Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
"1) By 1977 there were no less than 82 academic papers on ball
lightning. A lot of scientific interest for a so called psychological
effect."
Do you have a bibliography? How many articles were in peer-reviewed
journals? If so, which journals?
I'm convinced my personal "eye witness" event was due to retinal
fatigue - I've convinced myself of that. Long ago and far away, but
very interesting phenomenon. Others who were present saw different
manifestations of the same thing which I attribute to the difference in
the exact exposure each of us received from a close strike.
Ed