Ball Lightning
@article{Jennison1969BallL, title={Ball Lightning}, author={R. Jennison}, journal={Nature}, year={1969}, volume={224}, pages={895} }
THIS communication records the observation of ball lightning in unusual circumstances. I was seated near the front of the passenger cabin of an all-metal airliner (Eastern Airlines Flight EA 539) on a late night flight from New York to Washington. The aircraft encountered an electrical storm during which it was enveloped in a sudden bright and loud electrical discharge (0005 h EST, March 19, 1963). Some seconds after this a glowing sphere a little more than 20 cm in diameter emerged from the… Expand
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