Giant Blue Light Freaks Out New York City
According to officials, a transformer exploded at a Con Edison power plant in Queens Thursday night, creating a creepy blue light that could be seen all over the city. Social media was all over the story in real time. Welcome to the first mass “Independence Day” flashback.
You can believe what the government is telling us or just take Worldstarhiphop’s theory to heart:
The skies over New York City turned bright blue Thursday night after a transformer explosion in Queens.
"The lights you have seen throughout the city appear to have been from a transformer explosion at a Con Ed facility in Queens," NYPD posted on Twitter. https://t.co/pOzlfjuFS1 pic.twitter.com/CWCSJEo6Li
— ABC News (@ABC) December 28, 2018
so anyone catch those creepy lights over Queens just now ??https://t.co/TPh8BL5QbZ
— Complex (@Complex) December 28, 2018
DEVELOPING: Bright blue light and thunder-like sounds heard in Queens; authorities investigating possible transformer explosion. pic.twitter.com/GqKNUbIplc
— Fox5NY (@fox5ny) December 28, 2018
The video near Queens shows an explosion like fire, which is the most likely reason for the blue light over Manhattan, New York.
Local media say authorities investigate whether it is a transformer pic.twitter.com/s0JfGBQjhO
— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) December 28, 2018
#BREAKING Investigation into possible explosion in Queens as massive blue light seenhttps://t.co/CMOmIaQ1Un
/4977959/ pic.twitter.com/YcLzZUUQyQ— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) December 28, 2018
What is this? Crazy blue light appeared and vanished over Queens pic.twitter.com/C2lh2MmrPc
— Nathaniel Gray (@proudpath) December 28, 2018
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