Twitter erupts with wild theories about mysterious red lights coming from the White House
Some joked that Trump brought back the glowing orb from Saudi Arabia with him to Washington.

Mysterious red lights flashing inside the White House late on Sunday night (28 May) has gotten the Internet buzzing with wild and hilarious theories. A local Fox News station, which had TV cameras regularly positioned on the White House, caught the strange red strobe lights around 8:30PM EST on Sunday. The lights seemed to be emanating from two windows on the second floor of executive mansion.
"Strange lights are illuminating inside the White House," FOX 35 WOFL wrote on its Facebook page. "We're working to find out what is going on."
Twitter users quickly jumped at the opportunity to offer some of their own hilarious thoughts and theories dripping with sarcasm, from a possible rave or Disco night to a morse code message to the Russians.
Some joked that Trump brought back the glowing orb from Saudi Arabia with him to Washington while some mused that Trump's tanning bed is acting up.
"It's Morse code," one Facebook user wrote. "It says 'I don't know what I'm doing... Please help me... For the love of God... Make it stop..."
Another wrote: "Sean Spicer opened a portal to hell. The other back channel for the Administration."
"The red light flashing at the #whitehouse could be a signal to his lawyers that's opened his Twitter app," one Twitter user wrote.
Emmy nominated-writer and actor Jeff Loveness tweeted: "I'm guessing that flashing red light in the White House means Trump has finally lost control of the Time Gem and our nightmare is almost over,"
On Monday, the New York Post reported that the lights were just a reflection from emergency vehicles responding to a nearby medical incident in Lafayette Park near the building.
"The red lights had nothing to do with the White House," a Secret Service spokesperson told The New York Post.
#VIDEO What do you think the flashing lights are in the @WhiteHouse right now? They seem to be inside the 2nd floor residence. #FOX35 pic.twitter.com/37Iga3XQOL
— Tom Johnson (@FOX35Tom) May 29, 2017
@Breaking911 Did Trump steal the orb? pic.twitter.com/SXJ5GtC6Yb
— Shannon Mugrage (@shannon_mugrage) May 29, 2017
@Breaking911 pic.twitter.com/qaFoK9Paq7
— Josh Sánchez (@jnsanchez) May 29, 2017
@Breaking911 @stanyee Melania's cry for help? ð¨ð¨ð¨
— Mona Nomura (@Mona) May 29, 2017
@Mona @Breaking911 Russian disco karaoke
— Stan Yee (@stanyee) May 29, 2017
@Breaking911 @AlexBurby So the Reds really are in the White House. ð
— Adam Tierney (@adamctierney) May 29, 2017
@FOX35Tom @TheRynheart @WhiteHouse Kenny Rogers Roasters? pic.twitter.com/hfi0qJIY5Z
— Bonnie K (@BonniBK) May 29, 2017
@Mess_OfMe @cheerymonkey @PiinkyPants1 @FOX35Tom @WhiteHouse It the overheat warning light on Jared's shredder
— RunBeast (@RunBeast11) May 29, 2017
There's only one person I trust to investigate the unexplained red strobe lights in the White House pic.twitter.com/ukLgodCC7R
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) May 29, 2017
@Breaking911 Think we got it pic.twitter.com/HX60LBfEU3
— Eddie (@Slapshoted24) May 29, 2017
Disco Night in the White House's Red Light District. pic.twitter.com/vJgV1wlvhh
— Ryan Freeze (@rynfrz) May 29, 2017
@RobbinSimmons7 @wsvn "Red Light in the White House." How 1977 is like 2017.
— Peter Corless (@PeterCorless) May 29, 2017
[Though I haven't seen this. Came across by Googling.]https://t.co/hvQtNF9f7j pic.twitter.com/sySylHtOJp
This is why you never take a palantÃr of the Dark Lord back to your residence. Hopefully this young administration has learned its lesson. https://t.co/rUlioVZPk4
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) May 29, 2017
@FOX35Tom @lilsliceofcraze @WhiteHouse Oh good! The aliens have come for the administration. Saving all of mankind. ð
— cadria04 (@cadria04) May 29, 2017
Trump, deep in a Fox News haze, furiously hits his red Diet Coke button over & over. Spicer, still stung by Pope slight, refuses to deliver. https://t.co/svRLjrbpcZ
— The Resisterhood (@resisterhood) May 29, 2017
Two theories on the White House flashing lights. First, it is being used to great jet lag. Second, it is a type of therapy for Alzheimer's.
— Midr (@Kay_Os2016) May 29, 2017
@FOX35Tom @WhiteHouse 2) They've fixed it so when Trump starts to tweet, lights warn the staff. #WhiteHouseFlashingLights
— RonEdens (@RonEdens) May 29, 2017
@FOX35Tom @WhiteHouse 2) They've fixed it so when Trump starts to tweet, lights warn the staff. #WhiteHouseFlashingLights
— RonEdens (@RonEdens) May 29, 2017
@FOX35Tom @WhiteHouse #WhiteHouseFlashingLights
— RonEdens (@RonEdens) May 29, 2017
4)Trump set up trap involving Christmas lights and a rope to finally catch that darned leaker!(CapturedPence)
@FOX35Tom @WhiteHouse @Reince45 @realDonaldTrump #whitehouseflashinglights
— RonEdens (@RonEdens) May 29, 2017
10) They're testing out the "Vacancy" sign, just in case.
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