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pilgrim · 10-30-2008, 11:27 PM

Hi,
I live in Belfast and about 2 weeks ago I was standing at my back door talking to another member of my group, on the phone, and I noticed white flashes inside of a cloud. The cloud was also was about 4 miles away and at first I thought maybe it was a helicopter passing, but it would have to have done some strange manoeuvres to get the back and forth effect. Bout 5 minutes later a helicopter did appear and went in the direction of the cloud, but its search light was insignificant in comparison and had no noticeable effect.
Last Saturday night the same thing occurred and it has left me puzzled as to what it was.
There was no thunder and the skies were pretty clear with only the odd cloud showing.
If I were to guess the length of the cloud, I would say around 500 yards, very hard to say.
I could only measure it against the size of the helicopter.
It was not sheet lightning as that would have lit the whole cloud up, but this lit up part, like someone moving a torch behind a piece of paper, back and forth.

10-30-2008, 11:27 PM	#2
pilgrim Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Belfast. Ireland Posts: 129	Re: Unusual White Flashes in the sky over East England-Anyone Noticed? Hi, I live in Belfast and about 2 weeks ago I was standing at my back door talking to another member of my group, on the phone, and I noticed white flashes inside of a cloud. The cloud was also was about 4 miles away and at first I thought maybe it was a helicopter passing, but it would have to have done some strange manoeuvres to get the back and forth effect. Bout 5 minutes later a helicopter did appear and went in the direction of the cloud, but its search light was insignificant in comparison and had no noticeable effect. Last Saturday night the same thing occurred and it has left me puzzled as to what it was. There was no thunder and the skies were pretty clear with only the odd cloud showing. If I were to guess the length of the cloud, I would say around 500 yards, very hard to say. I could only measure it against the size of the helicopter. It was not sheet lightning as that would have lit the whole cloud up, but this lit up part, like someone moving a torch behind a piece of paper, back and forth.