Mysterious lights in North Pacific

Strange events in the Pacific – methane burst?

From Dorsi Lynn Diaz via Facebook

I read this interesting account from a pilot who observed an event that is highly odd.

Someone mentioned that this could be a methane burst.

Certainly interesting and worth looking into:

"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."

From another poster: "There was no flashes of light, only one explosion of light that seems to have lasted 30 seconds?"

Read more and see the pictures:

http://www.pbase.com/flying_dutchman/pacific_eruption