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Welcome, curious minds, to a journey where the laws of nature collide with the enigmatic realm of ball lightning. In this video, we delve into the astonishing phenomenon that has left scientists scratching their heads: the ability of ball lightning to defy conventional barriers, including closed windows. Prepare to embark on a quest to unravel the mysteries behind this electrifying spectacle as we explore the science, theories, and fascinating anecdotes that shed light on why windows won't stop ball lightning, leaving us in awe of the unexplained forces at play. Buckle up for a ride through the extraordinary as we decipher the secrets behind this captivating and elusive natural wonder.
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08:32 The mystery of lightning
17:00 Eerie lights that appear at 8 PM daily
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00:00Uh-oh. A strong wind is blowing. Black clouds cover the sky. Thunder is rumbling and is pouring down with
00:07rain.
00:07A storm is coming, but you don't care. You're sitting in your apartment listening to music and typing something on
00:14your computer.
00:14You hear a thunderclap. Look out the window and see a heavy downpour, a tornado, and lightning flashes.
00:21You close all the windows and go back to the computer. And then, bam!
00:25It seems that lightning has struck near your house. Your laptop and all electrical appliances in the home go off.
00:32The light goes out. You get scared. At this moment, you hear a strange hissing sound.
00:38You see how, like a phantom, a round glowing ball of electricity flies into your house through a closed window.
00:45It penetrates your room, hovers in the air, waits for something, and then flies back through the walls.
00:51The lights turn on, and everything comes back to normal.
00:55You've just seen a real natural phenomenon called ball lightning, and you're fortunate to be alive after meeting it.
01:02This is a rare phenomenon. Ball lightning occurs during a thunderstorm in the form of a floating sphere.
01:09It can change color from blue to orange and yellow.
01:12It's the approximate size of a basketball, but can also be much more significant.
01:17This lightning makes a hissing sound and a pungent smell.
01:21Pew!
01:22The first records of ball lightning were made in 1638 in England.
01:26Then, a giant glowing ball flew into the church window.
01:30Since then, there have been a lot of evidence of how ball lightning got into houses and frightened people.
01:36In the 20th and 21st centuries, scientists actively investigated this phenomenon.
01:41They found out that half of the cases with ball lightning were just hallucinations caused by magnetic fields during a
01:48thunderstorm.
01:49But they couldn't wholly refute the fact of the existence of ball lightning.
01:53They agreed that this phenomenon existed, and once, they even managed to record it.
01:59The phenomenon of ball lightning was caught in China.
02:02Researchers studied the behavior of thunderstorms in 2012 using video cameras and spectrometers.
02:08They saw an unusual lightning strike, after which the ball appeared.
02:13It flew horizontally about 33 feet and disappeared.
02:17The spectrometer showed that the ball consisted of silicon, iron, and calcium.
02:21If it's real, then what is its nature?
02:25There are several theories.
02:26Perhaps the ball lightning occurs as a result of a lightning strike on the ground.
02:31Oxygen and evaporated elements from the soil create a reaction in the form of a round clot of energy.
02:38This explains why the spectrometer in 2012 recorded the same calcium in the ball lightning as in the ground.
02:45Another theory says that glass can generate these balls.
02:49Atmospheric ions accumulate on the glass surface and create an electric field.
02:54Together with a lightning strike, this field turns into ball lightning.
02:58That's why there's so much evidence that the sphere flies into the building through the window.
03:02In 2016, scientists pointed out that a lightning strike on the ground created microwave radiation that can form into a
03:11plasma bubble.
03:12This floating electric plasma takes a round shape and hovers in the air for a few seconds.
03:18Earthquakes can cause ball lightning, too.
03:21During ground tremors, flashes of light appear from the depths of the crust.
03:25It's like lightning that comes not from the sky, but from the ground.
03:29Some of these lights may look like floating blue spheres.
03:32In 2014, scientists studied earthquake lights and found that some rocks emit electrical discharges during seismic wave impacts.
03:41In 2006, researchers at a university in Tel Aviv created a laboratory to study ball lightning.
03:47They used microwave radiation to recreate a lightning-like electric charge.
03:52In 2018, quantum physicists made a complex synthetic magnetic field similar to ball lightning.
04:00Physicists, chemists, meteorologists, and other scientists have conducted research and laboratory experiments many times to understand the nature of this
04:08phenomenon.
04:09But, so far, no one has succeeded.
04:12Other glowing balls are less dangerous, but still mysterious.
04:16In clear weather, you can see strange glowing lights away from cities, somewhere in a swampy area.
04:23Previously, when there was no electricity, people noticed these lights.
04:26They thought someone needed help.
04:28What if some guy is stuck in the swamp and shines a kerosene lamp to get seen?
04:33People went to these lights to help, but fell into the swamp.
04:36And the light either flew away or disappeared.
04:40Some records speak of several lights at once.
04:42They move quickly and change their colors.
04:45Many believe that these were some kind of mystical creatures that lured people into traps.
04:51But, over time, scientists managed to uncover the mystery of this phenomenon.
04:57Bioluminescent fungi and algae grow in swampy places.
05:00Sometimes, they glow with blue light and create the illusion of glowing lights from a distance.
05:06Also, there's a lot of plant material in the swamps.
05:09Leaves, grass, mud, clay, and tree branches.
05:12These substances decompose rapidly in humid conditions and release methane.
05:18As soon as methane contacts air, it ignites.
05:21The flame flies over the swamp in the form of a burning ball.
05:25Mysterious lights appear not only in swamps.
05:28People see them in deserts or mountainous areas.
05:31Sometimes, it's headlights from cars.
05:33In other cases, it's the signal lights of an airplane.
05:36But, in many cases, the nature of such lights remains unknown.
05:42And now, imagine a huge ball the size of a small city.
05:46It's like a dome, covers a large area, and protects it from tornadoes and storms.
05:52This phenomenon is called the Delco weather bubble and is located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
05:58That's how it all started.
05:59In 1996, one of the strongest snowstorms of the 20th century hit the U.S. East Coast.
06:06It was named the Blizzard of 1996.
06:08It covered almost all of Pennsylvania.
06:11But in the small town of Delaware County, Delco for short, the weather was good.
06:16The storm raged around but didn't touch the city.
06:20Since that year, the locals have believed that an abnormal weather bubble protects their houses.
06:25However, there's no scientific evidence of the existence of this bubble.
06:30After the blizzard of 1996, there were several more storms in the area.
06:34And forecasters claimed some storms would also cover Delco.
06:38But, contrary to their forecasts, the weather there was excellent.
06:43Strangely, there is no meteorological evidence of this.
06:46One of the residents decided to investigate this phenomenon seriously.
06:51He followed the weather forecasts, looked at satellite photos, and saw how the black clouds diverged around the city.
06:58It rained heavily in the neighboring towns, but not Delco.
07:02This seems like convincing proof.
07:04And the question remains, should we believe the locals?
07:08There's one scientific explanation explaining the nature of this phenomenon.
07:12Storms may weaken here thanks to the sea air that accumulates in the Delco area.
07:17The street and the city's surrounding area are filled with this humid, cold air.
07:22It creates a sort of stabilization of the atmosphere.
07:25And when intense storms from the west collide with Delco's air, they lose a significant part of their strength.
07:32And it seems as if bad weather just bypasses the city.
07:36But there's another explanation, a psychological one.
07:40All the known information about the weather bubble came from the stories of residents.
07:45They seek confirmation of this phenomenon and write about it on social media.
07:49Someone said that they'd seen a tornado pass by his house.
07:53Others claimed that the bubble had saved them from a downpour.
07:56People think that it didn't affect others if there was no trouble with their house.
08:01Imagine the TV says that a storm has started in your city.
08:04You look out of the window and see a clear sky.
08:07No wind and rain.
08:09It seems to you that the bubble has saved you again.
08:12Although behind you, a few hundred feet from your backyard,
08:16a tornado is raging and tearing the roofs off of buildings.
08:19But you didn't see it and wrote to the social network that Delco has saved your city again.
08:25In this sense, the weather bubble becomes more like a virtual one.
08:29Thanks to the people who write about it.
08:32Your car breaks down in the middle of the highway and won't start.
08:36A friendly driver pulls over nearby and gets out some jumper cables connecting your car to his.
08:41A few sparks and your car comes back to life.
08:45And that's how life began on Earth.
08:47Sort of.
08:48There's a theory that life was jump-started on Earth like this billions of years ago.
08:54It all started with clouds in the sky.
08:56We've all been there, sitting by the window on a rainy day.
08:59You wanted to go out and have fun.
09:01But the rain pouring outside made you want to stay in bed and snuggle.
09:06Still, the lightning and thunder are keeping you awake.
09:09With nothing better to do, you think about how lightning even forms.
09:14Like I said, clouds.
09:15And many other things.
09:17You see, when a storm occurs, cold air and warm air meet.
09:21The warm air goes up to create thunderstorm clouds, which produce droplets.
09:26And the cold air below has ice crystals in it.
09:29During a storm, the droplets and crystals have a little mosh pit and move all around.
09:35All that bumping and grinding creates electrical charges in the clouds.
09:38If you ever replaced batteries on a remote, then you've seen a plus and minus sign on either end of
09:45the battery.
09:45The plus is where the positive charge is, and the minus is home to the negative one.
09:50And just like batteries, clouds have their own plus and minus.
09:54The positive charges are kept at the top, and the minus is, you guessed it, at the bottom.
10:00So when the charge at the bottom generates enough power, the cloud lets out energy.
10:05As the energy travels through the air, it seeks out positively charged objects, like a pole or a tree.
10:12And when it finds it, the energy is released, and lightning strikes.
10:16These bolts of lightning can hit anything on the ground, or travel from cloud to cloud.
10:21And thunder occurs because of the hot and rapidly expanding air.
10:26So, billions of years ago, the Earth wasn't quite like today.
10:31Thunderstorms were a lot more frequent than now, and life was still in its beta phase of things.
10:37These lightning bolts may have been the key to kick-start life by producing one of the most important minerals
10:43for life, phosphorus.
10:45DNA, RNA, and cell membranes wouldn't exist without it.
10:50It's essential in all stages of our life, from growth and mobility to reproduction.
10:55Everything that makes up who we are is in our DNA, those twirly things with proteins latched onto them.
11:02So what do lightning bolts and phosphorus have to do with each other?
11:06Does phosphorus flash in the sky whenever a thunderstorm happens?
11:09Not really.
11:10When lightning strikes the ground, it creates something called fulgurites,
11:15or, in English, glassy minerals fused in the heat caused by the lightning.
11:20And when they appear, they take on the shape of the lightning bolt when it strikes the ground.
11:26Some new studies suggest that fulgurites could release phosphorus when dissolved in water.
11:32When doing so, phosphorus is able to form biomolecules, which help in forming life.
11:38Back then, volcanoes were also pretty big on erupting frequently.
11:42So, with ancient hot springs, you'd expect lightning to strike down nearby and produce fulgurites next to those hot sources
11:50of water.
11:51Scientists were able to estimate that during the early days of Earth, 1 to 5 billion lightning flashes were able
11:58to occur.
11:59So, in the next billion years or so, we can expect 1 quintillion lightning strikes.
12:05Yeah, that's a lot of zeros.
12:07With all those flashes and strikes, phosphorus was able to grab its chance to start life when dissolved in water.
12:14And, of course, not just phosphorus, but a mix of many chemicals and minerals were needed to perfect this recipe.
12:21Another theory on how life began on Earth starts all the way in outer space, far away from our little
12:28blue planet.
12:29Flying through the vastness of space were meteorites.
12:32Life on Earth began roughly 4 billion years ago.
12:36And these meteorites were busy flying all over the place, with many of them hitting Earth in its earliest shape.
12:42Scientists claim these meteorites carried chemicals essential to creating life.
12:47Some of those important ingredients were carbon-based compounds, including sugars and amino acids.
12:53And they needed wet and dry cycles to bond on a molecular level to finalize the process.
12:59So, once life was injected into Earth, we got to see the first organisms that were around 3.7 billion
13:06years ago.
13:07Keep in mind, there wasn't much oxygen floating around or in the water compared to now.
13:13But these microscopic organisms, or microbes, left their mark with a certain carbon molecule produced by living things.
13:21But life as we know it today wouldn't happen without oxygen, that invisible element that keeps everything alive.
13:27So, around 2.4 billion years ago, these microbes began changing and became Earth's first photosynthesizers.
13:36They made their lunch and dinner using water and the sun rays while releasing oxygen in the process.
13:42With many of these new organisms, the rise of oxygen made the environment harsher for microbes.
13:48But it was starting to become the baseline for life's groovy track.
13:52A new party popped out for those who could dig oxygen.
13:56You see, mammals and other organisms have multiple cell types.
14:00Bone cells, skin cells, muscle cells, you name it.
14:03These microbes were single-celled organisms.
14:06So, with the rise of oxygen, many of these microbes began moving in with other microbes.
14:12I don't mean being roommates in a shared apartment.
14:14They actually merged with other microbes to become multi-celled organisms.
14:20Pretty clever, huh?
14:21Fast forward a couple billion years, and we have some of our first animals to ever exist.
14:27So, actually, around 800 million years ago, the oxygen levels in the ocean and seas still weren't as high as
14:34they are today.
14:35But one of the earliest creatures on Earth were sponges.
14:38Scientists were able to determine this by studying DNA on rock samples dating back to when sponges first appeared.
14:46They also claimed that sponges sped up the rise of oxygen levels by eating bacteria, removing them in their decomposition
14:53phase.
14:54Then, around 580 million years ago, more creatures began to appear.
15:00The oxygen levels were starting to be acceptable for life to flourish, and many other bizarre-looking creatures inhabited the
15:06ocean floor.
15:07Even the oldest kind of jellyfish were around.
15:10They looked like tiny aliens from another planet.
15:13I wouldn't want to find any of those in my drink.
15:16And, around 40 million years after the end of that period, many of these strange creatures began to disappear.
15:23It was then that scientists were able to find evidence of worm-like creatures that were able to burrow in
15:29the ocean floor.
15:30This is probably one of the first signs of evolution for survival.
15:33Then, around 530 million years ago, evolution cranked it up a notch.
15:39There were many new creatures out there with new and never-before-seen body parts.
15:45Shells and spines and other body parts allowed some of these new animals to further survive and burrow their way
15:51around the ocean floor.
15:53And, shortly after, a couple of million years, the first true primitive vertebrae appeared in something that looks like an
16:00eel.
16:01This was the creature with the first backbone.
16:04Over the next million years, many of these animals began to form skeleton-based and cartilage bodies.
16:10And, after much splitting, amphibians appeared and four-legged animals began to walk the Earth's surface.
16:16It's also worth noting that there were many mass extinctions that happened along the way.
16:21But, in the end, life kept evolving.
16:25And, with many plants and animals emerging, the landscape was changing in the process.
16:30Many natural disasters occurred along with ice ages that froze the land and seas.
16:36To add to the overall chaos, plenty of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes continued to change the look and landscape of
16:43the Earth.
16:43The first primates emerged around four million years ago.
16:47And, ever since then, apes and monkeys began to branch out into their own category until humans eventually came into
16:55the picture.
16:56By understanding these theories, scientists are able to observe other planets with similar conditions.
17:01We could actually witness the birth of life on another planet.
17:05Of course, this would take billions of years to happen.
17:08But, I wouldn't want to miss it.
17:10These days, we discover exoplanets that are thousands of light-years away.
17:14We descend to the ocean's depths and conquer the highest peaks.
17:19We study quantum physics and build quantum computers.
17:23But, for some reason, we still don't know about these strange lights in the night sky.
17:28Some of them are still unexplained.
17:31Some may turn into unexpected discoveries.
17:34And, others are large-scale falsifications.
17:38Let's start with the most mysterious burning balls.
17:42These lights regularly appear near the town of Marfa in West Texas.
17:47These basketball-sized lights suddenly appear out of nowhere in the middle of the night.
17:52They flicker, split into two parts, and take off into the sky several times a year.
17:57For several generations, people have seen blue, white, yellow, and other lights.
18:03The existence of these lights is not some legend, but a fact confirmed by scientists.
18:09But, they still need to explain its nature.
18:12A local shepherd first noticed Marfa lights in 1883.
18:16At first, he thought that those were the fires that Apaches had made.
18:21Neighbors told the shepherd that they had seen the mysterious lights, too.
18:24They all decided to check the Apache theory, and it turned out to be wrong.
18:29There were no traces of a fire in the place the lights had been flying above.
18:34Then, in the 40s, pilots of the nearest Midland Airfield saw the Marfa lights.
18:40They also wanted to figure out the secret of this phenomenon, but didn't find out anything.
18:45More and more people saw the bizarre lights.
18:48Many of them were sure that the lights had been some ships of an extraterrestrial civilization.
18:53Others said those were the souls of wandering spirits.
18:57But, scientific theories seemed much more realistic.
19:01A group of physics students conducted their own investigation,
19:05and found out that the lights were the headlights of cars passing on the nearest highway.
19:10Okay, some lights do look like headlights,
19:13but what about those that take off into the sky and change their colors?
19:17It may be an optical illusion that occurs when a layer of cold air presses on a warm one.
19:23You can observe the same visual effect in the ocean,
19:26when it seems to you that a ship is floating in the air on the horizon.
19:31But, if these lights are headlights and an optical illusion,
19:34why do people see them only a few times a year?
19:39Another version of the light's origin suggests that they're something like swamp lights.
19:44You can see mysterious bright balls rising into the sky in the middle of the night.
19:49Organic substances, such as twigs, leaves, and fallen trees,
19:53decompose in wet areas and emit phosphine and methane gases.
19:58When these substances come into contact with oxygen,
20:01they ignite, but there are no such wet places in West Texas.
20:05Where could this gas come from?
20:08There are a lot of oil and natural gas reserves in the bowels of this region,
20:13and all these substances can contain phosphine and methane.
20:17It sounds realistic, but scientists have not confirmed this version yet.
20:22Aerospace engineer James Bunnell explained the nature of Marfa lights by an unusual electric charge.
20:28Solid substances, such as minerals and various crystals,
20:32generate electricity under pressure,
20:34and this underground energy bursts out in the form of multicolored lights.
20:39But the scientist couldn't prove his theory.
20:42Marfa lights are still a mystery.
20:44Perhaps you can solve it.
20:47Other lights surprise people in Norway, in the city of Hesdalen.
20:52Hesdalen lights, unlike other similar phenomena,
20:55can often appear in the night sky.
20:57And of course, people have recorded them on camera many times.
21:02From 1981 to 1984,
21:05Hesdalen lights appeared 10 to 20 times a week.
21:08Now, people observe them from 10 to 20 times a year.
21:12These giant balls float in the air,
21:15pulsate, flash, and move very fast.
21:18Also, the balls can hang in the air from a few seconds to several hours.
21:23Even though people recorded them on camera many times,
21:27scientists still cannot study them.
21:30Hesdalen lights are very bright,
21:32and if people understand their nature,
21:34they can create light sources using this unknown alternative energy.
21:39So far, there are several theories about these lights.
21:42Physicists suggest that the balls appear when clouds of dust containing scandium burn in the air.
21:48It's a light silver-colored metal.
21:50There are many deposits of this substance in the valley
21:53where people observe Hesdalen lights.
21:57Another theory says that the balls are the result
21:59of the accumulation of macroscopic crystals in the dust plasma.
22:04This plasma is formed when air is ionized and blah, blah, blah.
22:08In short, this is a complex scientific hypothesis that hasn't been confirmed.
22:14Scientists need a lot of funding to study Hesdalen lights.
22:17Researchers try to attract investors
22:20by saying that the mechanism of Hesdalen lights
22:23can encourage a technological leap in light-based technologies.
22:28Some of the most famous lights in the world
22:31appeared in Phoenix, Arizona in 1997.
22:35Tens of thousands of people saw two strange phenomena that day.
22:39The first was a giant flying triangle.
22:42At about 8 p.m., several lights appeared in the sky, lined up in a triangle.
22:48They flew in an even formation through Phoenix
22:51and disappeared far into the sky.
22:54The second phenomenon started about two hours later.
22:58People noticed lights hovering in the sky.
23:00They didn't form a triangle and moved freely.
23:04They burned with a bright light, flew in different directions,
23:07and disappeared behind a mountain range southwest of Phoenix.
23:12People were scared.
23:14They called the police and reported strange lights.
23:16Many were sure that those were ships of an extraterrestrial civilization.
23:21But the explanation soon appeared.
23:24Both incidents were the result of aircraft exercises.
23:27In the first case, people saw several planes lined up in a triangle.
23:31They flew over Phoenix and landed at an air base nearby.
23:36In the second case, exercises were held using lighting rockets.
23:40Several planes dropped glowing rockets,
23:43which were landing on tiny parachutes for a long time.
23:46They burned in the air and then disappeared behind a mountain range.
23:50Quite a logical explanation.
23:52But then, almost 10 years later, something strange happened again.
23:57On April 21st, 2008, the Phoenix police station received hundreds of messages from worried residents
24:04who had seen strange lights in the sky.
24:07Four bright balls hovered over the city, changing their shape.
24:10They became triangular, then rectangular, and then disappeared one by one.
24:16The police contacted the nearest airfield,
24:19but they said that the radar hadn't seen any objects in the sky.
24:22If those had been material things, the radar devices would have shown them.
24:27The police had no explanation.
24:29The air traffic controllers also didn't know what it was.
24:33The case caused a great stir in society.
24:36Many began to recall the phenomenon that occurred a decade ago
24:40and again claimed that those were extraterrestrial ships.
24:43But all disputes ended after two days.
24:46Some man called local television and admitted that he had created the lights using flares and helium balloons.
24:53He tied a flare to a balloon, set it on fire, and lifted it into the air.
24:58Then, minutes later, he repeated this action.
25:01Then again, four times.
25:04Many witnesses of the lights didn't believe this story
25:07and continued to insist on the extraterrestrial nature of the mysterious balls.
25:12But they were wrong.
25:13Finally, radars would have noticed something if objects with a metal surface had been flying there.
25:18But light balloons and flares were too small to be detected by radars.
25:23Secondly, all the lights were flying to the east.
25:27The wind was blowing in the same direction that day.
25:30Third, the time of the burning.
25:32Signal rockets burned for about 20 minutes.
25:35When one of those lights faded, the second burned down for another minute.
25:38And the last one went out about 20 to 30 minutes after the first fire was started.
25:44Witnesses mentioned the same duration of time.
25:47One of the locals was a neighbor of the guy who confessed to organizing the hoax.
25:52The neighbor saw him lighting flares around 8 p.m.
25:55at about the time when the calls to the police started.
25:58Phoenix lights have become a great example of how easy it is to deceive people and cause a stir.
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