One possible explanation for UFOs (finally)

Some unidentified phenomena like UFOs, could be explained by a light or electrical phenomenon little known, says Australian astrophysicist Stephen Hughes.The scientist made a detailed study of an unusual event occurred in 2006 when a large number of meteors were seen in the sky over Brisbane. His appearance came while a bright green object was seen rolling down the nearby mountains.

Hughes proposed a theory that establishes a link between the object, apparently a ball lightning or lightning, with meteors or fireballs. His idea is that one of the meteorites could have momentarily triggered an electrical connection between the upper atmosphere and the ground, providing energy for the ball lightning appeared above the mountains. Hughes published his account in the journal of the Royal Society.

Unexplained Phenomena 

Hughes says the extraordinary episode, which occurred on a clear night is the kind of event that can lead one to think he has seen a UFO. "If you put together inexplicable atmospheric phenomena, such as the electrical nature with human psychological desire to see something, that would explain a lot about the visions of UFOs," he told the BBC. The mixture of the effect of ball lightning and a meteorite could have a material effect UFO.

The scientist, who is a renowned lecturer Queensland University of Technology, initiated the study after having been requested to attend a local television to examine the pictures and explain what members of the public had caught on their cell cameras . Fireballs are exceptionally bright meteors occurring fragments of space rocks larger than sand particles responsible for the shooting stars. But as shooting stars across the sky at high speed.

It is believed that at least three individual fireballs were seen on the night of May 16, 2006. A subsequent survey by the university was able to identify many more witnesses, including a farmer who remembers seeing a luminous green ball down a slope of the Great Dividing Range, a mountain range 120 kilometers west of Bribane.

The object described as 30 inches in diameter appeared jump over rocks and follow the path of a metal fence for several minutes. The farmer said he glimpsed the green object just after the fireball had passed over his head. At first he thought it was a plane crash and called police, but the search the next day found no rest.

Ball lightning or lightning 

The ball lightning or sparks seem an obvious explanation, says Professor Hughes. Still not fully understood how these brilliant spheres of light floating. Known to be associated with thunderstorms, but not always, but certainly there was no electrical storm activity around the Great Dividing Range.

If we think of the ionosphere and the ground as the two battery terminals and put a wire between the two terminals and electric currents, literally get a spar. Stephen Hughes, an astrophysicist, Queensland University of Technology.

Hughes offers a new explanation of the causes of ball lightning, but simply explained as energy could have come down and trigger the effect. The researcher proposes that the natural flow of current between the upper layers of the atmosphere, the ionosphere, and the ground was increased by the passage of a meteorite that current incentive and the flow of charged particles and other conductive materials to its passage.

"Could it be that a meteor down from the atmosphere, having passed through the ionosphere, and really creating transient conduction between the ionosphere and the ground, even if it was only for a few seconds? Would that be enough to charge the ground and then they shock occurred in some form in the plasma ball that saw top? " "If we think of the ionosphere and the ground as the two battery terminals and put a wire between the two terminals and electric currents, literally get a spark," explains the researcher.

Ionized gas 

The fireballs or meteor fragments are produced by space rocks. Other scientists suggest that the charge is dissipated through the ground can create balls of glowing ionized gas above it.

John Abrahamson, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, defended the idea ten years ago that ball lightning or lightning was vaporized mineral grains leaving the ground through a conventional beam, an idea that was subsequently verified with some success by Brazilian researchers. Abrahamson Hughes described the work as "relatively feasible" and a theory that makes interesting connections.

"We still have to spend much time before everyone is happy and pleased that we found a solution," he told the BBC. Hughes, meanwhile, says its publication in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences trying to start a debate. "There is a sound theory, but rather a suggestion that deserves to be explored," he said.