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'No Evidence Of Extraterrestrial Activity,' NYPD Says As City Is Bathed In Blue Light

Utility company Con Edison says the light emanated from "a sustained electrical arc flash that was visible across a wide area." Witnesses had many other ideas.
The night sky over New York City turned bright blue Thursday night, the result of a sustained electrical arc flash at an Astoria, Queens, power plant, according to Con Edison.

New Yorkers were shocked and amazed by an eerie blue light that took over the night sky in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens on Thursday night. Officials say an electrical fire at a Con Edison substation was to blame — not an alien ship or any of the

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