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To: maceng2 who wrote (63565)	5/7/2005 4:42:55 AM
From: shades	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Thanks for the links, I don't know that I agree with some of what is presented in the article, I have read reports where ball lightning was seen in the passenger cabin of an airplane, it didn't need to be in contact with the ground and dirt. Also I have heard some speculate the balls of light that ancient asians reported going in and out of the sea (that they thought were spirits or dragons) was ball lightning - no contact with dirt if it is going in and out of the ocean eh? But I don't know if that is confirmed. Also has it been proven that ball lightning only forms near a lightning strike? from the google search it seems ball lightning can form from areas of high electrical charge - without a lightning strike causing a fulgeride. peterboroughtoday.co.uk Here is an april 2005 report where lightning is not required for ball lightning. "They have been seen during thunderstorms and, even, when the weather has been fine." More research needs to be done - I know some Asian labs had created the stuff. If ball lightning can get into the middle of a passenger cabin of an airplane, it can get to the fuel tank - and we all know that a hot ball of plasma hitting fuel is not very safe. I don't fly anymore, I used to love to fly though.