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Unexplained Phenomena in Île-de-France

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Unexplained Phenomena

Ball Lightning in Paris — François Arago Documents the Phenomenon (1852)

Paris, France·1852

France's most eminent physicist spent years collecting ball lightning accounts in the 1850s. His work made the phenomenon respectable for science.

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