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Nemzek & Winckler 1989
Nemzek, R.J. and Winckler, J.R. (1989). Observation and interpretation of fast sub-visual light pulses from the night sky. Geophysical Research Letters 16: doi: 10.1029/89GL01667. issn: 0094-8276.

Fast large aperture photometers directed at the zenith on clear nights near Minneapolis have recorded many light pulses in the millisecond time range, but aside from man-made events these were almost entirely due to Rayleigh scattered distant lightning, with a residual very low rate (<0.1/hr) of unidentified pulses. We believe that 1 ms light pulses seen in several previous experiments (FAP's) may also be mostly Rayleigh scattered lightning, rather than fluorescent light due to electron precipitation from lightning-induced whistlers as previously discussed. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1989

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Airglow and aurora
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