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Tornadoes and Ball Lightning

http://www.padrak.com/ine/ELEWIS3.html

A Edward Lewis paper, with the discussion of ball lightning as plasmoids.

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Theory of Ball Lightning

http://www.australiasevereweather.com/storm_news/2000/docs/0006-02.htm

Storm News article: "A Theory of Ball Lightning as an Electric Discharge" by Dr. John J. Lowke.

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The Virtual Times: Unusual Experiences with Lightning

http://hsv.com/weather/unusual/

Unusual experiences with lightning and ball lightning as related by eye witnesses.

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The Truth About Ball Lightning

http://tangmonkey.com/balllight/

Read fabulously absurd truths and untruths about ball lightning.

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Smoke Rings and the Plasma

http://www.goodfelloweb.com/nature/plasma/

Beginning with an interesting comparison of the physiology of a smoke ring and ball lightning, leading to the development of a device to create ball lightning, this site continues with several well-presented accounts of the phenomenon.

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Skeptoid: Ball Lightning

http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4192#

Discussion of the scientific explanations for this phenomenon.

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Scientific American: Ask the Experts: Ball Lightning

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=periodically-i-hear-stori

According to a statistical investigation, approximately 5% of the world population have witnessed ball lightning. Various physical theories are presented here.

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New Lead for Fireball Riddle

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/628709.stm

A BBC news article on New Zealand scientists who believe that ball lightning is little more than burning soil fragments that have been kicked up into the air.

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Irving Langmuir's Ball Lightning Tube

http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/freenrg/balllg1.html

Description of an old experiment to produce ball lightning in the laboratory.

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Gradually About All

http://www.stealthtank.narod.ru/

The images on ball lightning modeling are presented. The material will be updated gradually in accordance with deriving new experimental effects.

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Far News: Ball Lightning Experiments Produce UFOs

http://home.dmv.com/~tbastian/balite.htm

Two researchers in a lab in New Zealand say their experiment may explain enigmatic weather phenomena such as ball lightning.

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Eddy Current Model of Ball Lightning

http://jasia.ca/jaydshelton/balllightning/

Theory accounting for the formation and major properties of ball lightning.

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Ball Lightning and Metastable Substance

http://balllightning.narod.ru/

Devoted to investigations and experimental modeling of the ball lightning and some related phenomena.

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Ball Lightning

http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/tesla/ballgtn.html

Lots of articles and links, including "how to make your own ball lightning".

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Atmospheric Electricity

http://ae.nsstc.uah.edu/

A meta-reference general page about Atmospheric Electricity, with a bibliography and links.

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Archive of Ball Lightning Reports

http://amasci.com/weird/unusual/bl.html

A large collection of stories submitted by eyewitnesses. Add your own report.

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