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ARGYLE1, in writing from a distinguished observatory, suggests that observations of ball lightning are optical illusions, and also claims that he has “found it easy to simulate with light bulbs” a phenomenon which he has apparently never witnessed and the reports of which he is not prepared to accept.
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JENNISON, R. Ball Lightning and After-images. Nature 230, 576 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/230576a0
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