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Ball Lightning in a different lab



Original poster: "S&JY" <youngsters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

See below:

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From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: Golka video: Ball Lightning in lab. WHAT?!!!!!


> 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. <SNIP> > Robert (R. A.) Jones > A1 Accounting, Inc., Fl > 407 649 6400

To Bob and other semi- or non-believers of Ball Lightning, I offer the
following excerpt from the 20 April 1976 edition of Electronic Design News
(EDN) Magazine.  The article is mostly about Golka's experiments with the
large TC in the hanger, but note this interesting observation:

"The accidental formation of ball lightning has been observed about once per
year for the past decade inside building 985 at Hill AF Missile Radiographic
Facility, Utah.  (my note:  It's a huge X-ray facility for X-raying the
first stage of ICBMs to detect propellant cracks, etc.)  The volleyball-size
fireballs drop out of the space adjacent to the high voltage supply of the
25 Mev linear accelerator.

The ball of blue fire floats down to the floor, rolls around randomly and
then rises again to the power-supply area where it dissipates without
detectable damage.  Despite troubleshooting, no explanation can be found for
this occurrence."

Greg Leyh - ever heard of that happening where you work?

Here is another event at the same facility:
"On one occasion, lightning struck the building--a large concrete structure
with a 60 ft ceiling inside--and, simultaneously, an intense sphere of fire
the size of a tennis ball formed above the conduit on the wall at nearly
shoulder level.  It moved alont the wall for a distance of some 30 ft.,
floated out and around the neck and shoulders of a person standing near the
wall, moved back to the wall and continued along for several feet until it
intercepted a duplex outlet on the conduit.  At this the ball exploded,
causing electrical damage throughout."

Very interesting stuff - it will be a great breakthrough to finally
understand and reproduce at will BL.

--Steve Y.