PUBLISHED WORK IN THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE
1. Coleman, P.F.,1993a, An explanation for ball lightning?, Weather, (Publication of the Royal Meteorological Society of the UK), 48, No.1, 30.
2. Coleman, P.F., 1995a, A combustion hypothesis to explain ball lightning, oral paper presented to 4th
International Symposium on ball lightning, Kent, England.
3. Coleman, P.F., 1997, Vortex breakdown burner hypothesis
of ball lightning, Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on ball lightning, 26-29 August, Tsugawa, Japan.
4. Coleman, P.F., 1998, Identification of the Tunguska “meteor”, abstract in the Proceeding of the
International Scientific Conference on Tunguska, Krasnoyarsk, June 30, 2 July, 1998.
5.Coleman, P.F., Abrahamson, J., 1999 Combustion Flame in a tornado-like Vortex in a state of vortex breakdown,
EOS Transactions, American Geological Union, April 27, Spring Meeting, Boston.
6.Coleman P.F., Abrahamson, J., 1999, Experimental Ball Lightning- Burning Vortices in a state of vortex
Breakdown, 6th International Symposium on ball lightning, Belgium.
BOOK: The vortex burner theory explained for the first time in context to established Ball Lightning theories and a certain type of UFO seen in the skies.
Coleman, P.F., Ball Lightning- A Scientific Mystery Explained Published by Fireshine Press, 75 Wychbury St Christchurch, New Zealand 294pp with Photographs and diagrams relating to the theory. The book is divided into two sections; Ball Lightning & UFOS ISBN No 0473-04827-2
CITATIONS
1. Singer, S., 1997 The First Decade of International Symposia on Ball Lightning, Proceedings of the 5th International
Symposium on Ball Lightning held at Tsugawa, Japan 26-29 August 1997.
2.Leonov and Pankova 1997 Chemical Physics, N6, 87-95.
3.Dijhuis ,G.C., 1999 A bibliography of Ball Lightning Research 1970-1999 at the International Ball Lightning Committee Website.
4. Stenhoff,P., Ball Lightning An Unsolved Problem.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
New Zealand Science Monthly, Ball Lightning Dec/Jan 1995-1996,4.
New Zealand Science Monthly, Great Balls of Lightning Dec/Jan 1998.
Chronicle, Publication of the University of Canterbury, 1978 Kaikoura UFO finally explained-ball lightning? Vol.,No 1., 26 January,1999.
Dominion (Wellington New Zealand) Newspaper, Front page under the title UFOs great balls of fire, A color photograph of a burning vortex from expeimentation at the Chemical and Process Engineering Department, Canterbury University, New Zealand.
New Scientist All Fired Up-What's making a weird glow at the glow of a twister, May 1999, p17.
Television New Zealand TVNZ TV1 channel Prime time news at 6pm and also radio news.
CHTV local Christchurch, New Zealand station 8th July interview with Brian Tucker.
BBC Interview 16 September 1999 Wellington Plimmer Towers building.
Christchurch Press Newspaper 1998 page 4 Article with photograph of the experimental setup with the headline, Burning Inside tornadoes cause of UFOs.
Discovery Channel 2001 A film Ball Lightning the experiment was filmed on location at the University of Canterbury
National Geographic Channel 2001 A film Ball Lightning the experiment was filmed on location at the University of Canterbury
UNPUBLISHED
Coleman, P.F., 1988a, Journal notes, MSc investigation, Christchurch New Zealand.
Coleman, P.F., 1988b, Kugelblitz, MSc Physics Report, University Canterbury, New Zealand pp25.
Coleman, P.F., 1990, Ball lightning, MSc Thesis, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, pp 224