Great balls of fire
Question: About 16 years ago, when I was a child and lived with my family in
Russia, a curious thing happened.
My mother and I were sitting in our 13th-floor flat, when we heard a sizzling
noise, and I saw a ball of fire about 5 centimetres in diameter right behind my
mother’s head.
It stayed there a few seconds, then went “pop” like an exploding light bulb
and vanished. As far as I know, this was ball lightning, but I would like to
know how and why it appeared and disappeared so suddenly.
I would…
