OF THE
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Last night at around midnight, our power dimmed, and a brilliant orange flash lit up the whole sky. This happened about 3 times within the next 2 minutes, during which the color shifted to a greener color. Then 4 hours later it happened again, only this time appeared to be moving down our street. The light, as described from a fellow New Yorker in Rochester, seemed to connect the sky to the ground. About 6 other people on my street have seen it, and two other people i know of about a half mile away saw it.
Comment: Yes, the chinese lantern excuse is really getting star billing these days. Even mores so than Venus and the ever favorite "swamp gas".