Elemenopee, it is called ball lightning....
BALL LIGHTNING does not look like "lightning." Instead, it usually appears as a mysterious glowing sphere which drifts horizontally through the air. It is typically the size of a grapefruit, but sometimes appears as small as a pea, or as large as a bus. It sometime hovers at a few feet or tens of feet altitude, but can also bounce along the ground. It usually lasts only a few seconds, but sometimes persists much longer. Various colors of "BL" have been seen, sometimes it changes colors, and sometimes it has internal structures such as glowing layers or moving sparks. BL once was thought to be rare, but this was because eyewitnesses feared ridicule and didn't make reports. In reality a few percent of the population has seen BL close up. Today most researchers agree that it is real, yet its nature is still highly controversial, and no sensible theories yet exist to explain it. See Scientific American: BALL LIGHTNIN.
you might check out this web site..
https://www.bloomphoto.com/lightning2/lightning2.html
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