Re: Ball Lightning

[John Gwilliam <jkgdiver@primenet.com>]

My father was a B-17 navigator during WWII and told me he often saw ball
lightning.  He also used to talk about "Saint Elmos Fire"- balls of
electricity rolling around on the wings of the plane during flight.

John Gwilliam


At 12:49 AM 10/6/99 GMT, Ron Baalke wrote:
>Have anyone heard of ball lightning before?  They look like fireballs,
>and in fact may be mistaken for meteor fireballs (or UFO's for that matter).
>Here are some web pages on ball lightning:
>
>http://southflorida.digitalcity.com/DCNews/krt-ballightning.htm
>http://web.ukonline.co.uk/Members/ad.johnson/text/bl.htm
>
>Ron Baalke
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