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1977-1980 Zarate - Buenos Aires big ball lightning more than 10 meters diameter for more than 15 minutes in calm air conditions.(observers: all professional pilots)

recent good vido example: [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.213.78.28 (talk) 05:56, 4 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If you follow the link, it says "This was a really fun couple of nights but it turned out to be a marketing stunt. They used a large quad-copter with really bright LED lights." 193.166.223.5 (talk) 07:18, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Supposed image of ball lightning

user:Thelogoontherun insists that the image in the infobox is confirmed as ball lightning (see:this edit with the summary This image has been on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, it is already confirmed). However, as far as I can see it's just an image posted on commons that the poster, who we know nothing about, says is ball lightning and gives very little other information about it. As I pointed out in the previous section (and nothing seems to have changed since then) we just have the poster's word for it. The bright patch could be a photographic artefact, a break in the clouds showing a bright patch of sky, or it could even have been photoshopped. What is it that makes this a confirmed image of ball lightning? Richerman (talk) 23:19, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There is no evidence whatsoever that the image is legitimate. If it is not provided within a week, my plan is to remove the image. Sundayclose (talk) 02:40, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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This is listed under "Paranormal" and "Skepticism". Are these warranted? Sounds like we may be confusing "unexplained natural phenomena" with "pseudoscience".

Kortoso EMFDYSI (talk) 18:23, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Although ball lightning intrigues both scientists and lay people, there is too little solid agreement on its properties, much less a satisfactory explanation, for it to be considered well established science. It continues to attract advocates of either paranormal or fringe science ideas. Skepticism is warranted. —jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:40, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Medical Doctors Treat Ball Lighting Burned Patients !

Medical sciences treat patients who are touched by such balls - but your language here is surprising !? Written by vatican's agent ? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12792547

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 ::Although ball lightning intrigues both scientists and lay people, there is too little solid agreement on its properties, much less a satisfactory explanation, for it to be considered well established science. It continues to attract advocates of either paranormal or fringe science ideas. Skepticism is warranted. [[User:jmcgnh|<b><span style="color:#248F7D">&nbsp;&#8212;jmcgnh</span></b>]]<sup><small><b>[[User_talk:jmcgnh|<span style="color:#58D582">(talk)</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/jmcgnh|<span style="color:#8F7D24">(contribs)</span>]]</b></small></sup> 19:40, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
+==Medical Doctors Treat Ball Lighting Burned Patients !==
+Medical sciences treat patients who are touched by such balls - but your language here is surprising !? Written by vatican's agent ? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12792547