BTW, this thread is not intended to discuss the very controversial claims sometimes made about ball lightning's nature, or what it can be used to do. Until there is scientific consensus on these matters, the discussion in this forum would be largely pointless, and I lack the technical knowledge...
Anyone want Paul Kolac's ball lightning generator?
NOTE: The existence of "ball lightning" is well accepted by some scientific communities, notably submarine engineers (because it has been seen near batteries inside submarines, though reproduction outside submarines has been problematic), and...