It's Official - ALL Orb Photos Are False Positives!

Aedryan Methyus

That's right, it has officially been confirmed! Between My Orb Study and the evidence you are about to see, the Strange Happenings Ghost And Hauntings Research Society firmly believes that ALL ORB PHOTOS can now be considered false positive. Until now, the only orb photos we have ever even considered to be POSSIBLE evidence are any of the following:

• Colored orbs - (Blue, red, green, purple, yellow, etc)

• Bright opaque orbs

• Orbs in motion

• Orbs with vivid facial features within them

• Orbs that appear to be behind an object in the distance

• Orbs can definitely appear and disappear in thin air!

• Orbs that were captured at the exact time of a supportive strange occurance (temperature fluctuations, EMF fluctuations, EVP's, noises, etc).

Which Of The Above Types Of Orbs Are Paranormal Orbs?

ABSOLUTELY NONE OF THEM! We feel that the following evidence clearly disproves just about every orb photo in existence, including EVERY orb photo throughout our website. Therefore we will be removing every orb photo from all of our investigation reports.

What Does The SHGHRS Consider To Be Orb Evidence?

• Orbs on video. We know for a fact that orbs do indeed exist. However, there is a very good possibility that they are not even ghost related. That still has yet to be proven. We have also collected video evidence, which clearly proves that dust can look and act just like orbs on video. Not all orbs on video are dust though.

• The ONLY "photos" we now consider to be legitimate orb evidence are still shots that are captured from our video footage. All other orbs that appear in regular photographs, whether they were captured with a digital camera or a 35mm camera are caused by natural elements, such as dust, pollen and other airborn particles, moisture, humidity, rain, snow or bugs. It's that simple!

Please Help The Paranormal Community And Spread The Word!

Every time you come across a website with orbs posted as evidence or explanations and theories about orb photos (and they are plenty!), please do the paranormal community a huge favor and simply send them an email with a link to these reports. There are way too many false beliefs about orb photos in circulation and it is long past time to lay them to rest. It is no longer a just a matter of paranormal investigators simply having different opinions about orb photos. It is a matter of who is only fooling themselves, as well as the general public!

Strange Happenings Ghost And Hauntings Research Society would like to extend an extra special thanks to the Midnite Walkers Paranormal Research Society for allowing us to add the following findings to our orb study. We feel that Rich did a fantastic job of collecting and compiling all of this tedious evidence and we commend his efforts!

Click Here To Read The Full Report!

- Aedryan
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parlance · Guest

I have seen a lot of samples of pollen spores on orb debunking sites and a lot of photographs have typical pollen and other spore orbs when they have been taken outside and even inside.

I think your images will help to identify dust orbs and lint orbs in general. But I don't think the photo I got of an orb in my house was a false positive. I should have had hundreds of them by now capturing candid images of my cats doing stupid or cute things if that were the case. As it is, it is the only orb image I have got of any kind other than flash dogs that have appeared as a result of light angles, but they have been obviously a trick of light on the lens. So excuse me if I hang on to the cherished notion that my orb image is authentic for a little while longer.

I have some flashdogs images that showed up as a result of the type of camera lens refraction I got and changing cameras created a different kind of flash dog image, so it helps to know your camera and what the lens on it does to images too. You might want to do a series on flashdog orbs as well, especially ones off of reflective surfaces.

A friend of mine sent me a multiple orb photo one time that he took in the dark and it turned out he had a crystal ball on one table that had caught the flash and refracted it onto the wall in several areas in round shapes. I can't help but wonder what shape the "orbs" would have been if it had been a cube or a pyramid? He was kind of bummed out when I figured out what his orbs actually were, but them's the breaks.

It would be interesting to close off a haunted area indoors where orbs had been photographed and then clean it up and use one of those special air cleaners for a couple of days and then see if any orbs appear. Having a neutral access point where a camera can be inserted without entering the enclosed space would also be an idea.

Can orbs be photographed in a contaminant free environment? That is the real question.

Aedryan Methyus · Posted: Sep Sat 23, 2006 4:07 pm Post subject:

fratka · Posted: Sep Mon 25, 2006 7:20 am Post subject:

I have to agree with Aedryan here. Even though I don't believe that all still photos of orbs are false, I would still have to say that it would be a good practice to consider still shots of orbs as false.

In the almost 20 years of ghost hunting and over 10 years of serious research, I have only captured one still photo of a verifiable orb. I say that because I had the good luck of capturing it on video at the same time I snapped the shot of it on digital.

If I can get the footage converted from analog to digital I will place it on my photobucket account and link it here. I just don't want to put out the money to do that. Shocked

parlance · Guest

Well, I showed my ghost hunter friend in Colorado the evidence Aedryan presented and asked him if there were photo manipulation tests to determine if an orb is physical or paranormal, but I haven't heard back from him yet.

He did some tests on the paper cup ghost and I can't remember what he said he did, but it was definitely a physical object.

I have looked at other sites that talk about pollen orbs and every time I see a lemon-shaped orb in someone's photo collection I laugh. I forget what tree species that type of pollen comes from, but it is pretty common, I think it's an elm.

I have a lot of issues with photographic evidence because it is really easy for the camera to distort evidence or pick up physical phenomena the photographer isn't aware of. It is unfortunate that the medium being used to capture evidence adds so many dimensions to the equation for false evidence.

fratka · Posted: Sep Mon 25, 2006 3:32 pm Post subject:

How does your friend in Colorado do it? How does he determine if it is paranormal by just looking at a photo? What is his background in photography?

Basically the criteria I have followed to classify orb pictures as authentic has stayed simple; spherical in shape and gives off an electrostatic charge. Needless to say I have not been able to classify an orb picture as genuine by just using the photo. I have to have a secondary piece of equipment.
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parlance · Guest

You really need to get into a technical discussion with my friend about how he handles evidence. If you google AAPI ghost hunters, you should be able to find his site.

fratka · Posted: Sep Tue 26, 2006 7:24 am Post subject:

Do they know your screen name or should I drop you real name (so they don't think I'm just another detractor)?
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parlance · Guest

Just tell them you have been talking to their friend out on the Aleutian Islands and where you and I ran into each other. If they want to email me and ask me if I am "parlance" I will verify it, but since I am their only friend who lives in this area, I doubt they will need to ask. They've known me since we were kids.

parlance · Guest

Come to think of it, Aedryan should take a look at the very atypical orb that my friends photographed in a cemetary. It looks more like a soap bubble than anything else, and if I hadn't known them all my life I would probably be of the mind that the orb they photographed was a hoax image of just that. Their website is www.ghostpi.com and the image was on the Coast to Coast AM show.

mbs357 · Posted: May Wed 02, 2007 9:11 am Post subject:

So most orbs are dust particles?
Man I've been saying this all my life. > Neutral

I've never considered orbs evidence of paranormal...
However, I've always been interested in the ones with faces...those actually count for something.

Aedryan Methyus · Posted: May Wed 02, 2007 11:17 am Post subject:

Yup! I would just about go as far as to say, most (if not ALL) "orbs" we capture on video are dust or bugs too....

- Aedryan
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mbs357 · Posted: May Wed 02, 2007 6:03 pm Post subject:

Yea, like I said. I've always been skeptical of orb photos...but I've always been impressed by the ones with faces ;D

Voices In the Dark · Posted: Jul Wed 16, 2008 7:37 pm Post subject: Aedryan Methyus....the orbs

Hello Aedryan!

We will be using your wonderful evidence to help with our reseach. We just recently got a two orbs, that we have been trying to match to other data bases of dust, humidity, inscects ect too, and haven't found anything like the ones we have. I've been holding off on actually accepting it to be an actual spirit orb, so I will use your research and compare them again. Thank you!!!

*Fire*
Voices In the Dark