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15-12-2008, 06:17 AM
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| | | Re: Bright Blue Flashes In Our Skies
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Originally Posted by wildmanofthewoods  Just drove home along the m1 south at sheffield. 2.30am
Saw an amazing meteor bright white with a bluish tint
it came right over the car and seemed to be quite low down.
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You've reminded me that I saw something similar one evening about a week ago, took me by surprise when I saw it but since forgotten all about it!  The one I saw was quite low down too, was almost like someone had set a firework/rocket off from a garden. Have only just got around to looking it up and it seems to be from the Geminids meteor shower. (Just spent ages looking it up on Wiki, then came back here and saw Gess has already posted something about it <dohh!> )
Anyway, re. the blue flash thing BM, are you *sure* it's not from a railway - even if your nearest one is quite far away it still possible to see at night - flashes from them do seem to light up the whole sky. |
15-12-2008, 05:37 PM
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| | | Re: Bright Blue Flashes In Our Skies
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Originally Posted by cutecoot You've reminded me that I saw something similar one evening about a week ago, took me by surprise when I saw it but since forgotten all about it! The one I saw was quite low down too, was almost like someone had set a firework/rocket off from a garden. Have only just got around to looking it up and it seems to be from the Geminids meteor shower. (Just spent ages looking it up on Wiki, then came back here and saw Gess has already posted something about it <dohh!> )
Anyway, re. the blue flash thing BM, are you *sure* it's not from a railway - even if your nearest one is quite far away it still possible to see at night - flashes from them do seem to light up the whole sky. | At least you got to see it Cutecoot , the cloud cover here meant very poor visibility 
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15-12-2008, 06:17 PM
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| | | Re: Bright Blue Flashes In Our Skies
Lets see now, you're in Kent, it lit up the whole sky, it happened in early December...
Only one thing it could be - Sharon and Tracey over in Essex switching on their Christmas decorations! 
Dave P.
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16-12-2008, 10:28 AM
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| | | Re: Bright Blue Flashes In Our Skies
On Friday 5th December at about 4:30pm, we were travelling along the M61 near Preston, just after dusk, when a bright blue flash lit up the entire sky. Everyone in the car exclaimed "What was that?". (Or words to that effect  ).
It was as though someone had set off one of those industrial sized explosive fireworks, the whole sky went brighter than daylight.
There was only the one flash, it lasted for only a fraction of a second, and there was no noise.
The day had been overcast, but there were no thunder or lightning storms in our area either before or after the flash.
Everyone had their different opinions - Firework, Lightning, Electrical fault on the high voltage transmission lines... but none of these seemed to fully fit what had just been seen.
Nothing on the news that night, and googling on the internet just produces thousands of similar threads to this one, with no definitive answer - strange.
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Mike. |
16-12-2008, 11:10 AM
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| | | Re: Bright Blue Flashes In Our Skies
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Originally Posted by Lancashire Lad On Friday 5th December at about 4:30pm, we were travelling along the M61 near Preston, just after dusk, when a bright blue flash lit up the entire sky. Everyone in the car exclaimed "What was that?". (Or words to that effect ).
>>>snip<<<
Nothing on the news that night, and googling on the internet just produces thousands of similar threads to this one, with no definitive answer - strange.
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16-12-2008, 11:20 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Yorkshire ( Gods Country )
Posts: 1,217
| | | Re: Bright Blue Flashes In Our Skies
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Originally Posted by Lancashire Lad On Friday 5th December at about 4:30pm, we were travelling along the M61 near Preston, just after dusk, when a bright blue flash lit up the entire sky. Everyone in the car exclaimed "What was that?". (Or words to that effect ).
It was as though someone had set off one of those industrial sized explosive fireworks, the whole sky went brighter than daylight.
There was only the one flash, it lasted for only a fraction of a second, and there was no noise.
The day had been overcast, but there were no thunder or lightning storms in our area either before or after the flash.
Everyone had their different opinions - Firework, Lightning, Electrical fault on the high voltage transmission lines... but none of these seemed to fully fit what had just been seen.
Nothing on the news that night, and googling on the internet just produces thousands of similar threads to this one, with no definitive answer - strange.
Regards
Mike. |
I expect that your speeding ticket will be landing in the next few days. Those new cameras are really bright.
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16-12-2008, 11:31 AM
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| | | Re: Bright Blue Flashes In Our Skies
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Originally Posted by coasty I expect that your speeding ticket will be landing in the next few days. Those new cameras are really bright. | Hadn't thought of the snappers on the gantry
Mind you, if it was them - with a flash like that, I suspect that their film might be ever so slightly over exposed.
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16-12-2008, 12:01 PM
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| | | Re: Bright Blue Flashes In Our Skies
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Originally Posted by pressld2 Lets see now, you're in Kent, it lit up the whole sky, it happened in early December...
Only one thing it could be - Sharon and Tracey over in Essex switching on their Christmas decorations!
Dave P. | Typical Kent properganda. In Kent its more likely to be be Brenda in Chatham or Dave in Sheerness  | | | |
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