Subject: Re: exactly what can and cannot an earthlight do
From: Peter Hassall <stunts@...>
Date: 24 Apr 2005 13:18
Mike Williams wrote: > > Hi Peter > > > Ball lightning, UFOs, earthlights, spook lights, ghost lights, > > etc.are all intermixed and given interchangeable labels! > > Ball lightning due its short period of existence< in most cases> can > be > separated from the others. True, but BL reports can often be mixed up in reports of wandering ghost lights and spook lights. I presume you mean individual BL reports as distinct from particular reoccurring BOLs reported over many, many decades in one place e.g. the Hornet Spooklight? > Thats my point.There are no clear parameters for the definition. > And for the all the claims of charateristics for "earth lights" > I cannot for the life of me separate the truly odd "earthlight" > behaviour/qualities from standard ufo`s. > I agree. It is all open to interpretation and nebulous. I highly recommend William Corliss' book: Lightning, Auroras, Nocturnal Lights: A Catalog of Geophysical Anomalies Nothing catches the human eye and imagination as quickly as a mysterious light. All down recorded history, scientists and laymen alike have been seeing strange lightning, sky flashes, and unaccountable luminous objects. Typical subjects covered: Horizon-to-horizon sky flashes * Episodes of luminous mists * Mountain-top glows (Andes glow) * Earthquake lights * Ball lightning with tails * Rocket lighting * Lightning from a clear sky * Ghost lights; ignis fatuus * Darting streaks of light (sleeks) * The milky sea and light wheels * Radar-stimulated phosphorescence of the sea * Double ball lightning * Luminous phenomena in tornados * Black auroras * [Picture caption: Luminous display over Mt. Noroshi during earthquake swarm] Comments from reviews "...the book is well-written and in places quite fascinating", Science Books. 248 pages, hardcover, $16.95, 74 illustrations, 5 indexes, 1982. 1070 references, LC 82-99902, ISBN 915554-09-7, 7x10 format. (see http://www.science-frontiers.com/sourcebk.htm ) Regards, Peter -- Peter Hassall: Stunt Performer Fight Choreographer Site: http://www.stuntman.co.nz Email: stunts@... Mobile: 021-167-1837 Post: PO Box 27432, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]