论文标题
回顾性观察到闪电
Retrospective Observation of Ball Lightning
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论文摘要
球闪电是很少观察到的现象，因此很难进行科学特征。几个世纪以来，已经记录了描述许多共同特征的球闪电的目击者记载。该注释是我大约五十年前对闪电的观察。尽管这主要是召回印象的汇编（没有照片或视频），但碰巧的是，某些佐证信息已在Internet上可用，并支持了我确实观察到Ball Lightning的结论。该注释还有助于解释为什么获得硬证据比通常假设的更困难。矛盾的是，原始观察与本文档之间的过度延迟实际上可能增强了其科学价值。
Ball lightning is a very rarely observed phenomenon that makes it extremely difficult to characterize scientifically. Eye-witness accounts of ball lightning that describe many features in common have been variously recorded for centuries. This note is an account of my observation of ball lightning almost five decades ago. Although it is mostly a compendium of recalled impressions (no photos or videos), it so happens that certain corroborating information has since become available on the Internet and supports the conclusion that I did indeed observe ball lightning. This note also helps to explain why obtaining hard evidence is even more difficult than is generally assumed. Paradoxically, the inordinate delay between the original observation and this documentation may actually have enhanced its scientific merit.
