'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.
In April 2006, we experimented with regular white flour and a FujiFilm FinePix A345 digital camera.
We failed during nearly a dozen efforts to create an orb effect by drizzling flour in front of the lens. Only
one test photo produced anything visible in the photo--much less orblike--and that was when we dropped clumps
of flour as the flash was triggered.
The result is shown above. Nobody is likely to confuse this with an orb. It's too bright, too white,
and too large.
We're not sure what natural conditions could produce a photo that looks like this, but the results of this
test should help isolate false ghost orbs.
