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Occurred : 1/5/2009 02:00 (Entered as : 01/05/09 2:00)
Reported: 1/4/2009 11:39:54 PM 23:39
Posted: 1/10/2009
Location: Port Orchard, WA
Shape: Flash
Duration:20 seconds
Bright flashes of changing color light filled the sky.

I was on my computer at my relative’s house in Port Orchard around 2:00am on January 5, 2009 and noticed outside that the sky had lit up like daylight but the whole sky had also lit up the color red.

As soon as I noticed this I rushed to the window and the sky had already changed colors to blue or green and then was changing colors again, each color lasted about 2-3 seconds, and filled the sky completely, the entire thing lasted about 20 seconds.

I had a clear view of the sky from the window and there was no visible cause for the lights. It was very cloudy outside however with a low lying cloud layer and lots of snow.

I have read about a similar case of this happening in Melbourne, Australia, exact same details, so this most likely is a natural phenomena but I decided since I don’t know what it was I should probably report it.

This could be fireworks reflecting off the clouds, except no sound of them, could be a low lying airplane with its lights reflecting off the clouds except again no sound of it.

It could also be a meteor.