

On the basis of this work, conclusions have been made that BL possesses an uncompensated electric charge and that the leaking of this charge leads, in some cases, to the occurrence of a corona-type discharge around the BL. Processing of photographic and video data on which traces of natural BL are shown is performed. The case of elemental structural change of glass impacted by BL is shown. The results of formation of round apertures in glass by BL have been investigated, thus leading to the experimental modeling of this phenomenon. Fifty cases of BL occurring inside and near airplanes have allowed us to conclude that BL can be formed at high altitudes and is capable of entering planes through existing apertures or apertures made by the BL itself. We present descriptions of 46 cases of BL affecting people and determine that the main affecting factors are an electric current passing over a body of a victim and high-frequency radio irradiation acting on the tissues of a person in close contact with BL.

In the chapter, these three specified directions are presented. The study of BL usually goes in one of three directions: (1) gathering and observing data on BL processing (2) analysis of BL’s influence results on various objects and the modeling of this influence and (3) creation and development of BL models. In this chapter, the results of the latest research on ball lightening (BL) are presented.
