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The occurrence was recorded by the National Bureau of Standards as a bolt of thunderless lightning.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was a land of thunderless lightning—lightning from a clear sky, flashing here and there without warning or excuse.

From The Ivory Trail by Mundy, Talbot

They were like a dumb Apollo, a thunderless Jupiter.

From Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis by Cooke, George Willis