jdscuba Posted April 13, 2014 #1 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Last night (4/12/2014) at around 8:15pm EDT, my wife and I saw this very strange phenomena. We were driving in West Virginia on US 33 towards Elkins, WV coming from Seneca Rocks, WV near the Bowden Cave entrance and the fish hatchery. My wife saw, what she described as a lightning flash of rainbow colors on the peak of one of the mountains. I turned the vehicle around and drove back to the area where we were when she saw the lightning flash. It happened again and we both saw it this time. We pulled off to the side of the road and watched the sky and the mountain tops for almost 30 minutes and never saw it again but the experience was unforgettable. The rainbow colored flash of light seemed almost iridescent to me and much wider than a lightning strike but did not light up the whole sky and did not make any sound. It was similar to a lightning flash only as to how long it lasted. It was very beautiful. Has anyone ever heard of such a thing before? There were huge jets making chemtrails all day long, the sky was mostly clear with sparse but thick clouds. The sun had just gone down so the sky was just barely darkening and I had barely turned on my headlights 5 minutes earlier, the moon was almost full and Mars was coming up behind us when this all occurred. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNDGK Posted April 13, 2014 #2 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Perhaps heat lightning or ball lightning? I live very near the famed 'Brown Mountain Lights' and could almost describe these the same way. Heat lightning does not require a cloud cover either (If i am correct) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Silver Thong Posted April 13, 2014 #3 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I would hazzard a guess that it was sheat lightining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skep B Posted April 13, 2014 #4 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Having lived in the area, I'm gonna say heat lightning. First day over 80 in sometime for most of the state, you'll have that, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted April 13, 2014 #5 Share Posted April 13, 2014 You tend to see these on tropical areas, when I was in venezuela i always thought there was a storm coming but it was only lightning and that was it, no thunder or anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabby Kitten Posted April 14, 2014 #6 Share Posted April 14, 2014 A sparkle as something was making it do that. Ice crystals, moisture and glass can create little rainbows. Sounds pretty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6.6.6 Posted April 14, 2014 #7 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Yeah ive seen similar on the mountains when a gust of wind picks up some dry snow and the sunlight catches it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix523 Posted April 14, 2014 #8 Share Posted April 14, 2014 It could have been a rainbow and lightning. Those events have been known to make the lightning appear to have multi colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Ford Posted April 14, 2014 #9 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Yeah ive seen similar on the mountains when a gust of wind picks up some dry snow and the sunlight catches it. This, I think when a thin, fine cloud of ice is blown into the air then at certain angles you can be lucky enough to see a weird rainbow. Just like in the photo on this website:- http://swns.com/news/climber-reached-peak-mount-snowdon-photographs-incredible-circular-rainbow-39554/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast Posted April 14, 2014 #10 Share Posted April 14, 2014 *snip* There were huge jets making chemtrails all day long, Chemtrails? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieJJ Posted June 28, 2015 #11 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I saw the same thing you described tonight...Driving home after sun went down.. I thought it might be the Northern Lights?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redefining Success Posted June 30, 2015 #12 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I saw the same thing you described tonight...Driving home after sun went down.. I thought it might be the Northern Lights?? Unless they have moved West Virginia to Norway, I doubt it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieJJ Posted July 3, 2015 #13 Share Posted July 3, 2015 I live in Michigan! I have seen Northern Lights previously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JelenaVP99 Posted August 27, 2019 #14 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Hello, i’am reading this now, because last night i saw a light that you talked about. I hope you are still active here and that someone will see my message. It happened on my way home, btw i am from Serbia. I was accidentally shooting lightning when a rainbow of light appeared in the sky. So i will attach a photo whit my comment here. Can someone explaine to me what is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openozy Posted August 27, 2019 #15 Share Posted August 27, 2019 A gay Angel? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JelenaVP99 Posted August 27, 2019 #16 Share Posted August 27, 2019 You are very funny openozy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Elisheva Posted November 13, 2019 #18 Share Posted November 13, 2019 My children witnessed this as we were driving home in September of 2019 in the interior of Alaska. It was dusk, at late sunset. We were driving along some hills. It had snowed the week before but the snow had melted away. My older daughter said it was wider than typical lightening that branches out. It was short, not crossing the entire sky. They were flashes of rainbow streaks, as described by my daughter. My younger son also saw it. It lasted for about 5 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essan Posted November 13, 2019 #19 Share Posted November 13, 2019 5 hours ago, Elisheva said: My children witnessed this as we were driving home in September of 2019 in the interior of Alaska. It was dusk, at late sunset. We were driving along some hills. It had snowed the week before but the snow had melted away. My older daughter said it was wider than typical lightening that branches out. It was short, not crossing the entire sky. They were flashes of rainbow streaks, as described by my daughter. My younger son also saw it. It lasted for about 5 minutes. That sounds like it could be the northern lights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted November 13, 2019 #20 Share Posted November 13, 2019 On 8/27/2019 at 8:20 PM, JelenaVP99 said: Hello, i’am reading this now, because last night i saw a light that you talked about. I hope you are still active here and that someone will see my message. It happened on my way home, btw i am from Serbia. I was accidentally shooting lightning when a rainbow of light appeared in the sky. So i will attach a photo whit my comment here. Can someone explaine to me what is it? Not from that single frame - can you post a link to the movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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