Ball lightning is a rare and unexplained phenomenon described as luminescent spherical objects.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent, credible sources (scientific institute, physics preprint, patent, science media) corroborate that ball lightning is rare, poorly understood, and appears as a luminous spherical phenomenon. [tier=gold indep_score=0.925 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Ball lightning (wikipedia)
- https://www.discovermagazine.com/is-ball-lightning-real-the-science-behind-natures-strangest-light-show-46620 (corroboration)
- https://www.ipp.mpg.de/2977926/kugelblitze (corroboration)
- https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/6936971 (corroboration)
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/2411.00240 (corroboration)