Scientists accidentally capture ball lightning, proving it to be a true natural phenomena - not an optical illusion

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For decades such unidentified flying objects have simply been dismissed as optical illusions or "swamp gas".

Now science has no excuse.

Mysterious ball lightning has been captured on scientific equipment - albeit by accident.

 

Scientists in China were observing the lightning of a thunderstorm with a simple video camera paired with a spectrometer - a device that measures the components of light - to identify the materials that produced it.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/scientists-accidentally-capture-ball-lightning-proving-it-to-be-a-true-natural-phenomena-not-an-optical-illusion/story-fn5fsgyc-1226806565419

 

EDIT: I forgot to include my input on this topic. I think it is quite interesting how science can be seen as constantly improving as sometimes we begin to realize that there is a difference between fact and truth. Truths are always facts, but facts are not always truths.

Edited January 22, 2014 by Unity+