Ball Lightning
It's a strange phenomena in nature.
In fact, ball lightning is so strange that scientists find it incredibly hard to explain.
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Ball Lightning Created in the Lab
Article from LiveScience.com about scientists that have created a laboratory version of ball lightning using technology taken from a common microwave oven.
www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/060223_ball_lightning.html
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Does ball lightning exist
This article asks if ball lightning is a nature phenomena at all.
www.straightdope.com/columns/040917.html
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Ball lightning
Described in Wikipedia.org as a natural phenomenon, or debatably, a pseudoscientific theory.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning
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Balls Of Fire
Article in the Fortean Times.
www.forteantimes.com/articles/163_ballsoffire.shtml
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Ball Lightning Page
Collections of articles, journals and links on ball lightning.
www.amasci.com/tesla/ballgtn.html
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Ball Lightning Experiment
Explains in detali how one might create ball lightning.
Illustrated.
An unusual experiment.
web.ukonline.co.uk/Members/ad.johnson/text/twbl.htm
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Ball Lightning in microwave ovens
Claims ball lightning can be created in microwave owens.
Cobntains a picture of what the author believes is a ball lightning.
www.angelfire.com/electronic/cwillis/microwave.html
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Spontaneous human combustion
How spontaneous human combustion can be explained by ball lightning.
Short abstract of an interessting article.
www.science-frontiers.com/sf073/sf073b06.htm
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Behind the Secret of the Naga's Fire
Article from Times Magazine about this strange phenomenon in Thailand.
Thailand's Mekong Nessie Leaves a Hot Trail..
www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501021125-391567,00.html
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Naga Fireballs Festival
The Naga Phenomenon even has its own festival.
www.discoverythailand.com/naga_fireballs_festival_2005.asp
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Chukanov Quantum Science and Technologies
Dr Kiril Chukanov is often associated with ball lightning. He formed the "General Energy International" and has written
several books on quantum mechanics.
www.chukanovenergy.com/index.php?section=15
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Hessdalen Lights
In Hessdalen, Norway, one can experience some very strange lights in the sky.
This is the official site of the Hessdalsphenomena and Project Hessdalen.
www.hessdalen.org
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Will o' the wisp
Wikipedia.org on this phenomenon of ghostly lights that is sometimes seen at night or in twilight hovering over damp ground in still air.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_o'_the_wisp
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Spooklight
Wikipedia.org on what often is refered to the Hornet Spooklight or the Devil's Promenade.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spooklight
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The Fire Of St. Elmo
A nature phenomena caused by ionization of the air, known for centuries.
This article is about the St. Elmo's Fire.
www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/elements/stelmo.htm
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Tornadoes and Ball Lightning
Article from 1995 about plasmoid phenomena, and claims that tornadoes and ball lightning have some kind of similar behavior.
www.padrak.com/ine/ELEWIS3.html
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Ball Lightning Reports
Submitted reports can be found in the The Wird Science Page Database.
amasci.com/weird/unusual/bl.html
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Ball Lighning:
The phenomena has been reported for centuries.
Some claim even the bible refer to the phenomena of ball lightning.
Famous photo:
This photo of a ball lightning convinced even the most disbelieving scientists.
Strange or not:
Allied bombers in world war II experienced what later was thought to be ball lightning.
Some have even argued it could be a secret Nazi wepon.
Now researchers mostly agree it's some kind of hoax.
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