Re: Ball Lightning.

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: Ball Lightning.
• From: Dan Gowin <gowin-at-epic-1.nwscc.sea06.navy.mil>
• Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 10:24:41 -0500

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> >From DELCOKEVIN-at-aol-dot-comTue Nov  5 22:24:54 1996
> Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 13:20:05 -0500
> From: DELCOKEVIN-at-aol-dot-com
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Ball Lightning.
> 
> In a message dated 96-11-05 01:20:24 EST, you write:
> 
> >And parts of the alligator clip where
> >melted. The fire balls where green (I assume burning copper)
> 
> Could the alligator clip be the plated copper type, and could the balls be
> melted fragments that shot off? They could be quite bright and could also
> bounce around and last more than a split second.
> 
> Kevin

Kevin,
	The alligator clips are the plated copper types. But, the
balls I observed were not like hot metal spalding that you would see
from an ARC welder. The balls were in fact translucent spinning
green orbs, that bounced along the floor. In one sense they resembled
fire flies that sizzled and burned everything they touched.
	
Has anybody else experienced this phenomena?
D. Gowin

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