Lightning wtihout thunder and flickering that lightens the black sky to blue.
This morning I woke up about an hour before sunrise, to see what appeared to be something similar to lightning without thunder. Looking Southwest from Waikiki, at about 19.5 degrees above the horizon, in hazy clouds, an extremely bright light would flash, and light up everything as if a full Moon were out. This was briefly preceded by some dimmer, flickering that lightened the entire black sky to blue.
Honolulu International Airport began service and the first airliner took off Southward along the shoreline then headed East as the lights continued their routine. The next jet took off following the same flight path, but stopped short just before arriving to the cloud with the light, then circled back to the airport. Then another jet took off, went to the cloud, and circled back to land, as well. The lights continued, and finally three more planes took off, one of them a commercial airliner, the other two smaller, propeller planes, all headed on the same path East as the first plane. The lights continued until the morning sky just turned from black to blue.
This morning I woke up about an hour before sunrise, to see what appeared to be something similar to lightning without thunder. Looking Southwest from Waikiki, at about 19.5 degrees above the horizon, in hazy clouds, an extremely bright light would flash, and light up everything as if a full Moon were out. This was briefly preceded by some dimmer, flickering that lightened the entire black sky to blue.
Honolulu International Airport began service and the first airliner took off Southward along the shoreline then headed East as the lights continued their routine. The next jet took off following the same flight path, but stopped short just before arriving to the cloud with the light, then circled back to the airport. Then another jet took off, went to the cloud, and circled back to land, as well. The lights continued, and finally three more planes took off, one of them a commercial airliner, the other two smaller, propeller planes, all headed on the same path East as the first plane. The lights continued until the morning sky just turned from black to blue.
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Honolulu
USA
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1 hour
21.32
-157.85
flash
HI
Occurred : 10/26/2013 05:00 (Entered as : 1-/26/13 5:00) Reported: 10/26/2013 7:16:16 PM 19:16 Posted: 11/11/2013 Location: Honolulu, HI Shape: Flash Duration: 1 hour Characteristics: There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
Lightning without thunder and flickering that lightens the black sky to blue.