NUFORC Sighting 38688

Occurred: 2004-08-16 01:00 Local
Reported: 2004-08-16 00:03 Pacific
Duration: 3 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Plainfield, IL, USA

Shape: Flash
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Flash in the sky in Plainfield, IL

I was driving home from a friends house when I took a wrong turn down a farm road. I turned around and continued driving. I noticed that all of the sudden it got brighter everywhere. I looked up at the sky to see a flash that engulfed my entire field of vision. It looked like a lighting strike but the sky was totally clear and there was no bolt. It was just a flash centered in one area of the sky. For anyone familiar with Plainfield I was near the intersection of county line and theodore.

Posted 2004-08-24