NUFORC Sighting 65410

Occurred: 2008-08-23 21:20 Local
Reported: 2008-08-26 15:44 Pacific
Duration: 2 sec
No of observers: 2

Location: Hickory, NC, USA

Shape: Flash

Blue-Green Flash in the North Carolina Sky

My wife and I were driving on I-40 Eastbound between Hickory and Statesville about 9:20pm on Saturday evening, August 23rd, 2008 when we observed a very bright blue-green flash that lit up an entire cloud near the Eastern horizon and lasted approximately 2 seconds. There was only the one flash. The cloud was a fairly large one, appearing to cover approximately 1/10 of our front windshield's field of view. The "aqua" colored light lit the cloud uniformly. (No brighter spot/spots within the cloud) I did not see a streak in the sky like a meteorite, and there were no thunderstorms in the area, but it did appear to light the cloud from the inside and did not impact the other clouds in the sky.

Posted 2008-10-31