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A DRAMATIC and characteristic ball lightning event, important because it may reveal details of the energetics of the phenomenon, was reported by a housewife to have occurred during a vigorous thunderstorm in the Midlands area of England on August 8, 1975. During this storm, a number of houses in the area were struck by lightning.
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STENHOFF, M. Ball lightning. Nature 260, 596–597 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/260596a0
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