[UPDATE: CBC's Strombo picks up our story.]

[UPDATE No. 2: Globe and Mail picks up our story.]

[UPDATE No. 3: Huffington Post picks up our story.]

[UPDATE No. 4: Smithsonian.com picks up our story.]

[UPDATE No. 5: CTV News picks up our story.]

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Those weren't alien lights you saw last night (February 25th). They are called light pillars, which happen during cold temps like we experienced last night into early this morning. The visual phenomenon is created by the reflection of light from ice crystals in the atmosphere. Local photographer Jay Callaghan is a night owl, and took these beautiful pics below around 1:45 a.m. in the Parkhill Rd West area looking towards Chemong. "Once the clouds rolled in the pillars disappeared, so I was at the right place at the right time," Jay tells us. You sure were.