Return to the INE Main Page Tornadoes and Ball Lightning Edward Lewis P. O. Box 13050 Chicago, Illinois 60613 September 7, 1995; Revised July 22, 1996 and August 20, 1996 Tornadoes and Ball Lightning Copyright 1995, 1996 by Edward Lewis Abstract Tornadoes and ball lightning are identified, and described as plasmoid phenomena. Certain anomalous characteristics of tornadoes and ball lightning are ...

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

Ball lightning bibliography di Albino Carbognani Last update 22-02-1999 A Aleksandrov V.Y., Podmoshenskii I.V., Sall S.A., Simulation of the motions of ball lightning , Soviet Technical Physics Letters, April 1988, Vol.14, n.4. pp. 285-286 Altschuler M.D., House L.L., Hildner E., Is Ball Lightning a Nuclear Phenomenon , Nature, 1970, Vol.228, Nov.7, pp.545-546 Amirov A.K., Bychkov V.L., ANOVA ...

A Theory of Ball Lightning as an Electric Discharge ...

Ball Lightning Experiments Produce UFOs The last place most people would try to start a fire is inside a tornado. But two researchers who have pulled off a similar trick in a lab in New Zealand say their experiment may explain enigmatic weather phenomena such as ball lightning. At first glance, tornadoes don't appear fire-friendly. Even at the calm centre of the whirlwind, there is enough of an ...

Ball Lightning does more than melt peoples' faces off ...

August 14, 2002 go Advanced Search TODAY'S NEWS EXPLORE ASK THE EXPERTS QUICK POLL FEATURE ARTICLES TECHBIZ NANOTECHNOLOGY CURRENT ISSUE UPCOMING ISSUE PAST ISSUES Ask the Experts: Physics What causes the strange glow known as St. Elmo's Fire Is this phenomenon related to ball lightning Jeff Kornegay Phoenix, Arizona William Beaty is an electrical engineer who has designed numerous science ...

This unedited page can be found at http://www.ecsel.psu.edu/~mberdine/ ) Ball Lightning Description Occurrence Usually occurs during or right after a thunderstorm. Has been created without any detected electrical storm. In most surveys about 70% occured right after a lightning strike. Seasonal variations for the frequency of occurance are the same as for normal lightning, with the majority in ...