A Dramatic High-speed Orb

Photo date: October 25, 2014. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

This photo of an indoor wall seems to show a moving orb making a dramatically sharp right-angle turn. A photo like this cannot at all be explained as being a photo of an insect. No insect ever makes a change in direction as sharp as we see here. Furthermore, the photo was taken indoors in a place where no flying insects had been observed during the past two months.

Since the camera had a shutter speed of 1/2000 of an second, a photo like this indicates very rapid movement -- movement greater than 100 miles an hour. The top speed of houseflies, by comparison, is only 5 miles an hour.  See my posts labeled "speeding air orb" for many similar photographs.

Nearby reflective surfaces: none.  The image was about 6% of the full picture (horizontally). No orbs shown in photos taken at same location from same angle soon before and soon after this photo was taken, which argues against any dust explanation. No artificial light was involved in the photo area except the camera flash. There was no possibility of a hair in front of the camera lens, because the photo was made by someone with very short hair.  

For many similar photos, Google for "moving air orb" or see the posts on this site labeled "inexplicable orb motion."