Among the video materials published online, finding images of ball lightning is challenging. Below we offer a selection of footage that allegedly shows ball lightning.

Color images of ball lightning as it changed over time. A video recorded by accident of ball lightning in China is now shedding light on the phenomenon's mysterious origins, researchers say.

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I saw a 20-second security camera clip on Facebook of ball lightning. It came out of the sky, rolled, and “walked” around a parking lot as if alive, then disappeared. Scientists to this day do ...

What about a different kind of lightning that you likely haven't seen? One that can travel through windows and has been documented as early as the year 1901? Introducing, ball lightning!