Weird noise in the April 7th Japan quake, accompanied by a strange blue flash...

This might be nothing, but thought I'd post it anyway just to be sure:



What is that noise at the beginning of the video? It sounds very reminiscent of something.

Could somebody with the ability to do so, isolate the sound for us?


The blue light at the beginning, is it a power transformer or something? Seem's a pretty big "flash", although it lasts longer than what I would call a flash.

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Try the link I editied in at the bottom. If someone can get the old code, i'll post it in the first post.

Wind on the camera

it looked like little blue sparks.....almost like a large static electricity, not lightining.....

I have seen transformers blow....it can be blue.....but I would think you would see lights in the buildings go out then

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I was wondering the same thing, 'this strange blue light'......

I've edited the video in at last, strange it wasn't working before. Anyway, I think it was a transformer as you can see the lights go out near the end of the first part of said vid with the "noise".

A possible answer to the blue lights are either a sub power plant have exploded. There are also an intermitent blue light flickering prior to the big one. This could be transformers also blowing up.

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hat is that noise at the beginning of the video? It sounds very reminiscent of something. Could somebody with the ability to do so, isolate the sound for us?

It actually sounds like a paladian beem ship. (just saying) lol

you guys never saw an electrical station discharge?
if the switches collide it can get that bright.

you can probably google it find many more exsamples

Originally posted by Huggiesunrise
you guys never saw an electrical station discharge?
if the switches collide it can get that bright.

you can probably google it find many more exsamples

edit on 7-4-2011 by Huggiesunrise because: (no reason given)

That's exactly what it is! This kind of overreacting needs to stop, some of you guys have seen one too many movies.

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yeah that flash of blue light was weird to say the least

who knows what it could have been..

Originally posted by THEDUDE86
it looked like little blue sparks.....almost like a large static electricity, not lightining.....

I have seen transformers blow....it can be blue.....but I would think you would see lights in the buildings go out then

what so like Optimus was puttin out his birthday candles on his cake or somethin??

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OK maybe , just maybe , the sound is the rotors from a RC electric helicopter that might have taken this footage. That or its a paladian beem ship. It does sound like one)

No idea Blue, the sound dos remind me of something though (that high pitch "squeel").

I'd rather we use this topic to talk about the noise now folks if you don't mind, as it's possible to talk about the light in about 12 other posts?

Originally posted by MushroomWig

Originally posted by Huggiesunrise
you guys never saw an electrical station discharge?
if the switches collide it can get that bright.

you can probably google it find many more exsamples

edit on 7-4-2011 by Huggiesunrise because: (no reason given)

That's exactly what it is! This kind of overreacting needs to stop, some of you guys have seen one too many movies.

Dude, who is overreacting? Someone posts a video and says "strange blue light". He/she didn't know what it was, and even mentions that it could be a transformer blowing. No one (except the paladin poster) said it was anything crazy before you posted.

In fact, I think you are the one that is overreacting...

The point of this whole website is to present things that you might see as strange, and get helpful feedback on what it could be.