# Ball lightning is a physical luminous object produced in or near thunderstorms.

> Most likely: Ball lightning is a physical luminous object produced in or near thunderstorms.

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# Ball lightning is a physical luminous object produced in or near thunderstorms.

Ball lightning is a physical luminous object produced in or near thunderstorms.

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## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its 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

[A video of a probable ball was analysed photometrically in Italy.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/evidence/EVD0D40A6Q02MNA/a-video-of-a-probable-ball-was-analysed-photometrically-in)

Suggestive

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[Surveys find reports nearly as frequent as nearby cloud-to-ground strokes, with consistent statistical…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/evidence/EVD0D40A6YT6D4B/surveys-find-reports-nearly-as-frequent-as-nearby-cloud-to)

Suggestive

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[Two spectrographs with high-speed cameras recorded a ball for about a second after a ground stroke at 0.9 km.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/evidence/EVD0D40A6F64B1S/two-spectrographs-with-high-speed-cameras-recorded-a-ball)

Supported

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## The questions it answers

[Is ball lightning a physical object, distinct from afterimages, hallucinations and misperceived ordinary lightning?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/questions/QST0D40A5846ZE5/is-ball-lightning-a-physical-object-distinct-from)

Most likelyBall lightning is a physical luminous object produced in or near thunderstorms

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