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Ball Lightning:

Archive of Ball Lightning reports

A large collection of stories submitted by "BL" eyewitnesses. Add your own report.

http://amasci.com/weird/unusual/bl.html

Atmospheric Electricity

A meta-reference general page about Atmospheric Electricity, with a bibliography and links.

http://ae.nsstc.uah.edu/

Ball Lightning

A summary page about the phenomenon.

http://www.tbns.net/mediapoet/tech19b.htm

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Ball Lightning bibliography

A not-commented partial bibliography about the subject.

http://www.fis.unipr.it/~albino/documenti/Bibliografia_BL.html

Ball Lightning Discussion - Chukanov Energy, Inc.

Lots of information and speculation.

http://www.chukanovenergy.com/index.php?section=69

Eddy Current Model of Ball Lightning

Theory accounting for the formation and major properties of ball lightning.

http://jasia.ca/jaydshelton/balllightning/

Far News: Ball Lightning Experiments Produce UFOs

Two researchers in a lab in New Zealand say their experiment may explain enigmatic weather phenomena such as ball lightning.

http://home.dmv.com/~tbastian/balite.htm

New Lead for Fireball Riddle

A BBC news article on New Zealand scientists who believe that ball lightning is little more than burning soil fragments that have been kicked up into the air.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/628709.stm

Physics : Great Balls of What?

An article from Nature.com.

http://www.nature.com/nsu/000203/000203-8.html

Scientific American: Ask the Experts: Ball Lightning

According to a statistical investigation, approximately 5% of the world population have witnessed ball lightning. Various physical theories are presented here.

http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?articleID=000CB330-61BF-1C71-9EB7809EC588F2D7

Theory of Ball Lightning

Storm News article: "A Theory of Ball Lightning as an Electric Discharge" by Dr. John J. Lowke.

http://www.australiasevereweather.com/storm_news/2000/docs/0006-02.htm

Tornadoes and Ball Lightning

A Edward Lewis paper, with the discussion of ball lightning as plasmoids.

http://www.padrak.com/ine/ELEWIS3.html

The Truth About Ball Lightning

Read fabulously absurd truths and untruths about ball lightning.

http://tangmonkey.com/balllight/

The Virtual Times: Unusual Experiences with Lightning

Unusual experiences with lightning and ball lightning as related by eye witnesses.

http://hsv.com/weather/unusual/

Does Ball Lightning Really Exist?

Reviews the evidence and witness accounts of ball lightning. (September 17, 2004)

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/040917.html

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