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Video of a possible lightning ball recently captured near Alberta
Not absolute certainty, COULD also be a very bright electrical fire on a power line
Still cool, tho
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hohohoooo
My Aunt Jenna's kitchen lighting looks very similar; maybe her door was open...
PoorSucker
Saw one 51 years ago, amazing
swedeonamoose
bloxxing
or a suv with its high beams on.
TrumpRapesAndEatsChildren0002
Hm, is this the first time anyone ever recorded ball lightning with a useful result?
byronwilliams4010
The way I have seen it described, I thought it rolled across the sky.
Crokkodrill8
You don`t fool anybody. It`s and alien spaceship. /s
UnlimitedTrickPony
I want to send them a lifetime supply of dental floss
Grimlinnan
That is how the Terminator arrived.
WindowStreetJournal
I remember, lightning balls were huge in the early '90s, major topic of conteo-friendly sci-fi magazines.
GentleTex73
That's an electrical arc from a power line. The way it flashed like that yeah an arc flash. Just looked like a sphere through the camera.
BarryTheCyborg
It's most likely an arc along power lines after a lightning strike https://youtu.be/ZbBmd1KphP8
SacrificialClam
Yes it is pretty clear, IMO, that that is what it is. It moves along a straight path like a power line and at the end it dissipates that its arcing between two wires.
wheredidwegonow
We had one in our house in 1986. Crazy
itrytoonlysaypositivethings
Have I heard of him? Why yes!
vintagebroad
UAP
Robbann
obviously it gotta be aliens
speedonthis
This was last summer out around Rich Valley. Neat stuff.
SmashySashimi
Ball lightning is so wild; it’s been reported moving around in aircraft without causing any damage.
Hootykai
St. Elmo's Fire I think it is called.
BallsToYouMyGoodSir
Hootykai
Oops, it is mistaken as St. Elmos Fire. My bad.
Munchman347
Usually only seen by the car following Lightning McQueen...
PeterTried
In the 80’s a Dutch astrofysicist and science teacher, Dr ir Dijkhuis founded a firm, Convectron, to harness the power of ball lightning. They did some experiments in with submarine batteries for power. Claimed to have created a ball lightning.
Socialites
And then
Daywalker27
I need your clothes, boots and motorcycle
Jaqdakloun
You forgot to say please
Daywalker27
TakuanSoho
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floatationman
Do not follow that into the woods.
Ijustwantquiet
@TakuanSoho Did you go looking for power lines to see if there had been an arc or fire?
76000BatteryLlamas
That's obviously a electro anomaly. Throw a bolt at it and GET OUT OF HERE STALKER.
BeachsideBarghest
Good hunting, Stalker!
Otomasoteraph
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning
BallsToYouMyGoodSir
im learning things today
tinydog
An observable and measurable phenomenon that we're still scratching our heads about! Awesome.
Thizicis
Now remember from Metro 2033 don't show any hostility and it will just pass you by.
copingcabana
I hope they start every day by saying, "Let's get this Pardy started!"
Columbus43219
Cardiac ICU Nurse - "Please stop with that joke."
copingcabana
You can't hide from me. ICU, nurse. 😄
Socialites
I downvoted cuz it was too funny
netutoring
One of the earlier memories I have was reading one of those PG Tipps sticker books about Mysteries of the World or something like that. One of the cases involved ball lightning that appeared in a couple's house back hundreds of years ago.
netutoring
....I was close on the name! Also, it was PG Tips...damn. Unexplained Mysteries of the World from 1987.
floatationman
There is a tale passed down from my father's father's mother from the late 1800s about ball lightning. On day out on the plains of Oklahoma there was a ball that came down, bounced once, twice, and then a bright flash along with a BOOM and it dissipated. It apparently rattled the windows.
netutoring
Interesting! I wonder if there's any connection with the Oklahoma Spook Light that started showing in the 1830s?
floatationman
Unknown. I just have that little fragment I shared above.