# Microwaves generated at the stroke tip are trapped in a self-made plasma bubble.

> Still possible: Microwaves generated at the stroke tip are trapped in a self-made plasma bubble.

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# Microwaves generated at the stroke tip are trapped in a self-made plasma bubble.

Microwaves generated at the stroke tip are trapped in a self-made plasma bubble.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Intense microwave emission at ball formation.
- Balls can form without soil, including in aircraft.

## What would rule it out

- A microwave receiver beside a recorded ball detecting nothing.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Particle simulations reproduce a stable radiation-filled plasma bubble.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/evidence/EVD0D40AAC61G20/particle-simulations-reproduce-a-stable-radiation-filled)

Suggestive

FOR

[The only recorded spectrum is dominated by soil elements.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/evidence/EVD0D40AAM01N3S/the-only-recorded-spectrum-is-dominated-by-soil-elements)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What forms and powers ball lightning?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/questions/QST0D40A5FY652V/what-forms-and-powers-ball-lightning)

Most likelyLightning vaporises soil silica; silicon nanoparticle networks glow as they slowly oxidise

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Microwaves generated at the stroke tip are trapped in a self-made plasma bubble. [Answer ANS0D40AA4C22YQ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D40AA4C22YQ
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