# Does ball lightning really exist?

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [February 24, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-ball-lightning-really-exist/345897 "2006-02-24T05:54:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![FlippyFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FlippyFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlippyFly)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-ball-lightning-really-exist/345897/1 "2006-02-24T05:54:56Z")

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To comment on this thread:

[Does ball lightning really exist?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/040917.html)

A recent article on MSNBC (I know, not the premiere scientific source, but still):

[Scientists create ball lightning in lab](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11522975/)

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-ball-lightning-really-exist/345897/2 "2006-02-24T12:35:00Z")

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[A previous discussion we had on this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=276514&highlight=ball+lightning)