Ball lightning is distinct from St. Elmo's fire.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent, credible sources including scientific/educational outlets and a physics preprint, all consistently distinguishing ball lightning from St. Elmo's fire. [cascade flags: aggregator_dropped_primary_exists | tier=silver indep_score=0.838 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Ball lightning (wikipedia)
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/2411.00240 (corroboration)
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/quotwhat-causes-the-stran/ (corroboration)
- https://sciencenotes.org/st-elmos-fire-weather-phenomenon/ (corroboration)
- https://greencomet.org/2014/01/26/saint-elmos-fire/ (corroboration)