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Sky lit up bright green
About a month ago, we got a big snowstorm here in central Ohio. Since I just moved here from Florida and hadn't seen snow in years, I was looking out my window enjoying the sight at about 5:15am.
As I was watching the snow, my lights dimmed slightly and I heard a distant humming noise. Then about 5 seconds later the sky lit up bright neon green for about 2 seconds. My initial thought given the lights dimming and the snow/ice was that a transformer blew, however they typically make a loud bang and a bluish white flash. This was a bright green and was totally silent aside from the humming noise I heard a few seconds prior.
I was not able to tell where it came from, but it appeared to light up the sky from below, in a way you'd expect from something like a bomb exploding. The most similar looking thing you'd encounter normally would be lightning, but I've never seen it light up the sky bright green for a sustained 2 seconds!
I turned off my lights so I could get a better view and sat there waiting for something else to happen. About 2-3 minutes later I saw the lights inside the house across the street come on. Then the outside lights turned on, and my neighbor opened his side door, looked back and forth a few times, and then went back inside, as if he heard something outside his house and wanted to investigate.
Has anybody else ever seen anything like this? I thought it was really bizarre. I googled it and found one person's mention of basically the same thing as I saw (1-second emerald green flash that lit up the sky) but no further elaboration.
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