am a ham radio operator and used to tracking satellites.. At first I was thinking some could be written off as iridium flares, other satellites rotating etc.. Maybe some kind of star explosions? But the flash streaks I couldn’t explain.. Back then I had no way to capture what I saw as my camcorder couldn’t really see stars very well unless zoomed way in and my cell phone doesn’t really see stars well either.. Too bad because back then I could almost set my watch by the sightings as they were very reliable.. I was fairly sure they weren't satellites as they happened pretty late at nite or at all hours at nite.. From 8:30pm to well after 3:00 am in the morning. So they would have to be really high orbit satellites and probably pretty large to put off that much light. Also most of these sightings all pretty much clustered around arcturus. Fast forward to current time, I recently aquired a nite vision monocular, inexpensive, but it sees the nite sky very well.. Not super high definition but quite well. So now I have a tool.. But the flashes in the sky have been almost nill. Or so I thought. So during my meditation time and stargazing periods, I would occasionally pull out the monocular and just scan the sky. On Dec 6 I saw my flashes again.. Only not in a visible spectrum.. Had my binoculars with me and verifies I could not see visibly with magnification. I hit record and recorded . The camera creates 3 min vids then starts another vid etc. so I got like 4 vids of the object totalling maybe 11-12 min. In the constellation of orion, just above and to the right of the orion nebula and slowly moving to the left.. Over that whole time period, I figured if I hold my hand at arms length, and hold up 1 finger, the object traveled basically the width of my finger or maybe 1 degree of arc.. So it was most likely in very high altitute or in space. The blinking was interesting to me as it was usually two dim flashes(pulses) followed by 1 really Bight flash(pulse), and kept repeating. Being in the IR range, I don’t think it would be nav lights of anything I am aware of other than possibly military. Or maybe some type of propulsion system? My IR can see in black and white or it also has a mode where some of the IR colors can be seen thus you can see some of the color in the nebula and the colors of the flasshes are like a dim yellow red orange and the bright flash is usually very white.. I uploaded the videos to my youtube channel to an unlisted channel not for widespread sharing at the moment, but for the purpose of reporting. Https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh1otXudAlzhyMGOdhNC6xajELwKDuNHQ&si=NeD2wfcSv6NBqOUt This is the Monocular used - ESSLNB Night Vision Monocular 5X40 Night Vision Infrared Monocular with 1.5" TFT LCD Take Photos and Videos Playback Function 16G TF Card Digital Night Vision Scopes. I did not use any zoom. I have worked in Aviation for about 12 years and am familiar with numerous aircraft and flight cgaracteristics.. I live in the flight path of a major airport and also familiar with aircraft flight characteristics on approach and take off and sounds etc.. As well as many of the different nav lights , landing lights etc. Im not an expert but quite familiar. I captured the object again on december 7or 8 a nite or two later in Orion near the nebula but moving up and to the right.. It was cloudy so only got one short vid which I may add to the youtube ones.
December 4, 2023 · 10:45 PM · FLASH
Corinth, NY
Looked up saw blink flash appear then it was gone
December 1, 2023 · 7:13 AM · FLASH
Probable conventionalKingfisher Close, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
I was out walking my dog and was looking up to the sky when I saw a flashing object moving erratically in a cloud, I watched it for 2 to 3 mins before I thought about getting my android phone out and recording what I was watching. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Probable]
November 17, 2023 · 10:34 PM · FLASH
Malang, EAST JAV · Indonesia
I don't know what i saw but i think it is strange. I was filming a night sky then i saw a strange moving object. I saw the video multiple times yet still don't know how to explain it. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
October 18, 2023 · 12:30 PM · FLASH
Corona, CA
I was driving my daughter home at approx 12:15 pm and saw what I thought were pigeons moving erratically in the sky. Upon focusing closer, I could see they were way too far up to be birds. I pulled over to observe- they were flashing and moving in the sky, about 15-20 of them. They did not look like drones. I called my husband who was at our home about three minutes away- he went outside and saw them as well and was confused as to what they might be. I first contacted a local news station who replied to my submission but that was all I heard from them. Then I posted to instagram to see if anyone could suggest what they were- people seemed just as confused as me. I posted to the Next Door app to see if anyone else saw it, not one person. I then called the Riverside Sheriff to see if they had info or anyone had reported it and they had no information. I have no explanation for what these are at this point and would be so grateful if you find out they are not UFO’s that you let me know as I am creeped out!!
October 17, 2023 · 7:50 PM · FLASH
Chester, NS · Canada
Same as above,, I edited my photo in stages by continuous screenshots by sharpening and reducing brightness,, screenshooting my improvements gives me the ability to use my iPhone 14 editing tools to a further degree,, iPhone processes photos like a picasso painting in low light
October 6, 2023 · 2:00 AM · FLASH
Madras, OR
Stepped outside pitch dark and I look to my North and I see these bright flashing lights blue red white yellow just blinking for a second I thought it was a plane so I looked up flights around the nearest plane was flying towards pdx plus it was flying by Salem at the moment around 2:15 not headed towards RDM I flashed a bright laser and it moved slowly up and stayed in that position. I checked to see if it was getting closer but it stayed In the same spot blinking brightly no sign of movement stayed looking till 3:00 and no change the same position
October 5, 2023 · 7:43 PM · FLASH
Probable conventionalGatlinburg, TN
we took pictures of the sky bridge and I saw some objects in the distance while the picture was taken I saw a huge flash and noticed three objects at the top shot straight up while one object at the far right shot straight ahead while a couple more objects was coming in the area of the others ufo which made a big flash and all the objects quickly disappeared. I reported this and no one got back to us on this. It was a clear night and could not see the objects with your eyes until the pictures were taken then I saw it all. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Probable]
September 28, 2023 · 4:23 AM · FLASH
Spokane, WA
Bogey! At approx 04:23hrs looking up at the cloudy early morning sky from behind Starbucks spot prior, mostly S - SW at a really bright appearing star or planet or other?¿ at a very very high altitude *checked with saved Earth Sky emails and not a thing jived for bright objects in the early morning sky in that direction, no known planets or stars mentioned. Will attempt of course to decipher at a later point in time. And huh, as I sat there and the broken, rolling cloud cover doing its thing and just below the bright object in the early morning sky, at a very very high altitude there all of a sudden! appeared a faint 'flit! flit! flit!' of a spark practically asking, "do you see moi?" and then of course cloud cover made it go bye bye. Wow! Ok...then from somewhere up high to my left dir. was in a mostly E heading a very familiar, distinct -flash!- not too far behind me to my left, and it was bright! Now! I whip my head around to the left not really knowing just what to expect next. Some more familiar flashes in a row? No. This early morning it was one softer, fuzzy almost and really bright -flash!- and finished.
September 23, 2023 · 5:30 AM · FLASH
Huntersville, NC
I am an Airline Pilot flying a Boeing 767 from Memphis, TN to Charlotte, NC. All month the same other Pilot and I have been witnessing strange lights in the sky. On this particular early morning, we had two more strange occurrences. The first happened at cruising altitude. I can’t recall if we were at 34000 or 36000 feet. We were scanning the skies because we have seen numerous strange light occurrences all week. They have always been small lights appearing and disappearing that seem to be in outer space. This one was different. Within 5-10 seconds, right as we were looking outside the left window of the aircraft cockpit, we both saw 3 separate very bright flashes of light in the same vicinity of each other that were bluish green in color. They flashed in sequential order then never reappeared. About 20 minutes later, on our descent into Charlotte, NC I saw a small white light from deep outer space that quickly flew towards my side of the cockpit on the right side until it appeared as a large white orb then vanished. It started as a small light like a shooting star, then within 3-5 seconds it was a large orb that felt like was within 5-10 miles from us. The orb was about the size of a basketball before it vanished. I was truly in awe of what I had just witnessed. The other Pilot did not see this orb as it happened so fast. What was really disturbing to me, is that I felt the orb could read my thoughts. Just prior to this happening, I was still trying to digest the previous 3 flashes of light on the left side of the airplane. I distinctly remember thinking to myself without speaking, asking whatever light phenomenon to show me sometimes definitive so I could rule out satellites, etc. Within a minute of me thinking this, the orb appeared. The other Pilot also told me he almost felt like these light phenomenon were reading our minds or telepathically communicating with us. I know this sounds absolutely insane, but it is what we experienced.