Vector electric field measurements have been made inside two ionizing, high‐velocity streams of barium atoms in the Earth's ionosphere. A variety of electrical phenomena were observed across the frequency spectrum and are presented in this paper, which emphasizes the experimental results. Comparisons with a theoretical model for the interactions of the stream with the magnetic field and the ionosphere are presented in a companion paper (Brenning et al., this issue (a)). A most startling result is that a very large quasi‐dc electric field was detected antiparallel to the beam velocity. This by itself is not unreasonable since newly ionized barium ions with their large gyroradii are expected to create such a field. But since the beam had roughly a 45° angle with the magnetic field, Bo, we find a very large (≳500 mV/m) component of E parallel to Bo. The fluctuating electric fields were also quite large, in fact, of the same order of magnitude as the quasi‐dc pulse. The wave energy was found to maximize at frequencies below the barium lower hybrid frequency and included strong signatures of the oxygen cyclotron frequency. Measurements made on a subpayload separated across Bo by several hundred meters and along Bo by several kilometers do not show the large pulse, although a variety of wave emissions were seen. In addition, very large amplitude magnetic field fluctuations were detected in both bursts. Although we have no clear explanation, they appear to be a real phenomenon and worthy of future study. Finally, we note that even though the critical ionization velocity effect did not go into a discharge mode in this experiment, remarkable electromagnetic effects were seen in the neutral beam‐plasma interaction.