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A 1901 depiction of ball lightning. (Image credit: Wikimedia ) Ball lightning represents a mysterious phenomenon in atmospheric physics, reported for centuries, photographed rarely, and still lacking a fully confirmed physical explanation, even though it’s almost certainly real. Witnesses reported a luminous, roughly spherical object, typically of basketball size, lasting for a few seconds to a f…
Key claims
Avi Loeb proposes that UAP orbs may be related to ball lightning, a rare atmospheric phenomenon that has been documented for centuries but lacks a fully confirmed physical explanation.
Alternative explanation
Ball lightning offers a potential mundane atmospheric explanation for some UAP sightings.
Analysis by Claude · may contain errors
A Naval Postgraduate School journal reports that Ukrainian Armed Forces have detected UAP/UFO objects during conflict with Russia exhibiting high speeds, instantaneous acceleration, and anomalous light effects that remain unidentified.
Avi Loeb discusses a new preprint from Professor John Birks examining whether UAP orbs observed in a July 2025 northeastern US sighting could be explained as meteoritic dust clouds. The analysis is based on Pentagon-released files originally obtained by the FBI.
Avi Loeb announced the public launch of the UAP Science Advisory Council website and discussed a July 2025 UAP sighting in the northeastern United States documented in Pentagon/FBI files.
Avi Loeb discusses the UAP Science Advisory Council's efforts to identify signatures of non-human technology using state-of-the-art sensor data.
NASA's Perseverance rover discovered complex carbon compounds at an ancient Martian site, adding to evidence of possible past habitability or biosignatures on Mars.
Avi Loeb discusses the history of UAP reports, noting that many documented cases involve misidentified human-made objects like balloons and drones rather than anomalous phenomena.
Avi Loeb analyzes highlights from the U.S. Department of War's fourth UAP data release from July 2026, noting the presence of 3 NASA photographs and 14 additional items, including a thin mysterious object in one video.
Avi Loeb critiques social-media UAP influencers for misunderstanding scientific methodology, citing eyewitness reports from September 2023 of a metallic ellipsoid object and comparing them to Apollo-era photographic anomalies.
Avi Loeb recounts receiving a phone call from someone claiming to represent the Houston Astros, which he initially misunderstood as an astrophysics reference.