Analysis of the unique case of ball lightning observation in Mitino, the northwest district of Moscow

Никитин, А. В.; Velichko, A.; Nikitina, T.F.; Stepanov, Ilya G.

doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2018.07.001

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“…Ball lightning monographies and reviews were accomplished, e.g. by Brand (1923Brand ( , 2010, Singer (1971), Stakhanov (1979), Barry (1980), Smirnov (1993), Stenhoff (1999), Rakov and Uman (2003), Bychkov et al (2010), Shmatov and Stephan (2019), and Boerner (2019). Ball lightning cases also have a psychological side, when it comes to eyewitness quality, (non-)reporting, and public and media event labelling.…”

Section: Historical Outlinementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In chapter 20 of their lightning handbook, Rakov and Uman (2003) summed up the status quo on ball lightning. The authors were puzzled by 2400 references in Stenhoff's book (1999), whereas their handbook on all lightning aspects comprises over 6000.…”

Section: Historical Outlinementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thus, even this relatively small sample of educated and trained observers shows a variety of situations, object sizes, and case durations, and some outliers are hard to integrate into one general ball lightning model. This has led some researchers (as Rakov and Uman, 2003) to assume several types of ball lightning. Epistemologically, it would be odd to define a "ball lightning norm" and a priori exclude cases that do not meet this definition.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…One of the most-cited ball lightning events happened at Dorstone, Herefordshire, UK, and was reported to a newspaper by W. Morris (1936): "During a thunderstorm I saw a large, red hot ball come down from the sky. It struck our house, cut the telephone wires, burnt the window frame, and then buried itself in a tub of water, which was underneath.…”

Section: Other Influential or Notable Casesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Triangulation of the simultaneous records helped to ascertain position and height above ground, which was between 30 and 140 m. Most of the time, the object velocity was 6 m s −1 or less, over a ground space of 12 × 100 m; then it increased to 15 m s −1 and it disappeared up into a cloud. The object size was about 75 cm (Nikitin et al, 2018). The publication gives a wind speed of 100 km h −1 .…”

Section: Other Influential or Notable Casesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A brief history of ball lightning observations by scientists and trained professionals

Keul

2021

Hist. Geo Space. Sci.

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Abstract. With thousands of eyewitness reports, but few instrumental records and no consensus about a theory, ball lightning remains an unsolved problem in atmospheric physics. As chances to monitor this transient phenomenon are low, it seems promising to evaluate observation reports by scientists and trained professionals. The following work compiles 20 published case histories and adds 15 from the author's work and 6 from a Russian database. Forty-one cases from eight countries, 1868–2020, are presented in abstract form with a synthesis. The collection of cases does not claim to be complete. Six influential or notable ball lightning cases are added. It is concluded that well-documented cases from trained observers can promote fieldwork and stimulate and evaluate ball lightning theories. Scientists who have not reported their experience are invited to share it with the author.

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