My camera in Roxbury VT, pointing west, working well as usual (from behind glass for storm protection) captured several bright light flashes last night. No idea how distant the source was, but flashes were in the general direction of Waitsfield and Burlington, VT. They were only about one second long, from same direction but at different intervals. Mostly white, a couple reddish. Perplexity AI reports no explosions or likely causes in area - except auroras. To me, these don’t seem like what I know of auroras. Any good ideas? [First such event in a couple years of activity.]
This should link a ten minute video which can be scanned quickly for multiplr brief flashes.
While checking Event videos back in July, one of my v3 cameras captured this. This was one week after 4th of July so I assumed it was leftover fireworks. The OP’s photos might be fireworks but further away than nextdoor..
I would have to see a clip versus just a capture of the clip to really determine the type of flash, but we are in the heart of a meteor shower currently 1 that is known for producing bolides which are meteors that pretty much explode in the atmosphere. I have caught at least one myself and one was just reported a few hours ago in Kentucky as well i’m waiting for the official results of that I can try to pinpoint it a little bit better. I would definitely google the AMS fireball log and see if anything fell on that date and time in your vicinity and see if it would line up with where that camera is facing.
Ben, i earlier included a ten minute video which I think covers the entire group of flashes (unless some didn’t trigger WYZE events). Brief flashes with a lot of waiting.
I watched that (4× speed through most of it, slowing down to re-watch flashes), and that’s what made me ask about fireworks. I get the sense that the light is coming from close to the ground, not above the clouds.
Crease, Thank you. I’ve also wondered which side of the mountains the source is located - because there’s no clear mountain profile which I can see. (That may be because of the cloud dispersion.)
I got two replies from local mailing list. One was from a few mikes north, same valley. That person reported similar light to her south. The other was from the valley - reporting a party with fireworks in about that location and time. I’m guessing most of their fireworks were small and unobserved (small ridge obscured) but they set of a few “strobe rockets” which got high enough. I’ll attach the triangulated theory.
