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I witnessed a bolt of lightning ( for lack of description) come out of the ground in my back yard, then a huge ball of electricity, then the ball scattered. It was split second so I don't know what happened first , the ball or the bolt. There was no noise involved, but a lot of electric in the air. I had no idea what it was but freaked me out enough for me to go back in the house and lock the doors. I learned a few weeks later that we were having the leonid showers then. This happened on thanksgiving 2004. I live in Pa on 17 acres. back yard is a corn field. I saw this phenomena approx 100-200 feet away from my house. Bolt was approx 6 feet diam and ball was approx 20-30 feet diam.
I looked in the area where this happened and found this black shiny rock, I have had it analyzed to see if it was a meteorite and was told it is not. I brought it to the Univ of Penn geology dept thety said it looked like a piece of glass not fully melted and rapidly cooled. They also said it looks like it has Garnets in it. Sent it to the Smithsonian, they believed it to be a glass slag. it is rich in zinc and lead, it is magnetic,it scratches glass easily. I have attached some photos and analysis. Maybe someone can decipher. I have become obssessed with finding out what this is,as I believe it is connected to the phenomena I saw. Any help would be appreciated[/ATTACH]
I looked in the area where this happened and found this black shiny rock, I have had it analyzed to see if it was a meteorite and was told it is not. I brought it to the Univ of Penn geology dept thety said it looked like a piece of glass not fully melted and rapidly cooled. They also said it looks like it has Garnets in it. Sent it to the Smithsonian, they believed it to be a glass slag. it is rich in zinc and lead, it is magnetic,it scratches glass easily. I have attached some photos and analysis. Maybe someone can decipher. I have become obssessed with finding out what this is,as I believe it is connected to the phenomena I saw. Any help would be appreciated[/ATTACH]
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