Hokay, so here's the deal. The missus and I were sound asleep a few nights ago when a crazy intense thunderstorm rolled through about 3am. Usually I sleep right through them, but this one was a doozie. Lightning almost every second and nearly constant peals of thunder. After 20 minutes or so of this barrage, lightning must have struck right outside our house; there was a blinding flash of light and an instantaneous crack of thunder that was so loud the walls shook.
Obviously, this alarmed me a bit, so I opened my eyes. I wear glasses and obviously did not have them to sleep, so I couldn't see very well, but I could quite plainly make out a red light that was blinking on and off in our closet. It was pretty bright, and blinked on and off at about 2 Hz for 3-5 seconds. My immediate thought was that the power went out momentarily, and an alarm clock or something was flashing. Shortly thereafter I realized that this was not the case, as our alarm clock has green LEDs, the clock, the fan, and all other electronic devices were functioning normally, and there was nothing in the closet that was electronic in nature.
I pondered this for a few minutes but then fell back asleep. In the morning, however, I was curious, so I examined the closet to see what it could have been. The only thing in the entire closet that could have given off any light was the normal 60W incandescent light bulb. So what I'm thinking is, could there have been a very small, very localized power surge that only hit that light bulb, and only had enough voltage to make it burn a red color instead of the usual white? Is that even possible? What about the blinking? Has anyone ever encountered anything like this before, or was it aliens?
Obviously, this alarmed me a bit, so I opened my eyes. I wear glasses and obviously did not have them to sleep, so I couldn't see very well, but I could quite plainly make out a red light that was blinking on and off in our closet. It was pretty bright, and blinked on and off at about 2 Hz for 3-5 seconds. My immediate thought was that the power went out momentarily, and an alarm clock or something was flashing. Shortly thereafter I realized that this was not the case, as our alarm clock has green LEDs, the clock, the fan, and all other electronic devices were functioning normally, and there was nothing in the closet that was electronic in nature.
I pondered this for a few minutes but then fell back asleep. In the morning, however, I was curious, so I examined the closet to see what it could have been. The only thing in the entire closet that could have given off any light was the normal 60W incandescent light bulb. So what I'm thinking is, could there have been a very small, very localized power surge that only hit that light bulb, and only had enough voltage to make it burn a red color instead of the usual white? Is that even possible? What about the blinking? Has anyone ever encountered anything like this before, or was it aliens?
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