What in tarnations is going on in Waccabuc? Are aliens taking over Sally's Ford Explorer? This week on Car Talk, we heard from Sally from North Salem, New York, whose daily drive takes her into wonderful Waccabuc. This last time, however, her ride was a little out-of-the-ordinary, to say the least…

I think that the previous comments are on the right track. I saw a blue ball of light go down the center of a plane during a storm many years ago. I was sitting next to a pilot, who said that it’s called “St. Elmo’s Fire”. I’ve since looked that up, and I think that’s what happened here. Here’s …

I think I know what happened. Once I was on an airplane and experienced the same sort of phenomena. It is called St. Elmo’s Fire and sailors of long ago experienced this out on the open sea when there was high energy static electrical storm stuff going on…the loud noise and bright ball of fire lig…

My dearest Click and Clack. You had a woman describe a bright light with a buzzing sound hit right next to her car’s power outlet and you completely dismissed the idea that it actually could have been lightning. Lightning isn’t as isolated as people think it is, meaning it doesn’t always stay in the…

As an amateur radio operator who works with wires antennas, I’m a preeminent expert in these matters. Wires suspended in space build up static electrical charges from wind and other atmospheric stuff passing around them. When Sally’s explorer passed under the power lines, it breached the charged fie…

zzzzzz sounds like Sally was visited by a “ball lightning” event zzzzzz

could it have been direct (aka galvanic) current passing through her? if so, her optic nerve could have been “zapped”, which causes perceived flashes of light or brighter/more vivid colors…studies (and my own self with facial “rejuvenation” tools) have proven this phenom.

Check the transformer on the cellphone adapter. Fishkillranger is correct. The transformer in the power cord adapter could fry and flash, causing the noise and the light. Does the cellphone charger still work?

I’ve worked for power companies for years, and her description matches what would happen from a hight voltage electrical fault at the mentioned power lines. Bright light= A high voltage electrical fault can be similar to a very-large welding arc. The bright light coming through the windows and win…

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aljo4u February 25, 2012, 8:43pm 11

It probably was a squirrel that shorted out the transformer and caused the bright flash and sound. Possibly a funeral is in order.

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