Occurred: 2001-04-17 10:20 Local
Reported: 2001-04-17 00:00 Pacific
Duration: < 1 second
No of observers: 1

Location: Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, USA

Shape: Unknown


Brief pulse of visible, white light from an unknown source, which made daylight appear to be extremely bright

At 10:20am a bright flash of light ocurred, with no accompanying sound. It appeared to have been a pulse or two, closely-spaced pulses of visible light, which "whited-out" the outdoors for a very brief period. As odd and improbable as it sounds, The pulse(s) appeared to be from the sun.

Posted 2001-04-28

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