Usually means: Transient, luminous, upper-atmospheric lightning phenomena.
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▸ noun:  atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves)


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