Posted: March 7, 2009
Date: March 3, 2009
Time Approx: 9:30 p.m.
Number of witnesses: 2 or more.
Number of Objects: 1
Shape of Objects: Circular.
Full Description of Event/Sighting: This is to report a strange phenomena rather than an object. About 9:30 pm, a bright light lit up the sky for ~ 2 seconds. It was almost as bright as daylight. We expected some noise but did not hear any sound. As far away as St. Anthony the same "lightening" was reported. That is a distance of 400 miles (700 km from St. John's). Because of local cloud cover it has been widely interpreted as very bright lightening somewhere.
However, my son is a pilot and he was just leaving St. Anthony at the time. Because he was still in cloud, he saw only the flash. Other pilots above the clouds interrupted in very colorful language by asking "did you see that"?
Their description was: There was a large explosion of light, circular in shape with a black hole in the middle. It lasted only seconds. There was no noise. It was high in the sky. The light was seen over a distance of hundreds of miles by thousands of people. It was well above the clouds and only a few pilots above the clouds could see the shape of this phenomena.
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Comment: There have been several reports of "flashes of lights" in the sky in recent months. They have always been explained as transformers exploding or lightning, even when there are no clouds.
Could these sightings of flashes be similar to the one described by these pilots? If so, this would open up a lot of other possibilities - some even bordering on "science fiction."
Here are a few of the articles of sightings of flashes in the skies:
Canada: Strange Lights in the Sky
Canada: Surrey, British Columbia - Bright Light and Flashes of Light
Mysterious Sky Flashes Puzzle Pennsylvania Observers
US: 'Bright flash of light in sky' reports continue
US: Brilliant Blue Flash Spotted Over Indiana