| Coleman's vortex-fireball theory of ball lightning, the Tunguska "meteor" and UFOs and other related phenomena This solves the ancient puzzle regarding unexplained fireballs and lights The key idea is that an atmospheric vortex such as a whirlwind can burn a combustible inside the reduced velocity region of the "bubble" axisymmetric vortex breakdown zone. This theory unifies a set of previously unexplained observations and was originally published in 1993. The theory originated in NEW ZEALAND with research connections to CANTERBURY AND LINCOLN UNIVERSITY. Peter F Coleman MSc, MAppSci Contents of website are copyright 2004 |
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| Interesting Published references showing that such burning vortices do exist and can be explained for the first time. Many UFO sightings show characteristics of these burning vortices and the key the idea is that vortex breakdown provides a reduced air speed to allow a flame to survive in such tornadoes or whirwind vortices CLICK HERE for observations of whirlwinds consistent with Coleman's theory |
| NEWS OF THE THEORY My theory has been published in New Scientist. An article on the theory and an experiment demonstrating the concept has been published in the American Geological Union Publication called Eos. Papers have been published in Ball Lightning Symposium Proceedings. ____________________________ A film on Ball Lightning containing footage of the theory has made National Geographic and Discovery channels. ___________________________ NEW BOOK! GREAT BALLS OF FIRE -A unified theory of Ball Lightning, UFOs, Tunguska and other anomalous lights is now available. . You can also download the e-book or the book as a more convenient printed version ) by going to www.lulu.com and doing a title search. Expanded distribution through major retailers eg Amazon.com coming soon. The book describes in more detail the definitive theory of ball lightning and UFOs. The theory can explain many published cases of unexplained lights including The Tunguska "meteor", the Kaikoura UFOs, Min Mins in Australia and many other lights. This will be the definitive theory of UFOs and it is a theory with the ability to explain the diverse occurences of these lights. |
| Contents on site Copyright 2004 |
| COLEMAN'S THEORY APPLIED TO SPECIFIC EVENTS 1. The Tunguska Mystery solved Photographs and other information on Tunguska from Longo of Bologna University demonstrating the strong international attempts to solve the problem. 2. The 1979 Kaikoura UFOs 3. The Hessdalen UFOs are similar to the flames seen in the vortex chamber experiments 4. The classic UFOs over Mt Rainier |
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