Aliens over New York? A blue light festival due to a transformer explosion sparked the wildest speculation on Twitter Thursday night. The incident took place at a power plant in Queens, just across from Manhattan, shortly after 9 p.m. local time.
A series of blue lightning
A series of blue flashes then illuminated the sky of the American financial capital, very quickly triggering tweets announcing the arrival of extraterrestrials or superheroes. “The aliens are there, I know it’s true because they stopped in Astoria as soon as they landed”, tweeted with humor Joe Budden, a musician.