White Crane Feather Posted November 3, 2013 #1 Share Posted November 3, 2013 I'm curious about what UMers think about Ball lightning. Here is some footage I found. Some of it I'm skeptical about but a couple seem to be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beelzebufo Posted November 3, 2013 #2 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Personally, I'm fascinated by ball lightning and think it's real. There are still a lot of natural phenomena that aren't well understood, and when you look at things like blue jets, red sprites, and dark lightning, ball lightning doesn't seem all that unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatofeo Posted November 3, 2013 #3 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Ball lightning's existence is not in doubt. Too many people, highly trained at that, have witnessed it. I've never a meteorologist who doubted its existence. Rather, they've wished they could see it. Electricity still has unexplainable aspects to it. Lightning, particularly, does things that make meteorologists, physicists and electricians shake their heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Crane Feather Posted November 3, 2013 Author #4 Share Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) That's what I thought. As far as I can tell most meteorologists say its a real phenomenon just difficult to study do to its rarity. The clip in the video with the scrolling Asian characters underneath it where there is a ball of light then it seems to shatter as lightning strikes looks legit. Edited November 3, 2013 by White Crane Feather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiloh17 Posted November 4, 2013 #5 Share Posted November 4, 2013 I've seen it once, when I was about 6 years old. Lightning flashed, and we (my brother and 2 sisters) looked up and saw a ball of lightning, I suppose around where it originated. One of those things you don't forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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