I have never seen anything like this and have never heard of ball lightning before I actually saw this lightning ball." The neighbors came out and asked if we were okay. My husband also saw a brilliant light, not the ball and heard the sound. The next door neighbors saw a bright light, not the ball, but heard the loud explosion sound. There were no burn marks, smoldering, or any marks on the ground, nor could the leaves be identified as burned and no smell of fire. When the lightening ball exploded there was a debris like dust and the leaves dropped. It was off the ground approximately 8ft and there were leaves above the lightening ball that were swirling wildly above it. It sounded like an explosion or a bomb going off. It was brilliant white and lasted about 10seconds and then exploded with a very loud boom. It was a little bigger than the size of a beach ball. I am writing to let you know that Sunday, August 15th, 2021 in Greensboro, NC in my backyard my granddaughter and I saw a lightning ball. We do have power lines but where the ball lightning occurred was over 100' from the power lines. Ball was approximately 40' away outside near a large tree. I have interviewed the author and I think there is no question that the description is from someone with ordinary observing and mental capacities. I have permission from the author of the following to publish this anonymized report from Aug. In other words, people used to have a label for something we now see as part of something else. It could just be a spark jumping/arcing from an overloaded circuit or from metal shards being thrown from an object that was riddled by current. My guess is that what people call "ball lightning" is just some transient aspect of electricity related to a nearby lightning strike that causes an apparent ball appearance despite not being anything distinct. I claim there is no such distinct scientific entity as "ball lightning," especially in light of the complete lack of recent reports despite the increasing number of photographers and chasers over the past few decades, as well as the lack of accounts from prominent chasers and lightning researchers (many of whom have captured excellent high speed recordings over the past 10-20 years).Īlong with never having seen any photo or video evidence of ball lightning, I find it peculiar that reports of ball lightning seemed to disappear after about the 1980s or so.
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