# Balls form at or near ground strike points.

> Most likely: Balls form at or near ground strike points.

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# Balls form at or near ground strike points.

Balls form at or near ground strike points.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: three pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Reported balls lie within a few hundred metres of a located stroke at the right time, more often than chance.

## What would rule it out

- Well-located reports with no stroke within a kilometre, more often than a random-time control.

## Evidence 3 for · none against

[In 34 European cases, close events lay a mean 0.42 km from a stroke, and stronger strokes were closer.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/evidence/EVD0D40AEH057ZT/in-34-european-cases-close-events-lay-a-mean-0-42-km-from-a)

Suggestive

FOR

[Rayle's first category appears after a stroke to ground and stays near the ground.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/evidence/EVD0D40AF0M4J84/rayles-first-category-appears-after-a-stroke-to-ground-and)

Suggestive

FOR

[The 2012 ball formed at a cloud-to-ground strike point.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/evidence/EVD0D40AERT7MMJ/the-2012-ball-formed-at-a-cloud-to-ground-strike-point)

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## The questions it answers

[Does ball lightning form at the point where lightning strikes, or in the electric field near storms?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/questions/QST0D40A5ZJ387Q/does-ball-lightning-form-at-the-point-where-lightning)

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

Most likelyBalls form at or near ground strike points

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