Conley
03-11-2012, 10:41 PM
A large, fleeting flash of light that appeared in the darkened skies over the northwestern edge of metropolitan Phoenix remains a mystery.
The ball of light that looked like an explosion was captured by a traffic camera on Interstate 17 around 4:45 a.m. Thursday and happened to be broadcast by KSAZ-TV when the station showed footage of the roadway during a report on the morning's commute.
The two electric utilities that serve metro Phoenix say they didn't have any reports of electric transformer explosions that might explain the flash.
Damon Gross, a spokesman for Arizona Public Service, says a blown fuse on a transformer can produce a flash, but he said the utility had no such report Thursday morning.
"It's a mystery to us as well. I can't even offer a guess," said Doug Nintzel, a spokesman for the Arizona Department of Transportation.
http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/flash-of-light-across-phoenix-skies-a-mystery-1.3595144
Anyone have any theories?
The ball of light that looked like an explosion was captured by a traffic camera on Interstate 17 around 4:45 a.m. Thursday and happened to be broadcast by KSAZ-TV when the station showed footage of the roadway during a report on the morning's commute.
The two electric utilities that serve metro Phoenix say they didn't have any reports of electric transformer explosions that might explain the flash.
Damon Gross, a spokesman for Arizona Public Service, says a blown fuse on a transformer can produce a flash, but he said the utility had no such report Thursday morning.
"It's a mystery to us as well. I can't even offer a guess," said Doug Nintzel, a spokesman for the Arizona Department of Transportation.
http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/flash-of-light-across-phoenix-skies-a-mystery-1.3595144
Anyone have any theories?