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*No. 85: Jan-Feb 1993*



      Ball Lightning Punches Circular Hole In Window

Window glass with hole created by ball lightening
/Window glass with a 7-centimeter hole fitting glass circle believed to
have been created by ball lightening./

In the Autumn 1992 issue of the /Journal of Scientific Exploration/,
A.I. Grigor'ev et al collected 43 eyewitness accounts of ball lightning
penetrating into closed rooms. Most of the reports came from the former
USSR and are new to Western scientists.

The majority of these balls entered through closed glass windows.
Sometimes the balls penetrated the windows without damaging the glass at
all, but in a few cases neat circular holes were somehow melted or
punched through the glass. The accompanying photograph illustrates an
incident in which lightning (supposed to be ball lightning) surgically
excised a coin-like piece of glass.

(Girgor'ev, A.I. et al; "Ball Lightning Penetration into Closed Rooms:
43 Eyewitness Accounts," /Journal of Scientific Exploration/, 6:261,
1992. Journal address: ERL 306, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
94305-4055.)

*Reference*. An entire chapter of our catalog */Lightning, Auroras/* is
devoted to ball lightning. Ordering information here <../sourcebk.htm>.

*From Science Frontiers #85, JAN-FEB 1993 <index.htm>. © 1993-2000
William R. Corliss*

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