Posted on 08/25/2014 7:04:13 PM PDT by PastorBooks
Last night over the Pacific Ocean, somewhere South of the Russian peninsula Kamchatka I experienced the creepiest thing so far in my flying career.
After about 5 hours in flight we left Japan long time behind us and were cruising at a comfortable 34.000ft with about 4,5 hours to go towards Alaska.
We heard via the radio about earthquakes in Iceland, Chile and San Francisco, and since there were a few volcanos on our route that might or might not be going off during our flight, we double checked with dispatch if there was any new activity on our route after we departed from Hongkong.
Then, very far in the distance ahead of us, just over the horizon an intense lightflash shot up from the ground. It looked like a lightning bolt, but way more intense and directed vertically up in the air. I have never seen anything like this, and there were no flashes before or after this single explosion of light. Since there were no thunderstorms on our route or weather-radar, we kept a close lookout for possible storms that might be hiding from our radar and might cause some problems later on.
I decided to try and take some pictures of the night sky and the strange green glow that was all over the Northern Hemisphere. I think it was sort of a Northern Lights but it was much more dispersed, never seen anything like this before either. About 20 minutes later in flight I noticed a deep red/orange glow appearing ahead of us, and this was a bit strange since there was supposed to be nothing but endless ocean below us for hundreds of miles around us.
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I’d say those aliens know how to partay.
And that pic isn't of me. My beard is almost white, and the paper was "El Mundo".
Just sayin....
/johnny
In 1968 I was flying over the Pacific Ocean (no airplane mind you) and saw these like wild shooting colored auras.
I think the ship was the aircraft carrier Franklin D Roosevelt.
THAT EPISODE STILL FREAKS ME OUT!
That happened a lot during the '60s.
/johnny
Thing is, it seems that the ocean in this area to too deep to allow such a splendid display originating from the seabed. But I will keep your comment in mind, thanks.
Conclave of MUTOs that came from those craters in Siberia and from the crack in north Mexico.
I was deployed to the Western Pacific with the US Third Fleet in 1981 when the guys in CIC tracked multiple objects over the Pacific for 12 hours - objects were moving at an estimated Mach 9 and above - converging into one object, splitting off again, making right angle turns at unbelievable speeds, diving, climbing - something was out there that night.
Meant to say this guy was not the host or the guest, was just a caller.
An almost acceptable movie, though it didn't do the disaster justice. And the title always bugged me. Krakatoa is west of Java.
Rather sounds like the one Christopher Columbus wrote about.
Any actual volcanic activity should result in a huge plume of smoke and steam, easily visible to planes within 150 miles or more during daytime.
It was a Godzilla egg hatching. Those things are radioactive.
If he was on the flightdeck and had a ledge to place the camera I suppose it’s possible. It would need to be the equivalent of a tripod.
It’s Morlocks.
I understand. I think I remember hearing that call or one similar to it.
As well as IR and visible satellite photos.
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