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Natural and Artificial Ball Lightning in the Earth’s Atmosphere

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This chapter is devoted to the presentation of observational data on events related to ball lightning. Data on the energy and external features of the BL—its size, color, and shape are given. The electrical properties of the BL and its interaction with various objects are described. The meetings of BL with aircraft are also described, data on the observation of BL at sea and during geotectonic events are given. Data on BL in Japan, artifacts, and traces of BL are presented. The anomalous properties of BL and their connection with the appearance of crop circles and deep holes in the ground are discussed. A discussion of photographs and video materials of the BL observation is given.

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Bychkov, V.L. (2022). Observation Data on BL Events. In: Natural and Artificial Ball Lightning in the Earth’s Atmosphere. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07861-3_2

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