Re: Golka video: Ball Lightning in lab. WHAT?!!!!!

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts" <m.j.watts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Bob,
        I too sit on the skeptical side of the fence although it is
difficult to dismiss observations such as those of DC Cox. From all
the phenomena reproduced in the lab which could be classed as fitting
claimed witness descriptions of BL it would seem that a continuous
input of energy is required if these descriptions are to have any
credibility. That opens up a gamut of questions about the origin of
such a source of energy. In the case of the radio mast observation,
two conditions appeaar to be present - a strong static electric field
and a fairly strong RF field on the order of 100MHz or so - I
understand the tower in question was for an FM transmitter. I have
done much pondering on this subject with plenty more to do. I am
disturbed that no-one has apparently duplicated the Corum's claimed
production of BL. I've seen stills claimed to have been taken from
video but I would like to see the video. Anyone know whether it is
actually available?

Malcolm


On 22 Jun 2005, at 13:12, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Bob (R.A.) Jones" <a1accounting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi all,
>
> In my opinion the biggest mystery of Ball Lightning is how many people
> claim to have seen it and how many people believe it exists. I worked
> next to a factory that was struck by lightning.   Several people in
> the factory claimed to have seen ball lightning. Most of the
> observations where contradictory or very different with the majority
> of people (I asked ) saying they had seen nothing. One small (about
> four woman) group had a relatively coherent observations. When I
> questioned two of the group separately there observation where very
> different. The only common theme was one or more drifting balls of
> various sizes that moved at different speeds and had been observed at
> different places. One person claimed to have seen discharges between
> the support beams of the roof (perhaps the most believable
> observation) I was left very unconvinced that anyone had seen Ball
> Lightning. Though I was very tempted to believe it was some sort of
> after image caused by the flash and the darkness that followed.  What
> I remember about the event in a building about 200 yards away was the
> shock and surprise caused by the blinding flash followed by an almost
> immediate very loud clap/bang that rattled the building, then darkness
> and silence. Certainly a very unnerving adrenalin pumping event.
>
> Ball lightning like so many other unexplained observations is simple
> that unexplained observations. That does not necessarily that its any
> thing new only that there is no convention way of explaining it given
> the limited information.
>
> Researchers did an experiment on university students. A magician
> showed them several tricks.  From memory more than half the students
> when asked stated the magician had some supernatural powers (even the
> engineering students). This surprised the researchers so they repeated
> the experiment showing the students how the tricks where done.  Still
> a significant number insisted he had supernatural powers. Many if not
> all observations of ball lightning and even Golka's experiment fall in
> to a similar category as the magic tricks. They are difficult to
> explained (by the average person) but that does not necessarily mean
> there is any new physics involved.
>
> It could be that ball lightning is like high altitude Sprites that
> where reported numerous times.  But I believe it was only when an
> astronaut photographed a Sprite where that the observations taken
> seriously.
>
> Like so many other unexplained observations the majority remain just
> unexplained observations. Only very very few end up like Sprites.
>
>
> Robert (R. A.) Jones
> A1 Accounting, Inc., Fl
> 407 649 6400
>
>
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