14 Witnesses See Sky Turn Pink and Bright Light Rise Rapidly and Disappear - Dogs Go Wild

Photo of Pink Sky and Light
(Lightness on Top is Snow Overhanging From Roof)

Photo of Witness's Backyard. (Note Fresh Snowfall.)

Location of Sighting (About 70 Miles Northeast of Toronto)

Date of Sighting: January 15, 2006
Time of Sighting: 3:30 AM EST
Date Reported: March 6, 2006
Duration of Sighting: Few Seconds
Location of Sighting: Bobcaygeon, Ontario, Canada (See Map Above)
Latitude:  44.55 Degrees North
Longitude:  78.55 Degrees West
Number of Witnesses: Fourteen
Number of Witnesses Interviewed: One
Weather: Clear Skies. Visibility 10 Miles

Description (In Witness's Own Words):  I was woke up by my dog who was going insane. I looked out window and every thing was pink the snow the sky every where. I grabbed my camera and got off one picture before it shot straight up in the air and was gone in a second. I live in a small town and 14 other people saw it. I do not know what it is, but as soon as it disappeared the sky turned back to normal and my dog stopped barking right away. 

Second Report by Witness (In Response to My Questions):
1.) My camera is a Nikon D70s and it is digital I am 46 and this is my first camera and the first time I turned on a computer was 3 months ago so when you ask me what the pixel density is I have no idea what you are talking about.
2) And what I did I do the picture? I just downloaded it to my computer and nothing else what you see is exactly what I saw the sky was that color every where you looked it was pink. I do not know what to tell you. I took a picture of what I saw. The light was so harsh that I saw pink spots for 20 minutes after it had disappeared. It was so bad that when I looked at the screen on my camera after it disappeared I did not think I had got it it was not until my eyes stopped seeing spots that I saw the picture.
3) The picture was taken on Jan.16, 2006. I sent you you the picture again and a picture of my back yard to show you that we have a lot of snow the picture I sent you has a lighter color on the top that is the snow over hanging on my roof. The picture was taken with me pointing my camera straight up in the air and I had enough time to just take one picture.
4) The people were not my next door neighbors but I live in a small retirement town and most people know or know of everybody. The day after I took the picture I made a copy and went up to the local Vet a friend and wanted to ask him what he thought and while I was there other people in his office saw the picture and were saying things like oh my god I was woke up by my dog barking also and everything was pink. One lady was going to take her elderly mother to the doctor because she thought her mother was starting to see things and my friend the vet since this thing was first seen he and his wife who is a doctor and they live on the lake and with nobody around them. They have had their house lit up twice in the middle of the night. Their house is built 600ft from the water and when what ever it is has lit them up with a light so bright that they can see the water (frozen over because it is winter now) and it is like the noonday sun they can see everything it last 5 seconds and then it is back to normal. They now carry a camera and video camera every place they go.
5) It had been snowing because earlier I was shoveling the driveway at 10:30pm and my dog sat and stared at the sky the whole time. I was out it was strange because he is a border collie and every other time he would be trying to herd the shovel he was so into what ever it was I had to touch him to get him inside he never realized I was calling him and 5 hours later he was going insane. The weather at the time of the pink sky was cloudy. Thank you for looking at my picture if you have any questions please let me know. I have no idea what it was but what you see in the picture is what I saw in the sky if not for my dog barking I would have never have seen the object. The picture was not touched in any way what is there is what I saw. Thanks again.

Investigator's Notes:  I first thought that the photo was a hoax, but subsequent communication with the witness is quite suggestive that this was a real event.  The witness was one day off on the date of the photo (the camera signature said January and he reported January 16).  However, this is understandable as it is easy to be off day for something that happened nearly two months ago.  Also the date could possibly be wrong on the camera and needs to be reset.  Also I doubt if the witness "doctored the photo" because he didn't know the pixel density of his camera (see his response above).  In addition he just recently purchased a computer so he likely did not have a high degree of knowledge of computer software. Apparently several other people were awakened by their dogs barking on the same night and saw the bright light and pink sky.  The pinkness is quite unusual and the light must have been bright.  The witness complained about temporary problems with his vision.  Given these new details this sighting falls into the unidentified category. According to the computer signature on the picture, the photo was taken with a Nikon D70s, 6.1 megapixel digital camera. Additional analysis of the photo indicates that the photo came directly from the camera and was not modified by any photo editing program.