| ID | #1644140024 |
| Added | Sun, 06/02/2022 |
| Author | July N. |
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Hypothesis
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Initial data
Terrified workers at Boots Park, Knutsford, observed the strange phenomenon from the window of their office shortly after two o'clock on Friday afternoon.
Chris Harrison from Knutsford said:
"It was very strange. We saw a ball of flame at a height of about 10 meters above the ground near the lake. The ball was about five meters in diameter and lasted only three seconds. It's probably a ball lightning - an incredible rarity, we've never seen anything like it. Electricity has been cut off in some offices."
A large flock of geese flew away, but three geese remained on the ground, and one of them was struck.
Chris said:
"At first I saw an ordinary lightning strike several trees, and a minute later, about half a mile away, I heard thunder and a ball of bright light appeared in the air. About 100 geese scattered in different directions, leaving three on the ground. One of them was killed."
Hypotheses
Ball lightning
A rare natural phenomenon, a unified physical theory of the origin and course of which has not been presented to date.
There are about 200 theories explaining the phenomenon, but none of them has received absolute recognition in the academic environment. Since this phenomenon was introduced into the scientific sphere by the English physician and researcher of electrical engineering William Snow Harris in 1843, and a scientist of the French Academy Francois Arago in 1855, many hypotheses were put forward. Here are selectively some of them:
Investigation
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