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Tornadoes and Ball Lightning  - http://www.padrak.com/ine/ELEWIS3.html  A Edward Lewis paper, with the discussion of ball lightning as plasmoids.  Atmospheric Electricity HomePage  - http://ae.atmos.uah.edu/  A meta-refence general page about Atmospheric Electricity, with a bibliography and links.  The Virtual Times: Unusual Experiences with Lightning  - http://hsv.com/weather/unusual/  Unusual experiences with lightning and ball lightning as related by eye witnesses.  Ball Lightning Discussion - Chukanov Energy, Inc.  - http://www.chukanovenergy.com/bl/  Lots of information and speculation.  Ball Lightning bibliography  - http://www.fis.unipr.it/~albino/documenti/Bibliografia_BL.html  A not-commented partial bibliography about the subject.  The Truth About Ball Lightning  - http://tangmonkey.com/balllight/  Read fabulously absurd truths and untruths about ball lightning.  Theory of Ball Lightning  - http://www.australiasevereweather.com/storm_news/2000/docs/0006-02.htm  Storm News article: "A Theory of Ball Lightning as an Electric Discharge" by Dr. John J. Lowke.  Eddy Current Model of Ball Lightning  - http://www.geocities.com/jaydshelton/  Theory accounting for the formation and major properties of ball lightning.  Ball Lightning  - http://www.tbns.net/mediapoet/tech19b.htm  A summary page about the phenomenon.  Physics : Great Balls of What?  - http://www.nature.com/nsu/000203/000203-8.html  An article from Nature.com.  Far News: Ball Lightning Experiments Produce UFOs  - http://home.dmv.com/~tbastian/balite.htm  Two researchers in a lab in New Zealand say their experiment may explain enigmatic weather phenomena such as ball lightning.  130 Ball Lightning Links  - http://www.mysteries-megasite.com/main/bigsearch/ball-lighting.html  Ball Lightning links.  Scientific American: Ask the Experts: Ball Lightning  - http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?articleID=000CB330-61BF-1C71-9EB7809EC588F2D7  According to a statistical investigation, approximately 5% of the world population have witnessed ball lightning. Various physical theories are presented here.  New Lead for Fireball Riddle  - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/628709.stm  A BBC news article on New Zealand scientists who believe that ball lightning is little more than burning soil fragments that have been kicked up into the air.  Archive of Ball Lightning reports  - http://amasci.com/weird/unusual/bl.html  A large collection of stories submitted by "BL" eyewitnesses. Add your own report.  Ball Lightning Discussion  - http://polarmet.mps.ohio-state.edu/~bdaye/balligh.html  An April 22, 1995 Usenet article discussing common characteristics of ball lightning reports and proposed theories.  Ball Lighntning  - http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn1720  A short article in New Scientist without much new information.  Does Ball Lightning Really Exist?  - http://www.straightdope.com/columns/040917.html  Reviews the evidence and witness accounts of ball lightning.