Not a hallucination. Black body radiation coming off that thing that's nearly sun-hot pumps a lot of energy out into the world. Everything that can absorb so

Not a hallucination. Black body radiation coming off that thing that's nearly sun-hot pumps a lot of energy out into the world. Everything that can absorb some of it does so, and twitches. We tend to think of radio receivers as something special, but they're highly optimized versions of processes going on all the time all around us. The clearest example I've personally experienced of this was out in the boonies watching a meteor shower with an astronomy club. After a few times hearing my glasses "hiss" just as I was seeing a meteor I asked about it and the fellow in charge (chair of the college astro department) filled us in. It was freakin' awesome.