What is an orb?
It's often a small piece of dust, not focused upon by a camera lens,
which has caused it to look fuzzy. Sometimes it has a layer or several
layers of different colors, or looks like a face. This is a common "dust"
orb.
Sometimes orbs can be caused by humidity, metal in the air, dust, pollen,
allergens, animal dandruff and other, small, floating objects which are not
seen by the naked eye, easily.
Orbs can also be random energy, which has scientific validity in some
physical way.
As the founder of RPI, it is my responsibility to do a
lot of things, and one of those is taking on the hardship of debunking a lot
of orb footage handed in by members.
When I debunk them, I make it clear that just because I state that they are
not evidence with enough validity to show the public, it does not mean that
they are not energy.
Only a few, select, orbs can be saved in the RPI vault, however will not be
presented to the public, and then only
after careful scrutinization, but here is my breakdown on what I have come
to believe about orbs caught by photography.
I read the orb threads on the many paranormal forums, and sorry folks, I do
not (respectfully) 100% agree on all orbs being debunkable.
We can take lots of stuff similar to the images posted on websites, and make
mists, and orbs easily, however we cannot always debunk all orbs as false
anomalies.
Orbs can be random energy, as well as dust, and
other validly explainable things.
A majority, true, of orb images sent in claiming to show "ghosts" or "spirit
activity" can indeed be debunked.
However, there are instances when it is not camera focus causing an orb, but
is something else, entirely, and in those instances, I am not saying that
type of orb is spirit activity, however it should be looked at in a
different light.
As a healthy skeptic, we debunk many orb images coming to the team, but then
we get images which look formed, or non-formed, but emitting their own
light, or showing an aura.
When team members see orbs, photograph orbs, they show up on camera, have
their own light source, show shadows, have different makeup than that of
dust orbs, then we keep them and maybe take a deeper look.
Every team does things differently, but it doesn't mean that one way is
specifically the "right" way and one is the "wrong" way. Without those going
against the grain, saying, "Wait a minute here! What if this is NOT dust?",
who would even give a moment's second glance?
What a hard time we'd have discovering new information if everyone practiced
the exact same techniques in every instance. How could a variation occur? It
could, but it would be a rare variation if nobody was varying techniques.
This is a scientific research. We don't say all germs are bacteria, and all
bacteria are deadly or harmful. We say there are several strains of
bacteria, many of which are harmful.
Which brings me to my point; All orbs taken by digital camera are not dust,
littered tissue, other particles or anomalies of photography and that
mindset is not a healthy mindset if you wish to go forward in this field. We
need to keep our minds open to new findings, as they come out daily.