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orb
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orb is an alleged ghost, spirit energy, or
multi-dimensional being invisible to the naked eye but visible as a ball of light on
film. Though some people believe orbs are
life-forms,
they are most likely due to reflections caused by flash or other
naturalistic light sources caught on film. One
orb enthusiast claims that
"the orb is the basic energy pattern of the spirit world," though how he
knows this is unclear.
Another thinks "the orb is the energy being transferred from a source
(i.e. powerlines, heat energy, batteries, people, etc.) to the spirit so
they can manifest." This explains why they are round, he says, because that
is what one would expect from the laws of physics. He fails to mention which
laws he has in mind, however.
See also rod and
psychic photography.
further reading
Nickell, Joe. Camera Clues: A Handbook of Photographic Investigation
(University Press of Kentucky, 1994).
Nickell, Joe. Entities : angels, spirits, demons, and other alien beings
(Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1995).
Nickell, Joe. "Ghostly
Photos," Skeptical Inquirer, July/August 1997
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