Edge Enigma

Photo date: April 14, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious orb that seems to be balanced on a protruding edge in Grand Central Terminal in New York.

Striped Sky Orbs Look Like Twins

The photos below show two mysterious orbs I photographed on April 10, 2017 and April 28, 2017 (two nights where there was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation).

The orb has the "corner chord" pattern I have 10 times previously photographed (as you can see here and here).

Below is my revised table of 20 repeating patterns in mysterious orbs I have photographed (most of the examples referred to below can be conveniently seen in this post).

Description	Cases	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	10	May be on top or bottom of orb	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/01/high-enigma-of-striped-orb.html http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/07/more-striped-orbs_18.html  http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/occurrence-10-of-this-orb-pattern.html http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-9th-time-ive-seen-this-orb-pattern.html
Diagonal stripe	23	Goes from one side of orb to another, diagonally. Looks like a slash (not a backslash)	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-21st-mysterious-orb-ive.html http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/why-mysterious-orbs-arent-like.html  http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-23rd-diagonal-slash-stripe-in.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	9	Looks like a ball that has fallen out of a tube	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-9th-time-ive-photographed-this.html
Slanted C	12	Looks like a C shape, tilted over quite a bit to the right	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-slanted-c-orb-pattern-keeps.html
Inverted V	7	Looks rather like the caret character (an inverted V)	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-7th-inverted-v-orb-ive-photographed.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 well above a vertical stripe at the bottom	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/07/reappearance-of-double-striped-orb.html
Hockey stick	2	A stripe with a shape resembling a hockey stick	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/02/another-hockey-stick-sky-orb.html
Backslash	7	Goes from one side of orb to another, diagonally. Looks like a backslash (not a slash)	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/02/night-of-backslash-sky-orbs.html http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/03/baffling-backslash-balls.html http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/another-backslash-sky-orb.html
Belt-like	14	A stripe goes from the left side of the orb to the right side, horizontally.	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/03/another-mysterious-orb-with-belt-like.html http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-belts-of-baffling-balls.html  http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/03/wall-wonders.html  http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/belts-of-baffling-balls.html
J-like	3	A stripe resembling the letter J.	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-third-j-letter-ive-photographed-in.html
Two-thirds of a Y	3	Resembles the letter Y with the left-most part missing	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/separated-at-birth.html http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/two-bs-in-this-striped-orbs.html
T with slanted top	3	Resembles the letter T, but with a slight break between the lines, and a slanted top that isn't wavy	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/recurring-orb-pattern-18.html
Corner chord	12	The corner of the orb has a line stretching from one point on the circumference of the orb to another point on the circumference	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-corner-chord-orb-pattern.html http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/freaky-but-familiar.html This post
Side curve	4	The orb has a curved stripe on its left or right side	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/side-curve-orbs.html

Sliding Spook?

Photo date: April 26, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a transparent blue orb I photographed at Grand Central Terminal in New York. It's one of 9 photos I have taken showing mysterious orbs that seem to be on the banister of one of the stairways at this station.

An Orange Sky Orb

Photo date: April 28, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a large orange sky orb I photographed in midtown Manhattan. The orb has some light purple markings.

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

A Strange Sextet of Striped Orbs

Photo date: April 27, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

I took the photo below while photographing nothing but ordinary drops of pure, clean water falling against a dark background. We see six mysterious orbs that each have an inexplicable thick stripe.

These are only some of countless striped orbs I have photographed while photographing water drops. You can see many other examples here.

Sky Surprises

Photo date: April 28, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows two mysterious orbs I photographed near a skyscraper in New York

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

The Spooky Flag

Photo date: April 28, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious orb that I photographed near a US flag in front of Bloomingdale's store in New York City.

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

The 7th "Inverted V" Orb I've Photographed

Photo date: April 28, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in the night sky on a dry night.

This is the seventh time I have photographed a mysterious orb with this inverted V pattern. Below are six similar photos.

The visual below summarizes 20 patterns I have observed in mysterious orbs I have photographed. Examples of the patterns can be conveniently seen in this post.

The Freakiest "Twins"

Photo date: April 27, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

I took the photo below while photographing nothing but ordinary drops of pure, clean water falling against a dark background. We see two orbs that have exactly the same very distinctive shape inside them. The shapes almost look like little animal heads.

You can see this type of weirdness again and again and again in my photos of water drops. I will repeatedly get some extremely distinctive inexplicable shape (such as a particular type of stripe) that will appear multiple times in the same photo. You can see many jaw-dropping examples here.

Like Some Stepping-Stone Bridge Between the Towers

Photo date: April 26, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows some sky orbs I photographed in Manhattan.

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

Favorite Perching Place of the Mysterious Orbs?

Photo date: April 26, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

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

As shown here, I have quite a few times previously photographed mysterious orbs at this spot, at the end of this row of lights.  Below is a grid showing some of these photos.

Orange Orb and the Gargoyle

Photo date: April 27, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows an orange orb I photographed near a gargoyle at the top of a building.

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

"E" Is for "Enigmatic"

Photo date: April 27, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

I took the photo below while photographing nothing but ordinary drops of pure, clean water falling against a dark background. We see in the center an orb that very strangely has the letter "E" inside it. We can also see two fainter letter "E" shapes above the middle "E."

A Striped Speeding Orb

Photo date: April 26, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo on the left shows a striped speeding orb I photographed at Grand Central Terminal in New York. This is the 290th striped orb I have photographed in dry air (see here for the other 289 photos). The photo on the right (cropped from the rightmost edge of a larger photo) shows another speeding orb I photographed at the same location.

Was It Having Fun Rolling Down the Banister?

Photo date: April 24, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious blue orb I photographed at Grand Central Terminal in New York.  See here for 7 other photos of mysterious orbs aligned with stairway banisters.

Waldorf Weirdness

Photo date: April 24, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious purple orb I photographed near the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York. There is some interior shape inside the orb that is a different shade, but it's hard to make out the shape.

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

Eerie Orb Among the Eerie Figures

Photo date: April 24, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious blue orb I photographed in Grand Central Terminal in New York. The people nearby somehow have an eerie, surreal look to them.

Spire and Spirit?

Photo date: April 24, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious blue orb I photographed near St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York.

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

Water Wows

Photo date: April 25, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

I took the photos below while photographing nothing but ordinary drops of pure, clean water falling against a dark background. We see on the left some strange cones and half-orbs, and on the right some equally strange striped orbs.

He Walked Towards the Weirdness

Photo date: April 24, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows one of hundreds mysterious blue orbs I have photographed at Grand Central Terminal in New York.

Orbs at St. Patrick's Cathedral

Photo date: April 24, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photos below show two mysterious orbs I photographed in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York.  See here for 10 other photos I have taken of mysterious orbs near this building.

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

Puzzling Purple Perching

Photo date: April 24, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious purple orb that seems to be perching atop a skyscraper in New York City.  See here for 20 other photos I've taken of mysterious orbs on roof tops.

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

Blue Phantom

Photo date: April 21, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

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

The Thing Above Their Window

Photo date: April 12, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a violet-colored orb (with a green spot) floating mysteriously above an apartment window in New York City.

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

Parallel and Perplexing

Photo date: April 24, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

I took the photo below while photographing ordinary drops of pure, clean water falling against a dark background. We see two of the strange things I call orb veils, which have appeared in a congruent stack as they so often do. Note the strange little circles and the stripe in the orb veil in the foreground.

Another orb veil I photographed on the same day showed a brilliant color:

Strange Features of the Translucent Orb

Photo date: April 21, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a transparent orb I photographed in Grand Central Terminal in New York.  The orb has both a horizontal stripe and a large spot.

Ascending Anomaly

Photo date: April 21, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a speeding orb I photographed in Grand Central Terminal in New York. It rather resembles a comet.

Solitude

Photo date: October 17, 2015. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The previously unpublished photo below shows a mysterious blue orb in Grand Central Terminal, above a retail area of the station that is usually very busy.

Spooky Sight Near the Iconic Clock

Photo date: April 21, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

In the bottom right of the photo below taken at Grand Central Terminal in New York, we see a mysterious white orb that seems to be speeding fast. It's one of more than 300 speeding orbs I have photographed at this location.

Purple Sky Orbs Vs. Yellow Sky Orbs

Photo date: April 14, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a bunch of purple sky orbs and also a bunch of yellow sky orbs above the Met Life building in Manhattan.

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

The 23rd Diagonal Slash Stripe in a Mysterious Orb

Photo date: April 21, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious orb photographed in the sky on a dry night. It is the 23rd mysterious orb I have photographed with a diagonal slash stretching from one end of the orb to the other.  I see this pattern recurring more often than any other of the recurring orb patterns I observe.

The visual below summarizes 20 patterns I have observed in mysterious orbs I have photographed. Examples of the patterns can be conveniently seen in this post.

Was the Orb Reading the Ad?

Photo date: April 21, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious orb that almost seems to be interested in an advertising sign in Grand Central Terminal in New York. To its right is a smaller orb.

Green Orb Above the Gargoyle

 Photo date: April 20, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a green orb above a gargoyle at the top of a building.

On the same night I photographed another green orb near a tree.

These photos raise the question: do green orbs like to hang around trees?

The unusual sky orb shown below (photographed on the same night) seemed to have a green center, along with an odd "diamond ring" kind of thing on its right top.

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

Orange Auras of the Orange Orbs

Photo date: April 12, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

We see below various mysterious orbs I photographed in the sky. The two ones on the left both have a kind of orange aura.

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

Weird on the Left, Bizarre on the Right

Photo date: April 9, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

I took the photo below while photographing nothing but ordinary drops of pure, clean water falling against a dark background. On the left side we see strange colored orbs: one blue, one yellow, and one red. On the right side we see a white orb with a strange square-like mark.

Yellow Sky Orbs

The photos below show yellow sky orbs I photographed on April 16, 2017 and April 20, 2017.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on either of these nights.

High Habitat?

Photo date: April 17, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows quite a few purple orbs floating mysteriously above some Manhattan buildings.

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

Orbs and Psychic Healing?

Yesterday I was reading an academic book on paranormal phenomena (Varieties of Anomalous Experience) which discussed anomalous healing, among many other topics. The book states on page 363 that "during the time the anomalous healing takes place" it is not unusual to see "balls of great white light."

I did a Google search looking for "orbs+psychic healing" and came across the photo here, where we see a photo of a moving orb appearing while a psychic healer was at work. I don't know anything about the individual (who hasn't updated the blog in a few years). But I do know that the photo shows the "string of pearls" effect I have photographed 60+ times (as you can see here), in which we seem to see multiple position states of a fast moving orb.

Sky Quirks

Photo date: March 19, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a red orb and a blue orb I photographed near a building in New York City.
 

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

Purple-Green Sky Orbs

Photo date: April 12, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows two purple-green orbs I photographed in the sky. See here for 25 other photos of purple-green orbs.

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

Strange Sky Balls

Photo date: April 17, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photos below show three strange orbs I photographed in Manhattan.

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

Freaky But Familiar

The photos below show mysterious striped orbs I photographed on April 13, 2017 and April 17, 2017. The one on the left has an inverted V pattern that I have photographed 5 times previously, as shown here.  The one on the right has a pattern I call the "corner chord" pattern. I have 9 times previously photographed such a pattern, as shown here.

The visual below summarizes 20 patterns I have observed in mysterious orbs I have photographed. Examples of the patterns can be conveniently seen in this post.

Lofty Enigmas

Photo date: April 12, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photos below show some mysterious orbs I photographed near buildings in Manhattan.

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