Unexplained Mysteries writes “Russian satellite discover these mysterious lights above Earth’s atmosphere. We take a look at these mysterious lights above the Earth. A Russian satellite launched in 2016 has discovered some mysterious lights above Earth. When they were first released it had many people speculating about what they could be. It was first thought they were similar to the Northern Lights but this was ruled out. For the last few weeks weeks people all over the world have been seeing mysterious lights in the sky. It first started in New York and has since been seen in Germany and Ireland.”
Jillian H
Wow!
Bruce N
These are called sprites. They are large electrical discharges that happen above thunderstorms and have been observed from space.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_(lightning)
Emily T
Yes I just read about the phenomena also! So awesome!
Linda W
I thought they were sprites too but they are going in the wrong direction. If that picture is real, you can see trees. I thought sprites were high in the atmosphere and discharge from earth outward.
rubin c
WOAH!