Five species of insects were subjected to a large electric field. Each of the insects stimulated in this manner emitted visible glows of various colors and blacklight (uv). It is postulated that the Uintah Basin, Utah, nocturnal UFO display (1965-1968) was partially due mass warms of spruce budworms, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens), stimulated to emit this type of St. Elmo's fire by flying into high electric fields caused by thunderheads and high density particulate matter in the air.


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    Title :

    Insects as unidentified flying objects


    Additional title:

    Insekten als unidentifizierbare Flugobjekte


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Applied Optics ; 17 , 21 ; 3355-3360


    Publication date :

    1978


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 5 Bilder, 19 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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