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[fivechickens]

This picture was taken at 10pm last night. We had a storm come through about 20 minutes before. What is happening in the middle? That bright section. It’s not a cloud or lights from anything artificial and the house faces North (don’t know if that is relevant). the yellow glowing light is my lamp post.

So far the only answers I have gotten are ‘it’s aliens’.



 

[oregonpachey]

Is there a body of water in that direction?

[fivechickens]

Jul 21, 2019 15:16:07 GMT -5 oregonpachey said:

Is there a body of water in that direction?

Yes, probably. We have a lot of lakes in the area.

[knx9211]

I came to say it’s definitely aliens.

[cmeon]

Sheet lightning- it's lightning that stays within the cloud (doesn't branch towards earth or air).

[fivechickens]

Jul 21, 2019 16:10:07 GMT -5 cmeon said:

Sheet lightning- it's lightning that stays within the cloud (doesn't branch towards earth or air).

But it was like that for awhile, probably 10 minutes or more.

[fivechickens]

Jul 21, 2019 15:38:29 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Was it a flash or it just stayed like that? I’ve seen heat lightening look like that before but that would only be for a few seconds.

No. No flash.

[cmeon]

Jul 21, 2019 16:14:48 GMT -5 fivechickens said:

Jul 21, 2019 16:10:07 GMT -5 cmeon said:

Sheet lightning- it's lightning that stays within the cloud (doesn't branch towards earth or air).

But it was like that for awhile, probably 10 minutes or more.

That's interesting. I wish the picture was clearer- did anyone else in the area report anything?

[fivechickens]

Jul 21, 2019 16:16:03 GMT -5 cmeon said:

Jul 21, 2019 16:14:48 GMT -5 fivechickens said:

But it was like that for awhile, probably 10 minutes or more.

That's interesting. I wish the picture was clearer- did anyone else in the area report anything?

No other pictures. The neighbors I talked to about it didn’t notice it. My aunt did who lives about 40 minutes away.

[cmeon]

Jul 21, 2019 16:18:28 GMT -5 fivechickens said:

Jul 21, 2019 16:16:03 GMT -5 cmeon said:

That's interesting. I wish the picture was clearer- did anyone else in the area report anything?

No other pictures. The neighbors I talked to about it didn’t notice it. My aunt did who lives about 40 minutes away.

Hmm- are you positive there's no artificial lights out that way? Skyglow can be pretty dramatic in the right conditions. Maybe some sort of airglow?

[pierogigirl]

I know you said it's not clouds, but lenticular clouds looks like UFOs. Are you near a mountain? Apparently, they are more likely to form by a mountain. Full disclosure: I've never seen one in real life.

[VillainV]

Jul 21, 2019 16:54:45 GMT -5 pierogigirl said:

I know you said it's not clouds, but lenticular clouds looks like UFOs. Are you near a mountain? Apparently, they are more likely to form by a mountain. Full disclosure: I've never seen one in real life.

I have, and that kind of looks like one, except the part where it’s lit from below????

[samanthamkm]

I would send it to your local meteorologist and see what they might say. Our local ones will post pictures that people have taken and explain what is happening in the picture.

[fivechickens]

Jul 21, 2019 16:23:29 GMT -5 cmeon said:

Jul 21, 2019 16:18:28 GMT -5 fivechickens said:

No other pictures. The neighbors I talked to about it didn’t notice it. My aunt did who lives about 40 minutes away.

Hmm- are you positive there's no artificial lights out that way? Skyglow can be pretty dramatic in the right conditions. Maybe some sort of airglow?

We live near a few large state/metro parks so it’s pretty rural so I don’t think there would be enough artificial light to give off that much brightness (the pictures doesn’t do it justice).

Could the moon reflect off a large lake and cause that? I think that was what oregonpachey was thinking/suggesting.

pierogigirl I don’t live near any mountains.

[knx9211]

Guys. Just accept it

[Queen Dick, Hibernating Bear]

Mushroom cloud

[TR]

Jul 21, 2019 17:18:04 GMT -5 knx9211 said:

Guys. Just accept it

I wanted to post this, but Tinypic isn’t doing uploads anymore and that’s the limit of my photo hosting knowledge, lol.

[cmeon]

Jul 21, 2019 17:12:37 GMT -5 fivechickens said:

Jul 21, 2019 16:23:29 GMT -5 cmeon said:

Hmm- are you positive there's no artificial lights out that way? Skyglow can be pretty dramatic in the right conditions. Maybe some sort of airglow?

We live near a few large state/metro parks so it’s pretty rural so I don’t think there would be enough artificial light to give off that much brightness (the pictures doesn’t do it justice).

Could the moon reflect off a large lake and cause that? I think that was what oregonpachey was thinking/suggesting.

pierogigirl I don’t live near any mountains.

I haven't seen moonlight on water do that (at least to that degree), but, who knows? You see all sorts of things in the sky when there isn't artificial light competing!

[cmeon]

I do think it's worth asking your local meteorologist.

[TrickyBob]

Sort of looks like what a local golf course lit up at night with fog cover looks like.

I hope it is aliens!

[fivechickens]

Jul 21, 2019 19:02:32 GMT -5 cmeon said:

I do think it's worth asking your local meteorologist.

I already did. Hopefully they can give us some answers. ETA: she was not helpful. Guess knx9211 is right, it’s the aliens. 👾 👽

[MixedBerryJam]

Did the meteorologist say it definitely WASN'T aliens?

I rest my case.

[cmeon]

Jul 21, 2019 19:27:50 GMT -5 fivechickens said:

Jul 21, 2019 19:02:32 GMT -5 cmeon said:

I do think it's worth asking your local meteorologist.

I already did. Hopefully they can give us some answers. ETA: she was not helpful. Guess knx9211 is right, it’s the aliens. 👾 👽

Ha- that sucks! I guess you either have a  lame meteorologist AND extraterrestrials- or a clever extraterrestrial meteorologist. How good are her weather forecasts? A little TOO good, would you say??

[shauni27]

fivechickens, I am frustrated on your behalf that the meteorologist was not helpful. I think the only logical explanation at this point is aliens.

[Deleted]

Could it maybe be a Lenticular Cloud? I'm not really sure why it would be lit up like that, but it would at least explain the shape.

[fivechickens]

Jul 22, 2019 7:11:53 GMT -5 @sameoldstory said:

Could it maybe be a Lenticular Cloud? I'm not really sure why it would be lit up like that, but it would at least explain the shape.

Could be. I can’t think of anything in that direction that would cause that much artificial light at that time of night. So it’s either aliens or lenticular clouds.

Aliens seems more fun.

[spindle92]

I am going with aliens making their way to area 51 for the big party later this summer.
they want to get there early.