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TIL CreativesAlberta couple films glowing orb during storm sparks ufo debate and ball lightning theories
An Alberta couple may have captured one of the rarest weather phenomena on Earth, ball lightning after a thunderstorm lit up the skies near their home on Wednesday evening.Ed and Melinda Pardy were watching the storm from their porch in Rich Valley, a rural area about an hour northwest of Edmonton when something strange happened just after a nearby lightning strike.鈥淥nce the lightning bolt kind of disappeared, the ball of light kind of got bigger, intensified, like, really bright,鈥 Ed recalled. Hovering roughly seven meters above the ground, the glowing orb appeared to drift silently across their field. He grabbed his wife鈥檚 phone and began recording. They captured 23 seconds of the glowing sphere before it vanished with a faint 鈥減op.鈥濃淚鈥檝e never seen this before,鈥 Melinda said. 鈥淚t was pretty neat.鈥漈he phenomenon, described by the couple as about one to two meters wide, has drawn attention from both scientists and weather experts. While still unconfirmed, many are calling it a possible sighting of ball lightning, a highly mysterious, poorly understood natural occurrence often associated with thunderstorms.Live EventsBall lightning has been described for centuries as glowing, floating orbs that can pass through walls or appear during storms, sometimes lasting several seconds or more. But despite many historical reports, scientific proof remains rare, especially on video.鈥淭his is one of the best ball lightning videos I鈥檝e ever seen,鈥 said veteran storm chaser George Kourounis, though he cautioned it might have been something else.He noted a lightning strike hitting a nearby power line could create an electrical arc, flashing with orange and blue light, before disappearing in a spark. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 exactly what we鈥檙e seeing here,鈥 Kourounis said while admitting he couldn鈥檛 be certain without being on site.The Pardys disagree. 鈥淒efinitely not,鈥 Ed said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a long way from a power line,鈥 Melinda added.Since sharing the video, the couple says they鈥檝e been contacted by researchers at the University of Calgary and even someone from a UFO investigation program.(You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel)
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