Tornado plasma hypothesis
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The tornado plasma hypothesis is a hypothesis linking plasma effects with tornadoes.
Edward Lewis has reported radio emissions that suggest rapid plasma glow discharges (silent "tornado lightning" bursts, similar to the plasma filament inside a fluorescent light bulb) on the order of 20 Hz. Lewis has associated tornadoes with plasmoids and point discharges, as well as a host of other plasma effects. Nocturnal tornadoes offer opportunity to observe this glow discharge. [1]
However most other researchers dismiss reports of the plasma effect, and these hypotheses remain outside the mainstream.
Plasma is possibly a factor in the creation of ball lightning.
[edit] External links
- Atmospheric Electricity and Plasma Interpretations of UFOs, Chapter 7 of the Condon Report on UFOs
- Papers for the Institute of New Energy by Edward Lewis
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