Post by Prrromotion on Dec 21, 2007 0:26:00 GMT -5
Alright, figured I'd make a category about all the strange stuff that science has yet to explain. So I did.
I decided to start with a topic about ball lighting and the such.
Ball lightning, for those who knoweth not, is a strange phenomena that is basically described as, well, orbs of (supposedly plasma) that float through the air and usually disappear, or in rare cases, explode.
They're usually 6-12 inches in diameter, float undeterred through the air, against wind, in a variety of places, from open-air environments, to stovetops and airplane aisles, they happen everywhere. As an added bonus, they come in a variety of colors, like yellow, red, violet, blue, and green. If you wanna get scientific, it's theorized to be "highly ionized plasma with a magnetic field", or a plasmoid.
Highly ionized: Lots of ions, like electrons, being either added or removed quickly.
Plasma: The 4th state of matter. Electrons are seperate from the nucleus.
Magnetic field: North and south, basically. This could explain why it floats off the gound: If it's in the northern hemisphere with a southern polarization, it'll repel the earth, causing it to float. Or causing the earth to be pushed away.
Ok, that done, the reason I started this. All that being said, it's story time, kiddies. Pull up a chair.
It was a dark and cloudy night, and me and my mum were driving up to Orlando for a vacation. As we neared central florida, I was in the passenger seat, and mom was driving. I was just sitting there, watching the uninteresting scenary pass by, when I saw something in the sky, about 50ft off the ground, 20 yards off towards some forest at a 2 o'clock position.
It was radiantly blue, orb-shaped. As I focused on it, it fell quickly from the sky into the wilderness, disappearing without anymore fuss. I stayed quiet for about 10 more seconds, when I turned to my mom and kinda asked:"......I dunno, did...did you see that thing?" and she responded "Yeah, I did! You saw it too?"
What it coulda been, and why I doubt it wasn't what it might've been.
Meteor: Cloudy out, no stars in the sky. It was definetly in the fore-front of the cloud cover, and it fell too slow to be a shooting star. (Comparison: Shooting stars last for about 4/10 of a second, while this thing took 2-3 seconds to fall)
Spotlight: Given our location in the middle of nowhere, I doubt anyone, if they live out there, would deliberatly shine a spotlight in the sky. Plus, it was too close, and it didn't appear on a cloud or anything. It was a stand-alone object, and it didn't behave like a light.
fireworks: As I've said, middle of nowhere. Unless bigfoot are out there setting off weird illegal roman candles, then I don't think fireworks were the culprit. Middle of night. No holiday. No bigfeet celebrating.
Satellite: Object fore-front of cloud cover. Object was too small, too amorphous to be a satellite. Plus it didn't crash and go boom.
Anyway, we later reffered to it as the "Blue-orb thingy". We never really found a better reason for its existance. Plus we both saw it. Anyway, it was definetly fun. All the crazy stuff that happens in my life takes part on that 250 mile stretch of road, usually at night. From freaky tornadoes, to strange fog, to blue-orb thingies, central florida's a weird place.
I decided to start with a topic about ball lighting and the such.
Ball lightning, for those who knoweth not, is a strange phenomena that is basically described as, well, orbs of (supposedly plasma) that float through the air and usually disappear, or in rare cases, explode.
They're usually 6-12 inches in diameter, float undeterred through the air, against wind, in a variety of places, from open-air environments, to stovetops and airplane aisles, they happen everywhere. As an added bonus, they come in a variety of colors, like yellow, red, violet, blue, and green. If you wanna get scientific, it's theorized to be "highly ionized plasma with a magnetic field", or a plasmoid.
Highly ionized: Lots of ions, like electrons, being either added or removed quickly.
Plasma: The 4th state of matter. Electrons are seperate from the nucleus.
Magnetic field: North and south, basically. This could explain why it floats off the gound: If it's in the northern hemisphere with a southern polarization, it'll repel the earth, causing it to float. Or causing the earth to be pushed away.
Ok, that done, the reason I started this. All that being said, it's story time, kiddies. Pull up a chair.
It was a dark and cloudy night, and me and my mum were driving up to Orlando for a vacation. As we neared central florida, I was in the passenger seat, and mom was driving. I was just sitting there, watching the uninteresting scenary pass by, when I saw something in the sky, about 50ft off the ground, 20 yards off towards some forest at a 2 o'clock position.
It was radiantly blue, orb-shaped. As I focused on it, it fell quickly from the sky into the wilderness, disappearing without anymore fuss. I stayed quiet for about 10 more seconds, when I turned to my mom and kinda asked:"......I dunno, did...did you see that thing?" and she responded "Yeah, I did! You saw it too?"
What it coulda been, and why I doubt it wasn't what it might've been.
Meteor: Cloudy out, no stars in the sky. It was definetly in the fore-front of the cloud cover, and it fell too slow to be a shooting star. (Comparison: Shooting stars last for about 4/10 of a second, while this thing took 2-3 seconds to fall)
Spotlight: Given our location in the middle of nowhere, I doubt anyone, if they live out there, would deliberatly shine a spotlight in the sky. Plus, it was too close, and it didn't appear on a cloud or anything. It was a stand-alone object, and it didn't behave like a light.
fireworks: As I've said, middle of nowhere. Unless bigfoot are out there setting off weird illegal roman candles, then I don't think fireworks were the culprit. Middle of night. No holiday. No bigfeet celebrating.
Satellite: Object fore-front of cloud cover. Object was too small, too amorphous to be a satellite. Plus it didn't crash and go boom.
Anyway, we later reffered to it as the "Blue-orb thingy". We never really found a better reason for its existance. Plus we both saw it. Anyway, it was definetly fun. All the crazy stuff that happens in my life takes part on that 250 mile stretch of road, usually at night. From freaky tornadoes, to strange fog, to blue-orb thingies, central florida's a weird place.
