Aw, MAN! I was convinced it was an aurora lighting up the clouds. Oh well...

I heard it looked pretty spectacular. I wish I could find a photo! I hope to hear more from the FD tomorrow morning ... I'll give everyone an update ASAP.

My daughter and I saw it driving on North River road. To me it looked like lightning in the sky, but I guess it could have been a high voltage line. Looked cool in any case.

It was AMAZINGLY spectacular, very definitely blue, and lit up the whole sky over Stow and even into Kent for a long time. We were driving, so I didn't get a picture, but wow...if that was a power line down, that is SCARY.

I think I'll have to go to Macy's tomorrow to do some shopping ... I mean the story! haha. They are probably closed anyway, (safely) assuming they won't have power. Capt. Mark Stone said he'd have more info. in the morning and some line down safety tips.

Is anyone still without power? or did it just turn on and off?

We saw it and thought it was lightening.

We are on the Hudson side of Stow by Norton Rd. And saw it too!

We're on the west side of Stow near Lakeview and I saw it. I thought it might be lightening but then didn't see it out the windows that face north.

saw it driving east on 59, towards macy's, at the clearing where the airport is. every time it flashed, it lit up the entire sky a bright blue and all the lights at the target/GE plaza went off/on. it was very "war of the worlds" looking; kind of scary, but kind of awesome.

So how long did the flashes appear? Was it a quick few times or did this go on for awhile?

Saw it from my house, which faces east on Baird Rd. I also thought it was lightning, but was puzzled that there was no sound-glad to know now that I wasn't losing my mind lol!

We live in a neighborhood off of Marsh Road. We were all eating dinner when the lights started. We turned off all the lights in the house to see these strange lights better. We thought it was weird because it was so cold and there was no thunder. The lights soon turned to a blue/green color. They lasted about 20 minutes. After each time the sky lit up, there was a strange, faint noise that lasted only a few seconds. It was definitely very cool, but scary at the same time. It reminded me of something from the movie "War of the Worlds." I can't wait to hear exactly what it was.

I've heard that description a few times, "something out of War of the Worlds." creepy! Here's the latest update everyone: http://patch.com/A-q31M. (there's a photo and the FD said they had to stop a man from walking up close to the situation.)

Thanks for the info. Good to know what was happening. Saw it on Stow Road going south from Hudson. I like being able to get the "scoop" on local news so soon and not have to wait for the Sentry- although it might have a longer story.