Menzel admitted that "since ball lightning is short-lived and cannot be preserved as tangible evidence, its appearance on the night of November 2 can never be absolutely proved."
メンツェルは次のことを認めた:「球電は短命で証拠として保存することはできないから、11月2日の夜の外観は絶対に証明され得ない」 ("since ball lightning is short-lived and cannot be preserved as tangible evidence, its appearance on the night of November 2 can never be absolutely proved") 。