A few years later, on the evening news, I saw footage of three really big, soap bubble like red lights coming up out of the ground out east of Phoenix. The balls danced merrily around each other as they went up and on out. So, yes, 'they' have it all figured out.
The word which came down about this was:
"Actually, No, we DON'T have it all figured out."
I guess it all depends on who you mean by "they". But, yes, "they" have it all figured out - right down to the shell thickness and the color of the dielectric in the phase shift capacitor. Speaking of which, there has been some recent advance in Resmod technology. Patent #WO 2014028017 A1 describes a method for making nano-antennas with a resonant frequency in the optical or near infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum:
https://www.google.com/patents/WO2014028017A1?cl=en&dq=nano+wire+antenna&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiU1rze993PAhUP1WMKHQp5AwU4ChDoAQg3MAQThis uses a porous membrane with voids which are filled with nano wires, together with an upper membrane which contains the nano spheres. Although this is a step in the right direction, it's still a very weak patent. The claims limit the nano spheres to the same diameter as the inductive wires, with a series arrangement. My patent is not listed as a reference, and wasn't even read. My patent discloses the fact that the Resmods can be "electrically positioned". This means that it will also work if the spheres are adjacent to the wires, due to the fact that the Resmods are externally resonant. And the capacitive spheres don't have to be as small as the wire's diameter. Furthermore, they completely miss the fact that the Resmod length has to be at least two and a half times the resonant wavelength for it to transmit. This patent acts only as a notch filter. But it is an advancement.
Anyway, here's an example of rf type Ball Lightning electrodes:
(https://s20.postimg.org/al2u4m3ot/BL_Electrodes_2.jpg)
I put this together with parts I took from the National Treasure: common commercially available products contain components which can also be used for completely different, advanced applications. The outer ring is an example of Artistic License, and also came from the National Treasure.
Looking at this, I'm reminded of the Bavarian Snow Sled of Yore, with the two axes at the back. To change the speed, all they had to do was change the angle of the inductive handles.
