QuestionsBall lightningIs ball lightning a physical object, distinct from afterimages, hallucinations and misperceived ordinary lightning?Answer
Answer · Ball lightning
Ball lightning is a physical luminous object produced in or near thunderstorms.
Ball lightning is a physical luminous object produced in or near thunderstorms.
Where it stands
Most likelyIts tests supported it: three pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- Instruments (cameras, spectrographs) record it independently of witnesses.
- Several independent witnesses see the same object at once.
What would rule it out
- A long programme of instrumented observation at lightning sites that records no such objects while witnesses nearby report them.
Evidence 3 for · none against
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The questions it answers
Most likelyBall lightning is a physical luminous object produced in or near thunderstorms
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Ball lightning is a physical luminous object produced in or near thunderstorms. [Answer ANS0D40A67C1C9Q]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D40A67C1C9Q
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year = {2026},
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