People who have been near a lot of radiation report that they see an X-Ray of their bones with their own eyes. Why does this happen?

Question

I was just watching a documentary on soldiers who witnessed atomic bombs from only a couple of km’s away and all of them reported that even with their eyes closed, they could see an X-Ray of their bones.

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Source: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FokopVKMgdU&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=TheNewYorkTimes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FokopVKMgdU&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=TheNewYorkTimes)

In: Physics

Answer 1

X-ray is impossible because our eyes don’t detect those wavelengths. It could be an optical thing like above, or just them imagining things.