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; " (Abin aA Ane aagnacec ar wet oy 4 vy ratrunwls ff round 11 moistened or possesses 4n extensive network of L . + ~s by es Bea 2s g Rey Oye 1. Me econdust ing @1e DLpEesSs, ta LOPHONe and Gieovrirc cable S, ate } - ~ & j ~, 3 ‘ ~~ that in ? harges tend to form at sharr , a ‘ at a Ais cancdal } i th a Hf 1 alien themselves in the vex extremities ao mn of the potential ce * 7 3 K eas a US WC uld rene ra fi ly Yadien Wellesrounded and conducting obj receive preference. These ons apply to cases which were classified hy the 1 j cs" but actually were cases of lmo's brush discharges). Ve een revorts by observers of "ball lightning™ the shat the vhenomenon appyeared to float through a room or other space for a brief int of time without making contact with or being attracted by 3 Holzer and Workman” have published a reproducti Q file camera photographs of unusva l scharses durin mse in the case of the phe= nomenon observed at nta cico (elevation 7000 feet) on the night of September ase authors state; "The how } fuip SAT in > } 1 ¥ . on yt de Py . Ve) ny he ras were mounted rigidly on a benol na portable laboratory. ys 3 ; Rene, OU Tha eet TERN. Fg Si ha) ak te gee J discharre was probably about 100 feet from the as, shouch the exact distance is not kmown since ne f Ys V4 wt £* at 5 atan Witr this £ ‘ould be dist 24 from the neral ~thousandth of a second after an intense cloud rround stroke shown or this portion of the film. Analysis of the photo- ae saeitiggie ER Mg MPS gra ROOM, aye RS 2 erage ne, y sit — OS nS TE % aes, Mecca 7 : phs indicates that the discharve consisted of at least four luginous darts moving with wif f 10! om/ sec ao Nr this discharge reversals }} 6 iri it ° rag A bake it} \ : ~ re rontact witl the. eround the roger Note should b ade oO luminous darts did not appear to be attracted to available »round ob jects even thougl they wer the vic; On this basis it canno onses of “ball J] in ted. We should think 195, A Se ape % "ball lightning. 1 Holze Q y nd Worlonan ay} jour ff’ Anolied Phvaices @ SlOLZ “Je Te e@y AI WwOr Qnay yg tie Uey Pe gh ay Be PO el a APs 190. Lily SiCs, wh ay i fp 1420 \ Oi. 10k py © (1939). Declassification Authority: NND 57565