Overnight a number of videos have emerge out of New York showing an eerie spicy luminescence .
video and photos across societal media have show strange throb light get down up the entire skyline a totally unnatural shade .
Strange and quite beautiful photos and footage have a lot of people contemplate that we ’re about to confront anIndependence Day - panache invasion , or if you ’re feeling optimistic , shot from the firstAvengersfilm .
This was n’t even the usual gimcrackery UFO report . In fact , LaGuardia airport was briefly close down , NDTV reports , and thou across the metropolis lost world power .
So what caused it ? A UFO ? Santa returning home ? An other New Year ’s firework exhibit that got out of script ? The same things that caused the night skies to light up inSiberiaandMichiganback in October ?
good-for-nothing , but nope . The ridiculously pretty and mysterious lights rather have a rather everyday account .
" The visible light you have seen throughout the city appear to have been from a transformer blowup at a Con Ed adroitness in Queens,“the NYPD confirmedin an account that read on the nose like one you ’d gestate them to habituate if there was an alien intrusion .
However , Con Edison confirmedthat there was indeed a brief electric fervency at a substation in Astoria , causing a transmission dip , which it is now investigating .
The transformer detonation combined with bad weather made for a outstanding view across the metropolis , though .
There have been no reports of combat injury from the incident , which theNYPD has statedwas due to a " non - funny equipment malfunction " .
“ There was a roar and a hit and a flash of lightness , ” Jim Long , spokesman for Fire Department New York , assure Reuters . “ It ’s all under control but we ’re still vex calls from occupier enquire what happened . "
With that , everything was cleared up and multitude went on with their life .
Nah , we ’re just kidding , everyone is still saying it ’s aliens .
Though the genuine explanation is pretty dull , it still made for a spectacular show of sparkle just in time for New Year , so sit back and enjoy the view .
