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Two bright flashes and noises near Bailey's Crossroads on Sun Jan4th ~4:00am
Posted by: Kurt ()
Date: January 05, 2015 10:19AM

http://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/2raejb/two_bright_flashes_near_baileys_crossroads/

Reports of two very bright flashes lighting up the night sky, and noises (some "boomy", some metallic scraping). Anyone here see or hear anything?

Where's that "Aliens!" guy from the History Channel? I bet he could explain this.

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Re: Two bright flashes and noises near Bailey's Crossroads on Sun Jan4th ~4:00am
Posted by: Here's your explantion... ()
Date: January 05, 2015 10:23AM

There are a lot of people who freak every time their small and declining mental powers leave them without an explanation for something that is invariably pedestrian and ordinary.

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Re: Two bright flashes and noises near Bailey's Crossroads on Sun Jan4th ~4:00am
Posted by: Kurt ()
Date: January 05, 2015 10:43AM

Yep, that's the norm.

So far I haven't heard anyone freak out about this though.

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Re: Two bright flashes and noises near Bailey's Crossroads on Sun Jan4th ~4:00am
Posted by: Plasma ()
Date: January 05, 2015 02:36PM

Probably just a blue ball of plasma from power lines arching due to branches shorting across the lines or some other power line related fault.

You will see the light before you will hear the buzzing or arching unless the problem is on top of you.

After arching for a bit usually the line circuit breakers blow and sound like a shotgun blast then everything quiets down.

Happens all the time in wind and ice storms, nothing unusual about it.

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Re: Two bright flashes and noises near Bailey's Crossroads on Sun Jan4th ~4:00am
Posted by: Not saying it was aliens but... ()
Date: January 05, 2015 02:42PM

Plasma Wrote:
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> Probably just a blue ball of plasma from power
> lines arching due to branches shorting across the
> lines or some other power line related fault.
>
> You will see the light before you will hear the
> buzzing or arching unless the problem is on top of
> you.
>
> After arching for a bit usually the line circuit
> breakers blow and sound like a shotgun blast then
> everything quiets down.
>
> Happens all the time in wind and ice storms,
> nothing unusual about it.


^ This.

Or the Pentagon testing a small air-burst nuclear pulse weapon.

Or aliens.

One of those.

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Re: Two bright flashes and noises near Bailey's Crossroads on Sun Jan4th ~4:00am
Posted by: Optimus The Prime ()
Date: January 05, 2015 02:44PM

It was a transformer blowing up

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Re: Two bright flashes and noises near Bailey's Crossroads on Sun Jan4th ~4:00am
Posted by: Local Contractor. ()
Date: January 05, 2015 03:22PM

Local contractor doing his thing.

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Re: Two bright flashes and noises near Bailey's Crossroads on Sun Jan4th ~4:00am
Posted by: sounds squirrely ()
Date: January 05, 2015 03:24PM

Squirrel + transformer? Just a guess.

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Re: Two bright flashes and noises near Bailey's Crossroads on Sun Jan4th ~4:00am
Posted by: Firrrrrre Balls ()
Date: January 05, 2015 04:00PM

Report a fireball

http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/fireball/browse_reports/

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Re: Two bright flashes and noises near Bailey's Crossroads on Sun Jan4th ~4:00am
Posted by: Firrrrrre Balls ()
Date: January 05, 2015 04:02PM

http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/fireball/view_fireball/?fireball_id=62163

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Re: Two bright flashes and noises near Bailey's Crossroads on Sun Jan4th ~4:00am
Posted by: Durf37282638 ()
Date: January 05, 2015 06:06PM

There is a local contractor that kills off his illegal laborers at the end off the job to avoid paying them. He probably used hand grenades as his weapon this time.

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