# It was a related but different phenomenon, such as a long-lived luminous ground-strike remnant, not…

> Still possible: It was a related but different phenomenon, such as a long-lived luminous ground-strike remnant, not representative of ball lightning in…

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# It was a related but different phenomenon, such as a long-lived luminous ground-strike remnant, not…

It was a related but different phenomenon, such as a long-lived luminous ground-strike remnant, not representative of ball lightning in general.

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

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Properties (size, distance, duration) differ from typical reports.

## What would rule it out

- Further recordings showing the same spectrum in typical reports.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[It was a single event seen at 0.9 km; the apparent 5 m glow overstates the ball's size.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/evidence/EVD0D40ADSJ6NMS/it-was-a-single-event-seen-at-0-9-km-the-apparent-5-m-glow)

Suggestive

FOR

[Martin Uman called it probably ball lightning, or one type of ball lightning.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/evidence/EVD0D40ADHR05B2/martin-uman-called-it-probably-ball-lightning-or-one-type-of)

Suggestive

FOR

## The questions it answers

[Does the 2012 Qinghai recording show a ball of burning soil vapour?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/questions/QST0D40A5QR3YCV/does-the-2012-qinghai-recording-show-a-ball-of-burning-soil)

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

Most likelyYes; it was a ball of vaporised soil elements sustained after the stroke

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