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    Has ball lightning ever entered a flying airplane?

    Question #116345. Asked by star_gazer. (Jul 28 10 7:33 PM)


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    		According to the book: Ball lightning: an unsolved problem in atmospheric physics By Mark Stenhoff, the answer is Yes.

    Page v: "Most alarming of all are those cases where a ball is seen inside a room or even in an aircraft"
    Page 17: "Ball lightning seen within aircraft usually travelled inside the fuselage, along the center of the aircraft..."

    http://books.google.ca/books?id=A_AFl6e1a5cC&q=aircraft&dq=Durward+deputy+director&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4#v=snippet&q=aircraft&f=false

    Jul 30 10, 1:56 PM

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