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Insects, dust, pollen

Dirt and false ‘ghost orbs’

Oct 17th, 2006 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Insects, dust, pollen

“Ghost orbs are just dust!” That’s what we’ve heard from skeptics. So, we decided to test their theory. At left you can see our best result when tossing sidewalk dirt and dust in front of the camera, trying to duplicate a breezy, [...]



Flour dust and false ‘ghost orbs’

Apr 23rd, 2006 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Insects, dust, pollen

‘Fake ghost orbs!’ That’s what many critics and skeptics claim.
To maintain credibility as serious researchers, we need to study false orbs. We need to know exactly what they look like, to differentiate between them and genuine ghost orbs.
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Not a ghost photo - Portsmouth NH

Jul 28th, 2005 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Insects, dust, pollen

When a photo is most likely not an anomaly, we’re usually the first to indicate it, even when it’s one of our own photos, and one that we’d love to claim as a “ghost.”
Here are two photos that appear to show the abrupt appearance of a [...]



Fake ‘ghost orbs’ and pollen

Jul 27th, 2005 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Insects, dust, pollen

Some ‘ghost orbs’ look fake to us immediately. We’re so accustomed to looking at these photos, we don’t need to do much analysis. After years of studying real ghost photos, we can easily tell the difference between fake orbs and real [...]



Bugs and fake ‘ghost orb’ photos

Jul 21st, 2005 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Insects, dust, pollen

When you’re hoping for real ghost photos, make sure that bugs aren’t responsible for your streaks, lines, and orbs. We see these ‘false anomalies’ online at other websites, with disappointing claims that they represent spectral energy. Here’s a good example of a bug: [...]