Microsecond flashes of light coming downward from the sky at daytime, barely visible

Saw 2 last night around 9pm
Sittin in hottub Sky was clear so not lightning
Funny I see this thread tonight
In Van BC

Possible small meteor in upper atmosphere?

i noticed it 2 weeks ago in frankfurt germany on two days.

it was pulsating behind the clouds..
it was very freaky because it was just in one particular part in the sky..but very intense..there were no light sources that strong from the ground to reflect on

no been happening here for at least a year....also a new type of low lying cloud that seems to reflect nearly all the light from street lamps,makes the cloud glow a dull orange even when its really dark out.
i live on top of a high hill and have at least a 15 mile unobstructed view of the malvern hills,but of late i cant see over these damn clouds its weird,iv looked at this veiw all my life?

I know those clouds:-(...

Last Edited by emerald_glow on 11/29/2012 12:34 AM

Sundogs..isn't it reassuring that they have a name...? It feels like normal...no, it is not. And there were no "sundogs" before the 90-es.

Think of the oil spill under a car. If it drops on water, it create a thin layer on the top. A thin layer with rainbow colored edges. Sundogs are similar matter.

I see the flashes going downward toward the earth. Mostly I catch the movement, rather than seeing the light itself.

As I was walking to get in a vehicle in a parking lot, I had noticed a flock of birds (maybe geese) quite high in the sky and it seemed odd to me for some reason. Anyways I had gotten into the vehicle and then my mother had gotten in afterwards and she said to me did you see that in the sky??

Well, I immediately thought of the birds but said did I see what?? She said that flash of light!! I said no I hadn't. She said it was hard to describe and I asked her did it look like lightening?? No was her reply, she said it was just a quick flash of light that appeared to have come from the sky!!

So now after reading this thread and my moms first hand account as witness to this phenomenon I will be ever more diligent in my own sky gazing.

Thank you all for the confirmation, it seems we should trust our senses when see something like this.. I will come back to this thread, when something new happens.

Been seeing these for 20 yrs. I thought it was just normal static electricity in the air.