Unusual White Flashes in the sky over East England-Anyone Noticed?

Avid · 10-31-2008, 12:23 PM

Could be rockets - it's almost November 5th - they flare the clouds rhythmically?

Swanny · 11-01-2008, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Avid

Could be rockets - it's almost November 5th - they flare the clouds rhythmically?

Loads of fireworks going off round here at the mo

eurosceptic · 11-01-2008, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Swanny

Loads of fireworks going off round here at the mo

haha! mmm! definitely not rockets!

Humble Janitor · 11-01-2008, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Avid

Could be rockets - it's almost November 5th - they flare the clouds rhythmically?

A Guy Fawkes Day celebration started early over there?

JoshG_528hz · 11-01-2008, 11:09 PM

Last night (around midnight eastern time), i walked outside for a cigarette and all of the sudden everything lit up like a flash of lightning, but no thunder. It was a bright blue-white color like a giant camera flash. I was kind of suprised to look at the sky and see that is was a clear night, no clouds in sight. This was the first time a saw anything like that. For a few minutes I was looking around for an explination but got nothing. This was kind of odd to me, but it was nice to come to the forum today and the first thing i saw was this thread. By the way, I'm nowhere close to East England. I'm in Michigan, a few miles west of Detroit. I've got no explination, hopefully somebody else does...

keep on keepin' on

AndyH · 11-04-2008, 01:17 PM

Just an update on this:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/04/taurid_meteors/

The taurids are meant to be especially spectacular this year, supposedly some will be fireballs rather than just shooting stars. This could explain the flashes, the 5th Nov is meant to be the best night to view them.

10-31-2008, 12:23 PM	#1
Avid Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 660	Re: Unusual White Flashes in the sky over East England-Anyone Noticed? Could be rockets - it's almost November 5th - they flare the clouds rhythmically?

11-01-2008, 11:09 PM	#5
JoshG_528hz Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 33	Re: Unusual White Flashes in the sky over East England-Anyone Noticed? Last night (around midnight eastern time), i walked outside for a cigarette and all of the sudden everything lit up like a flash of lightning, but no thunder. It was a bright blue-white color like a giant camera flash. I was kind of suprised to look at the sky and see that is was a clear night, no clouds in sight. This was the first time a saw anything like that. For a few minutes I was looking around for an explination but got nothing. This was kind of odd to me, but it was nice to come to the forum today and the first thing i saw was this thread. By the way, I'm nowhere close to East England. I'm in Michigan, a few miles west of Detroit. I've got no explination, hopefully somebody else does... keep on keepin' on

11-04-2008, 01:17 PM	#6
AndyH Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ireland Posts: 289	Re: Unusual White Flashes in the sky over East England-Anyone Noticed? Just an update on this: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/04/taurid_meteors/ The taurids are meant to be especially spectacular this year, supposedly some will be fireballs rather than just shooting stars. This could explain the flashes, the 5th Nov is meant to be the best night to view them.