A book on ball lightning quotes a case of a stewardess reporting a mysterious orb inside an aircraft:
"Suddenly a bright golden sphere of about 40-50 cm in diameter [about 15 inches] appeared amongst the three of us...It shot down the aisle toward the rear of the plane. We three saw it for sure...There cannot have been a thunderstorm outside, because then we would have been sitting with the seat belts fastened."
A case like this should be classified as a mysterious orb rather than ball lightning, because a lack of any thunderstorm, lightning storm, explosion, high voltage or outdoor location Below is a reasonable algorithm for whether we should use the term "ball lightning" when people report seeing mysterious spheres:
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