No, not a close encounter of any kind

You can learn something everyday and sometimes it can be quite illuminating. UFO, spiked red wine or over exuberant Christmas lights? No, thundersnow. First for me and, like the dry and silent night time lightning I experienced over 20 years ago, perhaps the last. Did bring to mind the start of the Tom Cruise 'War of the Worlds', spooky.
Here's a YouTube from the states.