Abstract <p>Experiments on the capillary plasma generator’s jet formation of autonomous long-lived luminous particles of lead, tin or solder up to 5–7 mm in size and their charging using ions created using a corona discharge were carried out. The capillary plasma generator interacted with the energy of 1176 and 1472 J inputted in the discharge. Formed metal compact long-lived luminous formations were charged by ions in the field of the corona discharge. The applied voltage to the corona discharge ranged from 5 to 15 kV, and the discharge current was in the range of 10–100 µA. At that, the sign of the ions coincided with the sign of the corona discharge. In the case of a negative corona using under experimental conditions, neutral particles were charged to a value of about 1.3 × 10^–7 C. Produced objects have properties similar to those of real ball lightning.</p>