Originally Posted by J. Falcon

Cool thread and I actually started a very similar one on another board. I got a few stories, here's one:

Maybe about 6 years ago, five friends and myself were chilling on the beach on a summer night. We were drinking and about to smoke. Before we even lit up, something completely absurd happened. I remember I was silently staring at the sand by my feet, when, suddenly, it was as if a light began to grow all around me. Similar to a flash from a camera, everything around was instantly illuminated. It was as if it had turned to day for a split second. It was a weird light, sort of reddish and violet. My friends around me gasped and an instinctual reflex made me look towards the sky. When I looked up I saw a what looked like 3 or 4 blue streaks stretch across the night sky. It was weird! We left the beach and asked other people and a lot of them had seen it. I know it probably has a very logical explanation, but sometimes when I'm with those friends we talk about that night.