ball lightning

a rare form of lightning seen as a short-lived, reddish, glowing ball, up to about a foot in diameter, that appears to float in the air or move rapidly along the ground before disintegrating

See ball lightning in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A rare form of lightning in the shape of a glowing red ball, associated with thunderstorms and thought to consist of ionized gas.

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