Hair
Raising Tales from David Swenson as reported on The
Static Planet, an electronic news letter. Try The Case
of The Mysterious Path. Here's an excerpt: "I saw the flash out of the corner of my eye. The thunderous sound it made was instantaneous-KABOOM! I went straight down to the ground in a limp pile," Swenson said, wincing as he remembered. |
The Final Frontier is a story sufficiently bizarre that I had trouble believing it so I contacted David Swenson. I had a very enjoyable conversation. This story is really true. He tells me this experience has sparked interest from many different corners including, obviously, the military. I can't figure it out, but I'd be happy to discuss it. David told me a little more - Size is important. There have been attempts to reproduce this using small models, but never successfully. There was corona everywhere including on his body and the air was structured, but there didn't appear to be a wind or swirling of the air. Lot's of other strange things were happening around this hardware. A bird was actually pulled into the apparatus and got stuck in the film. |
The ElectroStatic Discharge Journal |
Lightning | Photographs and movies from a lightning chaser. |
Lightning Research | From a NASA research team. Try the primer, also the space shuttle experiments. |
Lightning/storm detector | From MatchRocket. |
NASA | Part of their education program. See the sections on the solar wind, aurora, and magnetic storms. |
Oulu Space Physics Textbook | Looks at the interface between earth and space. |
How a battery works | From a battery manufacturer. |
How a battery works II | From How Stuff Works. |
Battery FAQ | From Duracell. |
Power generation and distribution | From How Stuff Works. Ever wonder what those fenced in power sub-stations scattered about town are doing? |
History | From the Smithsonian. |