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NASA Lewis survey of 112 ball-lightning descriptions (Rayle 1966)

44-page US government report summarising 112 detailed descriptions (brightness, size, duration, colour, behaviour); scanned PDF, so case-level values need transcription where the report gives them. Supports distribution fitting and class separation.

Ball lightningBall lightningVersion 1.0Licence public-domainUpdated 26 Oct 2026

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