Large ball of white falls from sky, seen in Ottawa and Toronto areas - The Sault Star - Ontario, CA
Isn't this exactly what the rest of Canada thinks?
Isn't this exactly what the rest of Canada thinks?
Great White Balls Seen over Ottawa and Toronto
- Thread starter Spade
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Okay - uh - your question is a little out there Spade. Do you mean ;-) the rest of Canada thinks that Large balls of white fall from the sky??? or that "Wow, I saw that"?8O I read the whole article and those are my best questions!
Spade, rather than a meteor, it could also be ball lightening. If that is the case, there won’t be any residue.
A flare from two hundred miles up can be seen over a very large area - and a piece of stuff just the size of a quarter makes a very bright one when it hits air at a hundred thousand MPH
Meteors.
We were on our way home from friends' place in Kloneville one night and saw one that looked like it landed in the Okanagan straight down the road in front of us. It actually burnt up before hitting the trees in the hills farther past the lake. It looked like it was only a couple hundred yards in front of us but it was 3 or 4 miles away.
Meteors and meteorites are moving with high velocity. Ball lightning doesn't, it wanders. So if what the lady saw was ball lightning, it was close, if she saw a meteor, it was a ways away.
We were on our way home from friends' place in Kloneville one night and saw one that looked like it landed in the Okanagan straight down the road in front of us. It actually burnt up before hitting the trees in the hills farther past the lake. It looked like it was only a couple hundred yards in front of us but it was 3 or 4 miles away.
Meteors and meteorites are moving with high velocity. Ball lightning doesn't, it wanders. So if what the lady saw was ball lightning, it was close, if she saw a meteor, it was a ways away.
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Great balls of fire! Ball lightning does exist
USATODAY.com - Great balls of fire! Ball lightning does exist
USATODAY.com - Great balls of fire! Ball lightning does exist
Yeah. Here's more:
Ball Lightning: A Shocking Scientific Mystery
Here's a whole pile of links:
Open Directory - Science: Earth Sciences: Atmospheric Sciences: Meteorology: Weather Phenomena: Thunderstorms and Lightning: Ball Lightning