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

 

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, 201412 yr by Unity+