Transparent Orb Seems to Tag the Tinsel

Photo date: December 28, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a transparent orb I photographed in Grand Central Terminal in New York. It's a photo reminiscent of this similar photo.

On the same day I photographed a woman with a mysterious look (this photo isn't anomalous, but simply has a rather eerie appearance):

The Top 10 Orb Swarms of 2016

I often photograph orbs appearing in the sky in great numbers, what we may call swarms for lack of a better word. Below are some of the most dramatic photos of orb swarms I took this year. All of these photos below were taken on dry nights in which there was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation while I was photographing.

Here is a photo from December 26, 2016.

Here is a photo I took on December 19, 2016. Note the striped orb in the upper right corner.

Here is a photo I took on October 26, 2016.

Here is another photo I took on October 26, 2016.

 Here is a photo I took on August 8, 2016.

Here is a photo I took on March 2, 2016.

 Here is a photo I took on February 14, 2016. Some of the orbs are much larger than the moon shown near the middle of the photo.

Here is a photo I took on February 2, 2016.

 Here is a photo I took on January 30, 2016.

Here is a photo I took on January 29, 2016.

See also my post "The Top 10 Orb Swarms of 2015."

Another "String of Pearls" Moving Orb

Photo date: December 28, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows an orb I photographed speeding near a window at Grand Central Terminal in New York. We see the "string of pearls" effect I have 55 times previously photographed, in which we see what appears to be multiple position states of an orb moving very fast.

A Ringed Sky Orb

Photo date: December 28, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in the sky. We see an unusual ring structure inside the orb.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night. The air quality listed on airnow.gov was "good." The pollen count listed on pollen.com was "low," with a level of 0.1.

A Pink Sky Orb

Photo date: December 28, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a pink sky orb I photographed above a building in New York. It was a moonless night.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night. The air quality listed on airnow.gov was "good." The pollen count listed on pollen.com was "low," with a level of 0.1.

Snuggling Spirit?

Photo date: December 27, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a blue orb that seems to have snuggled into a cozy position behind a wreath at Grand Central Terminal in New York. It's one of many mysterious orbs I have photographed near wreaths (see here for other examples).

Below is a rather similar photo I took on the same day.

Ringed Orb in Grand Central

Photo date: December 28, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin

The top of the photo below shows a ringed orb I photographed at Grand Central Terminal in New York.

A closeup shows the outer ring so often seen in orbs (see here for 100+ examples).

Eight-Shaped Orb or Bright Fast Orb?

Photo date: December 28, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin

On the left of the photo below we see what looks like a bright fast-speeding orb in front of the Met Life building in New York.  The eight-shape is probably two position states of an object moving fast.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night. The air quality listed on airnow.gov was "good." The pollen count listed on pollen.com was "low," with a level of 0.1.

Blue Orbs Blend With the Crowd

Photo date: December 28, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows two mysterious orbs that rather seem to be mingling with the crowd at Grand Central Terminal in New York.

Eerie Evening

Photo date: December 26, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows some orbs hanging above some buildings in New York City. The previous photo taken a few seconds earlier (from the same angle) showed not a single orb.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation while I was photographing on this night. The air quality listed on airnow.gov was "good," with a rating of 43. The pollen count listed on pollen.com was "low," with a rating of 0.1.

A Green Transparent Orb

Photo date:  December 28, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

Most of the mysterious orbs I photograph in Grand Central Terminal are blue or white, but I occasionally get a green one, as shown in the photo below.

Speeding Orb Splitting Into Two?

Photo date: December 27, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

I cropped the photo below from the top of a larger photo, so I can't tell what was above the top of the cropped photo. We see something very weird: what looks like a speeding orb that has split into two, like some speeding baseball splitting into two baseballs.

Blue Orb Tags the Flag and the Wreath

Photo date: December 27, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious blue orb I photographed at Grand Central Terminal in New York.

This is only the latest in very may orbs I have photographed next to Christmas wreaths. Below are some examples.  You can see the original photos here.

Perplexing Permutations

Photo date: December 23, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

I took the photos below while photographing nothing but ordinary drops of pure, clean water falling against a dark background. In the top left corner we see four orbs with face-like details, an effect I have photographed hundreds of times since October 2014 (as shown in these posts). In the top right corner we see a bunch of strange half orbs. In the bottom we see some of the strange things I call orb veils (see here for 200+ examples).

P.S. Puzzling

Photo date: December 26, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photos below show some strange orbs I photographed above a public school in New York City.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation while I was photographing on this night. The air quality listed on airnow.gov was "good," with a rating of 43. The pollen count listed on pollen.com was "low," with a rating of 0.1.

A Strange Blue Oval Orb

Photo date: December 27, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The orbs I photograph are remarkably similar in shape, with 95% of them having a shape that looks circular or spherical. Below we see a rather rare oval orb I photographed floating about in Grand Central Terminal.

Orb Tagging the Statue?

Photo date: December 26, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows some mysterious orbs near a statue in front of a church.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation while I was photographing on this night. The air quality listed on airnow.gov was "good," with a rating of 43. The pollen count listed on pollen.com was "low," with a rating of 0.1.

Startling Christmas "C's" and "Candles"

Photo date: December 25, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo was taken while photographing nothing but ordinary drops of pure, clean water falling against a dark background. We see two strange "C" shapes that seem very appropriate, given that this was Christmas day. Next to those "C" shapes are two things looking like candles.

Blue Orbs Spook the Windows

Photo date: December 21, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photos below show some mysterious blue orbs I photographed near windows at Grand Central Terminal in New York.  The one at the top right seems to be moving fast.

A Strange Night

Photo date: December 26, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a large number of orbs above some buildings in New York City.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation while I was photographing on this night. The air quality listed on airnow.gov was "good," with a rating of 43. The pollen count listed on pollen.com was "low," with a rating of 0.1.

Sharp Turn of the Moving Orb

Photo date: December 23, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious orb that seems to be making a very sharp turn above a crowd in Grand Central Terminal. It looks like a 90-degree turn. The camera seems to have captured three position states of an object speeding very fast.  I have 40+ times photographed orbs making right-angle turns like this, as you can see here.

Another Orb With a "Slanted C" Stripe

Photo date: December 24, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious orb that I photographed indoors.

This is the tenth time I have photographed a mysterious orb with a stripe looking like this one. Below is the photo above along with nine similar photos I have taken (see here for the original posts). In each case we see what looks a "C" shape that is kind of tilted over to the right.

Below is my revised table showing recurring patterns I have observed in mysterious orbs.  You can see almost all of the examples of these patterns by opening this post.

Description	Occurrences	Comments	URL
Inverted Y	7	Rather like the lower case lambda character, part of the Greek alphabet	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-seventh-photo-ive-taken-of.html
Umbilical cord ( AKA "cul-de-sac")	10	Resembles an umbilical cord with a curved loop. Is it a symbol of motherhood?	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-10th-appearance-of-this-orb-motif.html
Curved stripe at top or bottom	6	May be on top or bottom of orb	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/10/mysterious-motif-another-orb-with.html
Diagonal stripe	11	Goes from one side of orb to another, diagonally. Looks like a slash (not a backslash)	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-10th-time-ive-photographed-diagonal.html
Short diagonal stripe	5	Goes from top right corner toward center	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-5th-sky-orb-ive-photographed-with.html
Hose and circle	7	Looks like a ball that has fallen out of a tube	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-seventh-occurence-of-this.html
Slanted C	10	Looks like a C shape, tilted over quite a bit to the right	This post
Inverted V	3	Looks rather like the caret character (an inverted V)	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/11/another-inverted-v-orb.html
Hook-like stripe	4	Has a kind of candy-cane shape	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/07/another-orb-with-hook-like-stripe.html http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/11/strange-stripes-on-mysterious-orb.html  http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/07/blue-orbs-haunt-windows.html
Curvy 9 which fell down	2	Looks like a curvy nine which “fell down”	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/07/two-striped-orbs-with-same-fingerprint.html
4 stripes	2	Straight lines intersecting in a particular shape	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-same-strange-mark-on-two-striped.html
Broken squiggly T	3	One wiggly horizontal stripe at the top above a vertical stripe at the bottom	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/07/reappearance-of-double-striped-orb.html

Sky Triangles of Christmas Eve

Photo date: December 24, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The two photos below show triangles of orbs I photographed in the sky. We see colors of purple, red, white, and orange.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.

Orbs Near the Wreaths

Photo date: December 23, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The four photos below show three mysterious orbs I photographed in Grand Central Terminal in New York.  They are three of very many orbs I have photographed near wreaths at this location, as shown  here and here.

Sky Orbs of Christmas Eve

Photo date: December 24, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows some sky orb I photographed above a building in New York. We see colors of yellow, purple, and blue.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.

Orange Sky Orbs of Christmas Eve

Photo date: December 24, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photos below show two orange orbs I photographed last night, along with a red sky orb. None of these was the moon, which was less than a half moon on this night.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.

Double Alignment of the Blue Orb

Photo date: December 23, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious blue orb I photographed in Grand Central Terminal. I have on this blog 188 photos showing orbs aligning with things, such as flag edges and architectural lines.  Here we see a double alignment.  The left side of the orb is aligned with an architectural line, and the bottom side of the orb is aligned with the top of a door structure.

The Stars, the Wreath, and the Mysterious Orb

Photo date: December 23, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below is one of many photos I have taken showing a mysterious orb right next to a Christmas wreath. See here and here for many similar examples.

Paranormal Path of the Blue Speeding Orb

Photo date: December 23, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

I have taken hundreds of photos of speeding orbs at Grand Central Terminal (as you can see by watching these videos).  The one below is among the most spectacular I have taken. We see a blue orb that is moving like natural things never move.  At the top we see an extremely sharp turn of about 45 degrees. The camera has captured about 12 position states of an object moving very fast, which results in the "string of pearls" effect I have photographed more than 50 times (as shown here).  The very sharp bend near the top proves that we cannot be seeing any type of hair or fiber, which would never have so sharp a bend.

Pink Orbs Move in Same Direction

Photo date: December 22, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

In the photo below we see two pinkish orbs that both seem to be moving upward in the same direction.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.

Blue Orb With a Ring

Photo date: December 23, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

I have more than 100 times photographed mysterious orbs with a ring feature that appears as a ring with about 80% to 90% of the orb's circumference, as you can see in this series of posts. Below we see a very clear example of an orb with such a ring. The photo was taken at Grand Central Terminal in New York. The photo has a very weird kind of "shadow people" look that I can't explain.

Orbs Hang Out Inside the Wreaths

Photo date: December 23, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photos below show two mysterious orbs that appeared to be inside two Christmas wreaths in Grand Central Terminal in New York.

See here and here for many similar examples.

Tinsel Tag of the Transparent Orb?

Photo date: December 21, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a bright transparent blue orb I photographed in Grand Central Terminal in New York.

Eyes of the Sky Orb?

Photo date: December 22, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows some orbs near a column that commemorates those who died in the Civil War. We a sky orb with two eye-like spots.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.

Bright Orb in the Station

Photo date: December 21, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a very bright orb that mysteriously appeared in Grand Central Terminal in New York.

Fast Yellow Sky Orb

Photo date: December 22, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a yellow orb that seems to be moving very fast.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.