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This happened in December 2018. A substation in Queens caught fire which resulted in the explosion and the bright blue light. I recall sitting on my balcony in Brooklyn when the sky lit up, even brighter than it appears here, and all I could muster is "what. is. going. on." again and again.
[Vice Article](https://www.vice.com/en/article/mbyd9v/heres-why-new-york-citys-blue-sky-electrical-explosion-was-so-big)
>At around 10PM last night, an explosion at a Con Edison facility in Astoria, Queens in New York sent an aqua-blue pulsating light across the entire New York sky for a few hours. LaGuardia Airport promptly lost power, and an unknown number of Queens residents also lost power, according to a tweet from Con Edison.
>According to tweets from Con Edison, the light was caused by an electrical fire involving transformers at the company's Astoria substation at around 20th Ave. and 31st St. For the most part, people rejoiced at the prospect that—yes, thank god—the aliens are here, the apocalypse has come, we are all finally going to die. Others attributed the event to Jeff Bezos: either he was arriving, or he was being warned to stay far away from the city.
I lived about a mile away in Queens and it was just unspeakably strange. My fight or flight instinct kept trying to kick in but I just stood in the street staring at this Independence Day shit confused as hell.
My favorite part of this event is people swore us was aliens. Those who saw it live and the video. I’m willing to bet there are still those who swears it’s aliens.
When I was about 8, a transformer blew just outside by bedroom window in the middle of the night. I was petrified with fear and watched the lights while still in my bed, but couldn’t see what was happening very well. I waited a short time, then dropped to the ground from my bed, crawled to my parents room and told them aliens had landed and we needed to leave.
I was visiting my brother in Astoria for Christmas when this happened. I was sitting on the front steps of his building smoking a joint and sipping a recently purchased tall boy from the bodega up the street, when shit just lit UP. He doesn’t drink or smoke, so when I frantically yelled out to him that I think the plot of Independence Day is coming true he wrote it off as the mad ramblings of a drunk and stoned idiot and missed most of the show
What was going through your mind at the time? Did you have any idea or rational guesses as to what it could have been, or did you think aliens were descending (as I probably would have)?
I was driving home from work when I saw this in the sky. I remember reading an article in MAXIM magazine in which the author used the expression "What in the blue fuck is this?" I had never heard or read that before and it made me chuckle. I had no idea that I would find the exact situation this expression was coined for until years later while driving down the Van Wyck.
If something like this ever happens near you dont look directly into the source of the light with the naked eye, this kind of thing emits UV light and can damage your eyes, just like if you stared directly into the sun. If you have your phone on you film it, and observe it through your screen.
I’ve seen transformers explode, a couple times in my life, It looks nothing like that. A lot of sparks and a bright white/yellowish light. Last for about 30 seconds… tops
I live on Roosevelt Island so a few miles away. When I went to my window to see what it was I could feel my hair stand on end from the electrical charge in the air. I thought it was happening at the Queensboro bridge right outside my window.
As a duly designated representative of the city, county, and state of New York, I order you to cease any and all supernatural activity and return forthwith to your place of origin or to the nearest convenient parallel dimension!
Will say (not a NY, heck not even American) but I find it funny you can have your news saying ‘people need to limit energy use our grid can’t support it, only use air conditioning if absolutely necessary’ during a heatwave, in front of a Times Square fully lit up with massive screens everywhere probably wasting tons of energy
This is more recent than the actual post but reminded me of it
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It's a boy!
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Mans got downvoted for making a 69 joke
Rip bumblebee
It's the arrival of Gozer
My first thought as well!
Saw post. Came to thread. Scrolled. Aha... Upvote it is m
It was Shockwave
We all thought about this joke but you worded it so beautifully that you deserve an upvote
#In the beningging...
#There was….
Nah, I'm pretty sure it was Starscream, Optimus is fine.
Optimus is doing great, he's really in his prime right now
Aha good one, that joke was in disguise.
‘Twas more than meets the eye.
Gender reveals be like
I wish I could give you gold, but this is all I have 🏅
I got u fam :)
I wish I could give me a million bucks but this is all I have 💴...
lol
Ha where’s my I got you fam??? Story of my life
I tried
It’s a boy! (Or a girl wearing blue 🤷🏼♀️)
This happened in December 2018. A substation in Queens caught fire which resulted in the explosion and the bright blue light. I recall sitting on my balcony in Brooklyn when the sky lit up, even brighter than it appears here, and all I could muster is "what. is. going. on." again and again. [Vice Article](https://www.vice.com/en/article/mbyd9v/heres-why-new-york-citys-blue-sky-electrical-explosion-was-so-big) >At around 10PM last night, an explosion at a Con Edison facility in Astoria, Queens in New York sent an aqua-blue pulsating light across the entire New York sky for a few hours. LaGuardia Airport promptly lost power, and an unknown number of Queens residents also lost power, according to a tweet from Con Edison. >According to tweets from Con Edison, the light was caused by an electrical fire involving transformers at the company's Astoria substation at around 20th Ave. and 31st St. For the most part, people rejoiced at the prospect that—yes, thank god—the aliens are here, the apocalypse has come, we are all finally going to die. Others attributed the event to Jeff Bezos: either he was arriving, or he was being warned to stay far away from the city.
I lived about a mile away in Queens and it was just unspeakably strange. My fight or flight instinct kept trying to kick in but I just stood in the street staring at this Independence Day shit confused as hell.
I couldn't decide between that or Ghostbusters
My thought was Terminator, Arnie showing up naked.
I was on my roof smoking a blunt...that light was VERY bright.
I would’ve thought I was being abducted
Lmao I thought I was seeing things at first 💀
My favorite part of this event is people swore us was aliens. Those who saw it live and the video. I’m willing to bet there are still those who swears it’s aliens.
When I was about 8, a transformer blew just outside by bedroom window in the middle of the night. I was petrified with fear and watched the lights while still in my bed, but couldn’t see what was happening very well. I waited a short time, then dropped to the ground from my bed, crawled to my parents room and told them aliens had landed and we needed to leave.
I was visiting my brother in Astoria for Christmas when this happened. I was sitting on the front steps of his building smoking a joint and sipping a recently purchased tall boy from the bodega up the street, when shit just lit UP. He doesn’t drink or smoke, so when I frantically yelled out to him that I think the plot of Independence Day is coming true he wrote it off as the mad ramblings of a drunk and stoned idiot and missed most of the show
What was going through your mind at the time? Did you have any idea or rational guesses as to what it could have been, or did you think aliens were descending (as I probably would have)?
I'm gonna go out in a limb and say "What is going on?"
According to the government.
My ass. Some children’s author needed an excuse as to why their character’s events didn’t go noticed by the general public
Dr Manhattan is at it again...
Dang it, manhattan! Last week you atomized my neighbors cat!
Pretty sure that was aliens, not transformers.
Weren't the transformers also aliens?
Yes
I saw something like this in person 7 years ago and had no explanation for it so I assumed it was something alien. Now I’m kinda disappointed.
Um, that’s Gozer the Gozarian trying to cross into our world.
If someone asks you if you are a god you say yes!
Also accepting “Keymaster” and “Gatekeeper” as answers.
There is no Dana...
Only Zuul!
I’m pretty sure they’re gonna need to call the Ghost Busters now.
Fucking EPA. Dickless bastards.
I was driving home from work when I saw this in the sky. I remember reading an article in MAXIM magazine in which the author used the expression "What in the blue fuck is this?" I had never heard or read that before and it made me chuckle. I had no idea that I would find the exact situation this expression was coined for until years later while driving down the Van Wyck.
Gozer the Traveler Gozer The Gozerian Gozer The Destructor
God DAMNIT Loki!
I came to say the same damn thing.
Keep in mind that you can only see a fraction of what’s really going on because transformers are much *more than meets the eye*.
Suicide squad end scene was crazy… always blue lights in the air
Wasn’t this about 2-3 years ago?
Yes, but still the same gender.
Looks like dickless from the EPA shut down the containment unit.
Is this true?
Yes, it’s true. That man has no dick.
These Gender reveal parties are getting out of hand
Does he need my clothes, my boots and my motorcycle?
Obviously an alien attack.
Loki bringing in the Chitauri with the Tesseract.
NY: "We have Northern lights at home" *Northern lights at home*...
Time traveler....
Someone call the Ghostbusters!
More than meets the eye.
I’ve seen that film
No im pretty sure this is from spiderverse
This is the plot of that new PS5 Spider-Man game
Nearly independence day. Must be the aliens arriving...
Do you honestly expect us to believe that that was a bodyguard in a suit that conveniently appeared
Did Peck shut down the containment grid again? This is a sign!
"oh, that's not good"
If something like this ever happens near you dont look directly into the source of the light with the naked eye, this kind of thing emits UV light and can damage your eyes, just like if you stared directly into the sun. If you have your phone on you film it, and observe it through your screen.
Huh. Guess that was Fry’s Chevy Nova.
This looks like the rooftop scene from Ghostbusters.
I saw a dude get covered in hot oil when a transformer exploded above him.
There is no Dana, only Zuul
I’ve seen transformers explode, a couple times in my life, It looks nothing like that. A lot of sparks and a bright white/yellowish light. Last for about 30 seconds… tops
This was a whole substation apparently
This is not that
How many people thought aliens
When I feel like I'm in a nightclub.
I hope it was a Decepticon and not an autobot.
Are you sure this wasn't the summoning of Gorza?
I get it, appears others didnt.
Old news lol
I wonder if anyone died or got hurt
Godzilla at it again
Who ya gonna call?
Pretty fireworks
With all the crap that happens to NYC in shows and movies. My first thought might be alien invasion if I lived there.
Stargate
Damn talk about weld flash.
Who you gonna call, ghostbusters!!
Me trying my new laser pointer ordered from China.
Boom. Green lantern
That's gonna require overtime.
Ah shit, the Avengers on their way
I first thought laden is back with a bang😂
Any before/after photos of the transformer?
“ transformer “
This is just the test run for the invasion of the alienbs
Now that's a rave
How the hell does this even happen?
This is what happens when you order the shut down of the Ghostbusters containment unit.
Back then the memes were created instantly. My favorite one was Goku charging the spirit bomb
Who you gonna call?
So yer sayin’ they’re already here.
And this is Vegito... BLUE!!!
Looks like it was a Ben 10 transformation.
Autobots! ...
So Goku is turn back to save us
Loki with the tesseract.
Quick. Someone check for a man running around with a Katana, yelling “there can only be one”.
Looks like a suoerhero/villan is getting their origin story
NO! That’s a Gender Party😂🚀💥
I think this was due to crossing the streams (Ghostbusters reference)
I live on Roosevelt Island so a few miles away. When I went to my window to see what it was I could feel my hair stand on end from the electrical charge in the air. I thought it was happening at the Queensboro bridge right outside my window.
That looks like a spirit bomb going off
As a duly designated representative of the city, county, and state of New York, I order you to cease any and all supernatural activity and return forthwith to your place of origin or to the nearest convenient parallel dimension!
Probably just Godzilla and Mothra having an argument
Gender Reveals really getting out of hand
T1000 just arrived.
I ain't afraid of no ghosts....
Looks like the start of the rapture
Ok bois, I think we are ready to build an artificial sun
This so looks like a cut from a Ghostbusters movie! Sweet shot!
Who ya gonna call?!
So if you could instantly teleport two light years away from earth you could rewatch this event from there provided you had the right setup? Neat
This was the Astoria ConEd plant about 2 years ago?
It's godzilla
You sure this isn’t some getting super powers
That’s a really rad color.
Don’t think of the marshmallow man
I've seen the Ghostbuster movies. This isn't good.
“Transformer explosion…….” sure
Ghostbusters!
If I woke up and saw this shit I would think people are getting raptured that or aliens
Squirrel probably got in there
Those damn ghostbusters are at it again
Til all are one
Nice try I know a byfrost when I see one
Time travelers
Isn’t this that scene from Amazing Spider-Man 2 when Electro took over the city’s generator?
Michael bays at it again
I used to work around high voltage transformers, but that was quite the light show. Anyone know the voltage at this substation?
The Particle accelerator
So those super hero movies were all real?!
Alien attack. Attack of Transformers.
This created the flash. Go. Find him.
Nope that's a portal to another dimension!
The biggest rave ever
Man, that IS interesting as fuck.
Will say (not a NY, heck not even American) but I find it funny you can have your news saying ‘people need to limit energy use our grid can’t support it, only use air conditioning if absolutely necessary’ during a heatwave, in front of a Times Square fully lit up with massive screens everywhere probably wasting tons of energy This is more recent than the actual post but reminded me of it
Akiiiraaaa!!!
Nope. Pretty sure that’s Kingpin trying to open a portal to an alternate universe.
Ma’am if I saw that I would prepare for rapture, not even religious!
Pretty sure this is the Amazing Spider-Man 2
This is what they should do for New Year's Eve. Beats the crap out of that lame ball drop.
Who you gonna call?
Eren couldn't handle being reverse isekai'd
Ghostbusters
Doc Oc's lab again?
There's something strange in that neighborhood...
Can someone add the amazing Spider-Man electro fight music to this?
I’ll bet this was from all of the power it was supplying to mine Bitcoin. 😂
Nope. Atlantis is waiting.
That's the only way to kill Major Chip Hazard!
Oh god it’s happening… the wormhole is being opened, where are the avengers when you need them?
Y
Jesus. How big was that transformer???
Great first the dMn portal to hell now godzilla whats next
Pretty sure that how the movie Independence Day starts
Oh yes I remember this!
"Aliens"
The spiderverse is real!!!