Intelligent Orbs in Norway?

Massimo Teodorani is a PhD astrophysicist who has written a scientific paper entitled "Anomalous Luminous Phenomena, Plasma Consciousness and the Quantum Vacuum." The paper (which you can read here) states this: 

"Anomalous luminous phenomena (ALP) — long-duration plasma spheroids documented most systematically at Hessdalen, Norway — exhibit physical properties that conventional plasma physics cannot adequately explain: sustained self-confinement for tens of  minutes,  periodic pulsation, multi-chromatic emission, and a documented  responsiveness to  laser  stimulation bearing the hallmarks of an intelligent reaction rather than a passive optical interaction. This paper  proposes a  unified conceptual  and partially  mathematical  framework built  on three interlocking hypotheses. The Intelligent Plasma Hypothesis (IPH) argues that plasma balls can acquire a quantum-coherent internal structure functionally analogous to neuronal microtubule networks,  satisfying  the  conditions  of  the  Penrose–Hameroff  Orchestrated  Objective Reduction (OrchOR) theory."

Later the paper states this:

"Since 1984, the Hessdalen Valley in central  Norway  has  been  the  site  of  one  of  the most  sustained  and  methodologically  careful investigations of anomalous luminous phenomena (ALP) in scientific history. Over four decades, instrumented field campaigns  —  equipped with cameras, spectrometers, radar, magnetometers, and eventually high-speed photometers — have documented thousands of events in which self-luminous plasma spheroids appear at low altitude, sustain themselves for periods ranging from minutes  to an  hour,  pulsate with  measurable  periodicities, and  on  one  occasion react  to  laser stimulation in ways that resist explanation by any known photon-plasma interaction mechanism (Strand, 1984; Teodorani, 2004)."

The paper then gives these interesting details:

"The phenomena appear as self-luminous spheroids ranging from roughly thirty centimetres to ten metres in diameter, hovering at altitudes from ground level to about two hundred metres above the valley floor, predominantly near geological fault lines rich in piezoelectric minerals (Devereux, 1982).  Their  continuum  spectra  are  consistent  with  a  partially  ionised  plasma  at  electron temperatures  of  the  order  of  ten  thousand Kelvin.  Normally their  luminance can  reach  values comparable to a searchlight, but in some cases it can be much higher. But what most distinguishes them  from any  known  variety  of  ball  lightning  is their  duration:  while  ball  lightning events typically last a fraction of a second to a few seconds at most, Hessdalen events routinely persist for ten to sixty minutes — three to five orders of magnitude longer (Figure 1). No classical plasma physics mechanism of confinement explains this discrepancy (Teodorani, 2004, 2008)."

Google Gemini infographic visual on this phenomenon

Postscript: The program of a conference of the Society for Scientific Exploration has just been released, and you can see it here. On June 18 there will be a talk discussing "Orbs in Bigfoot Encounters, UFO Sightings, and Remote Viewing."

Mystery Orbs Mentioned in a Scientific Paper

 The scientific paper "The New Science of Unidentified Aerospace-Undersea Phenomena (UAP)"  (which you can read here) has many authors. The paper has this passage on page 13:

"During the last years of World War II, Allied pilots, in both the European and Pacific theaters, began reporting unidentified aerial phenomena that in daylight appeared to be small metallic, sometimes translucent, spheres; and at night appeared to be spherical lights ranging from red to yellow in color [74]. These objects, which earned the nickname 'foo fighters', would often pace the airplanes, sometimes flying right off their wingtips. Reports were made by pilots from the RAF, the Polish Division attached to the RAF [73], the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), the South African Air Force (SAAF) [75], and the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) [75, 73, 65, 76]."

We also have this reference on page 17:

"One of these events was witnessed by test pilot Major J. C. Wise as he prepared to perform a test of the XP-84 jet. The object was spherical in shape and was flying against the wind at an estimated speed of at least 200 mph."

Around pages 20-21 we read of the observation by many of "green fireballs," seen in New Mexico in December 1948 and January 1949.  We read this:

"Throughout December 1948 and January 1949, the number of green fireballs observed in New Mexico continued to increase and were observed by Air Intelligence Officers at Kirtland AFB, Air Defense Command officials, a number of distinguished scientists at Los Alamos, as well as La Paz, himself. In addition, astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto (and more than 15 asteroids), had observed a total of three green fireballs during the wave, which he claimed 'were unusual in behavior compared to normal green fireballs' [95]."

We are told that in February 1949  a conference was called to discuss their origin, a conference including the famous physicist Edward Teller.  We read this:

"La Paz insisted that the green fireballs could not be meteors because their trajectories were too flat, their color too green, and that no meteoritic material had been recovered. Teller maintained that since no sound, or sonic boom, was associated with them, they could not be meteors but must be some kind of electro-optical effect [65]. The conference ended with the consensus being that the green fireballs were some kind of natural non-meteoritic phenomenon."

The paper also has this passage on page 57:

"The 'Hessdalen lights' [259] represent the prototype of anomalous light phenomena in the atmosphere. They generally consist of multi-shaped and multicolored balls of light, characterized by a long duration, and sometimes by high-energy emission. The lights range in size from half a meter to 30 meters. Very short-lasting 'flashes' in the sky most often precede Hessdalen Light phenomena. Sometimes plasma-like orbs overlap with the transient appearance of apparently structured phenomena. The reason for this connection is not known yet, but it should be investigated in depth."

The next page refers to this:

"3. The constancy of temperature, the self-containment characteristics of the light balls, and the coexistence of white and red spheres of equal size. 

4. The sudden way in which the phenomenon turns on and off, and the formation of clusters of light balls, also with characteristics of the expulsion of secondary orbs."

10-Month Study With Very Fancy Equipment Finds Mysterious Orbs, Calling Them "Spheroids"

Today I became aware of a scientific paper describing a 10-month investigation into UAP, which the paper defines as "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena." The paper is by John Joseph Tedesco Gerald and Thomas Tedesco and is entitled "Eye on the Sky: A UAP Research and Field Study off New York’s Long Island Coast." You can read the paper here. Strangely in the abstract of the paper, the authors make no mention of finding anything interesting; but in the text of the paper they tell us about finding an abundance of mysterious orbs, which they call "spheroids." We read this in the abstract:

"A ten-month field research study was meticulously conducted at Robert Moses State Park (RMSP) on the south shore of Long Island, NY. The objective was to determine if aerial phenomena of an unknown nature exist over a coastal location and to characterize their properties and behaviors." 

The two-men turned a recreational vehicle (RV) into a kind of very fancy mobile scientific investigation vehicle, equipping it with all kinds of fancy hi-tech equipment, and calling the vehicle the Nightcrawler.  The two investigators are associated with the "Galileo Project" organized by Harvard scientist Avi Loeb, and we may presume they got some of the money Loeb has raised for that project. 

We read this about observation of mysterious orbs:

"Since July of 2022, we observed a light phenomenon that most often presented itself as a spheroid under a luminous state, while under decreased luminosity, it seemed to display a polyhedral appearance morphologically. Fewer sightings appeared as ovaloid and cylindroid. The spheroids have been consistent and present from July 7, 2022, to March 30, 2023. These observations displayed unusual flight characteristics, extreme velocities, and long periods of inactivity, appearing stationary. These objects also displayed unusual physical characteristics: fluctuating states of albedo, glinting, rotation, variations in spectral range, and change of state from luminous to illuminous (Teachoo, 2023) [7]. This light phenomenon, at times, demonstrated swarm-like behavior that did not fit a pattern of regular air traffic and could not be verified by Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data (FCC, 2023) [8]."

We read this:

"We modified our camera system to extend the IR spectral range by removing the Infrared (IR) cut filter on our fixed array while incorporating additional portable hyperspectral devices. This allowed us to capture an exotic phenomenon of light in the form of spheroids, which displayed an ambiguous, elusive, and transitory nature. Multiple unidentified objects detected throughout the study are detailed. Object spectral range beyond that of visible light is characteristic of the observed phenomena; that is, observance of the phenomena predominantly lies outside the spectral range of human EM perception." 

We read lots of boring details about the methods used and the equipment used, which includes a discussion of how an aircraft was identified in some photo of an aircraft.  We read this:

"The unknown objects appear to be elusive, and they frequently remain just outside of the spectral range of human sensory perception. They are primarily seen within the infrared bandwidth and may occasionally be observed in the visible spectrum when their albedo/luminosity is sufficiently intense to be seen. We have observed a barely perceivable low Lux to high Lux light output from such objects. On rare occasions when these objects and luminosities were perceptible in the visible spectrum, they assumed variations in color frequency, such as white, blue (occasionally iridescent), orange, and red. The unknown objects have displayed quantifiable features so that we could assign some tentative taxonomic and morphometric details for referencing the differing forms, as discussed in the body of the paper (such as four to five general variations in shape geometries, and consistencies in the relative size of 1.5 meters to 3.0 meters in diameter). Their behaviors were transitory, random, indifferent, and purposeless at times, and there were moments when these objects demonstrated an awareness of us and some level of organization, intelligence, and even interaction. There were instances where we observed more bizarre features, such as luminous objects suddenly appearing and rising from or out of the ground, where none had been seen previously. Occasionally, we would see them sitting on the ocean surface or passing beneath it without disturbing that medium and any sounds."

The paper includes no photographs or images documenting the claim that mysterious spheroids were observed. This is a severe deficiency of the paper. You won't have much luck in getting people to pay attention to claims of seeing mysterious orbs unless you have photographs to back up your claims. 

In a paper such as this there is a kind of "historical amnesia" that is striking. Photos and reports of mysterious orbs in the sky have abundantly occurred for many years, often with the same colors of blue and orange mentioned above. Photos of such orbs have appeared abundantly on sites like this one, and in published articles and books. For example, using the link here you can see 14 photos I took of mysterious blue orbs in the sky on clear nights without precipitation. And here is a 2013 article on mysterious orbs by a physics PhD. But our authors make no mention of such observations, and none of their 30+references at the end of such a paper refer to such observations.

 It's the same kind of "historical amnesia" shown in the paper "The Scientific Investigation of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Using Multimodal Ground-Based Observatories," co-authored by Avi Loeb, the two Tedesco authors of the "Eye on the Sky" paper,  and many other authors. That paper makes the incorrect statement that there have been "few instrument-based studies" of UAP.  What we must always remember is that mainstream scientists tend to be very poor scholars of previous investigations of the paranormal, and  generalizations they make about such investigations are often inaccurate.  One of the authors of that paper has been notably assertive in denigrating and minimizing all previous studies of unidentified aerial phenomena, rather as if he were thinking very egotistically "work on this topic starts with me," a ridiculous attitude for a "Johnny-come-lately" like him to be taking.  

Below is one of the countless photos of mysterious blue sky orbs I have taken, a photo I took in 2019. 

A great deal of work has already been done in the investigation of mysterious orbs, and you can find some of that work at this site and by using the links here, here and here. 100+ posts referring to naked-eye observations of mysterious orbs can be read here. A look at UFO databases having many decades of observations will show that a large fraction of reported UFOs are reported to have shapes described as orbs, circles or spheres. People writing a scientific paper referring to mysterious orbs should refer to such work and data, and should not speak as if they were the first people to observe a type of anomaly that has already been abundantly observed.  Also, anyone writing such a paper should realize that their paper will be unlikely to attract wide attention unless it includes photographs of anomalies reported. 

On the page here, we have a podcast video with John Joseph Tedesco Gerald and Thomas Tedesco, and in that video they report results like those reported in their paper discussed above.  The main difference is that they keep using the word "orbs" more than using the word "spheroids" to describe what they observed.  Around the 32:00 mark in the video, they mention orb patterns, a topic I am familiar with. 

A 2009 Paper on "Spherical Anomalous Phenomena"

 A 2009 scientific paper by scientist Massimo Teodorani is entitled "Spherical Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Scientific Observations and Physical Hypotheses, Danger Evaluation For Aviation and Future Observational Plan." The author is an astrophysicist PhD who has authored or co-authored quite a few scientific papers you can read on Google Scholar using the link here, and the author is a co-author (with Harvard astronomy professor Avi Loeb) of a 2023 scientific paper laying out the framework of the widely discussed "Galileo Project" that will study unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs).  

The 2009 paper tells us this: "Spherical unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), of both plasma and solid-like kinds, have often been observed in the world." The author tells us that "most of them have been classified as earthlights," although I don't think that claim is correct. "Earthlights" is a term used only rarely for mysterious spheres or mysterious orbs. We read that "The majority are seen singularly, in other cases they fly in a sort of formation."  We read this:

"The Hessdalen valley in Norway is probably the prototype of these special locations, not just due to the many events that are reported, photographed, and videoed (and sometimes occasionally measured) but because of the existence of a permanent measuring station there and the occurrence of many international missions in the area. This location has become a sort of 'laboratory area'  that is very well suited for the investigations of physical scientists in general (Strand, website). It can now be confirmed that similar recurring phenomena also have been sighted in other areas of the world: for instance the Brown Mountain (Warren, 2004) and Marfa light phenomena (Bunnell, website; Stephan et al., 2009) in the U.S.A. and the Min-min phenomena in Australia (Strand, 1996; Pettigrew, 2003) are quite well known and have been scientifically monitored."

The paper makes these claims about spherical anomalous phenomena:

• "They are most often of spherical shape, of different colours (mostly white), often of long duration (up to 30-60 min, spaced out by periods of 'off' and 'on' phases), and relatively large dimensions (1-10 meters)."
• "They are often able to emit a high level of radiant energy. The most credible measurement attributed to them a power on the order of 20 KW in the optical spectrum (Teodorani, 2004a). They are most often unstable in luminosity and are subject to light variability at the rate of a few seconds or less, with no clear periodicity, i.e., irregular. They can remain on for some minutes (while pulsating) and then turn off during a similar duration."
• "Quite often the light phenomenon presents a radar track (Strand, 1984), and anomalous radar signatures also can be recorded when a luminous phenomenon is not in sight (Montebugnoli et al., 2002)."
• "Many witnesses report that such phenomena very often tend to approach people and/or animals in a way that goes beyond a simple mechanism of electrostatic attraction."
• "Some spherical light phenomena have been seen quite often flying close to airplanes (Haines, 2003; Haines, 2007; Haines, 2009). A similar phenomenon was reported during WW-II giving rise to the so called 'foo fighters' repeatedly seen by military pilots. Similar spheres have been seen (and filmed) going from up to down in the streets of some cities. Popular ufology used to call these phenomena 'probes', meaning that they are 'scout devices' sent from larger airships of alleged exogenous origin." 
• "It has already been said that more classic 'earthlight phenomena' tend to very often occur close to the ground (an example is shown in Fig. 4), but similar light balls also have been seen high in the sky, and we do not yet know if the two represent the same phenomenon or not."
• "Observations often (but not always) show sudden and sometimes zigzag movements: this is not at all an aerodynamic motion."
• "Unidentified anomalous phenomena of spherical shape are increasingly reported in many areas of the world. Most of them seem to be a plasma anomaly of some type, others appear to be something technological. The dilemma is to find out if they are two separate kinds of phenomena, two different manifestations of the same phenomenon or some third phenomenon we now know nothing about. In any case we have a precious opportunity to expand our scientific knowledge."

Correct, so why are scientists continuing to follow a "nothing spooky allowed" rule, and continuing to ignore this important phenomenon of mysterious orbs?

The high energies reported do not match anything in my experience, so probably we have a case of different things with different energies. I have never had the slightest worry about being electrically shocked when I photographed a mysterious orb. 

Are you surprised that an astrophysicist PhD has taken a serious interest in mysterious orbs, apparently  regarding them as some important reality? You should not be, given that physics PhD Klaus Heinemann previously wrote the book The Orb Project, and summarizes his views on the reality of mysterious orbs in the article here.