# Ball Lightning

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/ball-lightning/30239>\
**Category:** The Show\
**Created:** [May 9, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ball-lightning/30239 "2009-05-09T14:44:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![web-devel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@web-devel](https://community.cartalk.com/u/web-devel)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ball-lightning/30239/1 "2009-05-09T14:44:26Z")

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Somebody stated on the 5/9/09 broadcast that they saw a ball of electricity floating by as they were driving along. It floated over and right into the person giving them a small shock but more startle than pain.  
  
  
  
 I have experienced the same thing, Austin TX. In my house! Nobody I have told has heard of anything like it. What is this?

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**Author:** ![eschnapp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@eschnapp](https://community.cartalk.com/u/eschnapp)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ball-lightning/30239/2 "2009-05-09T15:38:57Z")

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Have never experienced anything similar, and know nothing about cars, but isn’t CIA headquarters in McClain, Va.?