Wandering Fire. Belarus

Watcher te frost, a policeman from the village Sorochyne Miory district, Vitebsk region in June 1955, observed ball lightning:

"It was a hot day, floating. Hours in the 14 - 15th day I was passing on horseback through the village Sorochyne. I was caught in a thunderstorm and downpour.

I tied the horse in the yard of Mr. Stefanovich and entered the house. The house was occupied by the landlady and her young daughter. Above the roof on poles with a height of about twelve metres was strung antenna. On the window was a crystal radio set with headphones.

On the frame of the window was a primitive switch lightning protection: one album - "earth", the second "antenna" in the middle rocker key.

Suddenly a bright lightning flashed, a loud clap of thunder, and after two or three seconds between the crests of the plates with the lightning crackling and hissing started to grow a ball of fire. The room began to spread a strange odor, a sharp, pinching in the nose, slightly reminiscent of the smell of hydrogen sulfide, but more enjoyable.

We were spellbound looking at the growing ball of bluish-yellow color, bright as a light bulb 100-150 watts. Its surface seemed opaque, and around the halo with a thickness up to one centimeter with a bluish glow. Reaching the size in diameter of 12-15 inches, the ball stopped growing, and then with a hiss began to shrink in size and disappeared.

We watched it for 5-6 seconds. Going to the window, I saw the switch. He was put on reception, i.e. on the "antenna". The gap between the two plates was approximately three millimeters".

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