Yesterday’s article on people seeing ORBs about brought an interesting range of responses. On the one hand, there were some replies that went to the purely “easily explained” option. Like this one from a professional photographer:
“Hi George,
I’ve seen tons of photos of orbs. Even taken tons of photos of them myself.
In every case, they show up when dust particles are in very close proximity to the camera lens and flash.
The “orb” in this case is simply a speck, or several specks in succession close to one another, of dust passing by the lens and triggering the cam/flash.
It drives me crazy every time folks assign paranormal explanations to such photos. If you’ve ever taken pics at Burning Man at night, the orbs show up all over the place. Nothing woo-woo about it.
Hope that clears it up.”
Good to know stuff. But, that doesn’t explain what the ORBS are that are seen in places like the Oregon coast where a reader has been watching a lot of ORB activity lately – and no photography involved..
“George
Over the last couple weeks we have been seeing what we started calling “Orbs” for lack of a better term, this was before I had heard you mention it and we have not done any research on the matter.
In fact until we saw the first one during a rare, clear night on the coast , about 2 weeks ago, I have never witnessed anything I could classify as a UFO , and that after many years as an outdoorsman and many hours logged watching the night sky , we are all well versed in aircraft and satellites and this is something completely different.
We are located in a rural area on the Southern Oregon Coast so we do not get a lot of clear nights , but every night we can See the stars, and get a clear sky, we are seeing anywhere from 15-20 sightings a night!
The “Orbs” are manifesting in all sorts of different behaviors, we see them at high altitude as well as one very bright one That came cruising over the house at very low altitude, possibly 5-10,000′ .
So we have set up a sort “Orb Society” if you will , my wife and I and a couple friends , on clear nights we get out The lawn chairs and lay flat on our back for comfortable “Orb Viewing”.
Some of the behavior we are witnessing is:
you will be watching the night sky and all of a sudden you will see a blink of a light , and then another , then you will see the “orb” , although not that brightly , then the “orb” will start moving and it will get brighter, sometimes very bright, and travel some distance , at varying speed sometimes fast , sometimes slowly
we have witnessed two appear at the same time and both immediately take off, of completely different trajectories , one due north , the other due east
we started using binoculars to get closer and we have witnessed several that got really bright , I can only describe them as completely bright white spheres, they are beautiful
after about the 3rd time we viewed them , I started calling them “Orbs” and our distinct impression was that , we are not viewing anything like a physical craft at all , we are starting to think what we are seeing, are other life forms , because their movements and action seem so organic
and they almost always fade out before our eyes, they just blink out !
Needles to say we anxiously await clear nights now , this is becoming the most profound thing that has ever happened to me, so when I read your blog this morning , it gave me a rush to see you actually use the word “Orb”.
Our wives have already gotten bored with the “orbs” and are off doing their nails now
, but the men folk are absolutely mesmerized With the implications of this new life form we are witnessing .
We were wondering was this just a localized phenomenon ? were others seeing these as well and in increased numbers ?
and it looks you answered our question this morning , before we even asked it , officially anyway
Another offers:
“George,
I have read one of Paul Devereux’s books on this. He is not an idiot, unlike those who invest at p/e ratios of 700. Google earthlights for lots of links, or go to:-
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/E/earthlight.html
as a good place to start.”
But by far, the best/most fully informed email was this one:
“Dear George,
I am one of the creators of the award winning documentary, “ORBS: The Veil Is Lifting”. And, as a long-time reader of your site, I was delighted to see Orbs mentioned yesterday. Orbs are visual evidence of the shift that is taking place and we would like to encourage people to pick up their cameras and have a first-hand experience of photographing Orbs for themselves. To this end, I am sending you some Orb photos and short article I have written with “ORB HUNT” tips.
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There is a shift happening. The ancients told us this time would come . . . the time is here. Things are different in our bodies, our emotions, the very core of our beings seem to be opening to new possibilities. And so we find ourselves in new territory, needing tools to help us navigate and explore our new paradigm of existence. There are many well-known tools for exploring the nature of existence, such as: meditation, yoga, prayer and fasting. Yet I never imagined that my digital camera would become just such a tool. It has done this by allowing me to capture, in a photograph, a glimpse of a greater reality that is peeking through the veil of our three-dimensional limited way of seeing. What does that mean? It means that cameras (especially digital) are now picking up phenomena that exist in different parts of the light spectrum than are normally seen with the naked eye. These phenomena are manifesting in different forms, but one of the most commonly seen in photographs are round glowing spheres of light called “Orbs”.
I first discovered Orbs about eight years ago and became instantly fascinated and enchanted by them. Now, after taking over 20,000 images with Orbs in them, it has become clear to me that there is some form of higher consciousness involved in the phenomenon and that energy of higher vibration is what attracts them. Orbs have been photographed around sacred sites for many years and are now showing up everywhere. I have seen them swarm in photos when live music is played, children are laughing, or friends are joined together. I have seen them appear en masse while someone meditates or sends them love. I have photographed them in nature as well as inside convention halls. The commonality of their appearances is the presence of strong emotion, be it: joy, love, bliss, even grief. Many of us have felt that there is more to existence than what we could readily perceive with our eyes. Yet we live in a “seeing is believing” world that has, for the most part, denied the reality of other worlds and dimensions that are unseen and not easily explained. Now, with the Orb phenomenon, we are actually being able to “see” the unseen, so will people believe? We created our documentary, “ORBS: The Veil Is Lifting“, to help educate people about the dimensional shift that is taking place and the Orbs that are showing us the way. The film contains interviews with nine people who have approached the Orb phenomenon from very different angles: from a Stanford professor who consults for NASA to a theologian, from a woman who sees them underwater to artists and healers who use them in their work. Everyone has come to the same conclusion . . . Orbs are conscious beings from another dimension that we can now see.
TIPS FOR ORB HUNTING My advice for anyone wanting to experience Orbs for themselves is: find a location that feels sacred or joyous to you, a church or a healing spot, an outdoor party or celebration, a special place in nature . . . anywhere that positive energy or vibrations are felt. Get together with a group of people and plan to have fun. Singing or playing instruments works well, as music brings in higher frequencies. Be sure to use your flash as it seems the Orbs are usually seen with its aid . I suggest starting your Orb questing by photographing at dusk or when it’s already dark. Orbs have been photographed in daylight, with or without a flash, but it’s rare. Frame the shots so that subjects are toward the bottom of the frame; i.e. more sky than ground. Be prepared to shoot and shoot (which is easy with a digital camera) and to revisit a location several times to cultivate the area.
Yeah, I know – the use of the flash is problematic. While that might seem to press the whole discussion over into the photographer’s contention that ORBs are nothing more than close-in dust (and in some cases, this is no doubt true) when I’ve gotten sit-down-across-the-table reports from a person who has seen ORBs ‘dancing in the trees’ not more than 5-miles from the ranch, or like the report from the Oregon group, I have to wonder: Is there one case in any of this that can’t be dismissed out of hand? If there’s only one or two out there that are truly anomalous, seems a rigorous study with at least as much money as we’re spending to Bomb the Moon might be useful, yah think?
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Around the Ranch: Student Pilot
Elaine got her first real hands-on taste of flying on Thursday. But, she was so busy with all the knowledge being thrown at her on the first day of flying that we didn’t get an aerial picture of the ranch. On the other hand, not getting too worked up over flying – yet. I promised myself that before I even consider buying a plane, things would need to fall into a particular kind of order. First, both of us need to get flight medicals. My understanding of the Rules these days is that if you flunk a third class medical not only do you lose your private ticket, but you’re also not to fly in the lesser-regulated light sport aircraft (LSA) segment. No, I don’t expect this to be an issue.
The next benchmark that would have to be met would be Elaine getting her sign-off to solo. If she flies 2-3 times a week, and I would expect her to do 20-30-hours before she’s ready for solo (lots of stuff to learn first these days – how transponders work, how to use an ADF or a VOR if you find yourself disoriented or lost, etc.) – which would put us 10-15 weeks out.
By then, the economy could really be in the crapperoo – and whether civilian airplanes will be fly8ing would be a sort of open question. On the other hand, if the events of the fall are just a prequel to bigger problems next year (likely) then I could get serious about looking for a plane and getting current (biennial flight review) once again.
hen there’s the matter of which aircraft. Most likely? Cessna 172…simply because it would be the easiest to transition into for Elaine coming off a C-150/152. Trying to get over my ‘type A’ personality disorder, a 172 is a nice mix of capacity, range, low operating costs, and so forth. Fancy items that make for a hot airplane (constant speed (adjustable pitch) props and retractable gear all sound like good times to me, but hart to transition to for someone with low hours.
I won’t bore you with too much detail on this, but in terms of a personal competency, especially when you’ve seen pictures of the freeways choked with people fleeing ahead of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, plus the mental acuity required to fly, I suppose in the end it’s no worse an idea than an SUV that gets 15-MPG. It may have its place.
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We are now less than two weeks from the August 22 ‘hot date’ in the predictive linguistics work from Cliff at www.halfpasthuman.com and it’s as good a time as any to have a little chalk-talk about how this fall could work out. The earthquakes in Baja, occurring with almost uncanny precision as expected, and the following 6.1 in Japan fulfilled all of our ‘duality’ expectations, so we’re left with a very hard set of linguistics to deal with for the fall. So dire are the possibilities that I told my son, who starts his EMT re-certification program in September in the Pacific Northwest, that he may not be able to complete it. Moreover, there’s one critical path into our future that could result in him hiking to Texas (from Washington state) as a wandering medical practitioner in 2010. Action point:, He should pay particular attention to the EMT-W content on the side. If you’re not familiar with EMT-W (sometimes WEMT) curriculum, it’s designed for first responders in a wilderness setting where you’re basically on your own. It’s one thing to save a life with 4-minutes response times, one minutes from an AED, and withy 150-drugs and a 12-lead ECG 7-minutes out. It’s entirely another when there are no communications and you’ve got only a trail first-aid pack, OTC medications, and a good pocket knife. From an emergency medicine standpoint, we may all be at either extreme of that spectrum within a year; such is the breadth of critical path possibilities.
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