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    What are these, Orbs?

    I've had some of this video from one of my security cams stashed on my hard drive for maybe better than a year. I didn't actually know I was catching these weird lights or whatever they are, until I finally saw one of them on a camera recording and started going back through the camera history which doesn't go back that far, maybe 3 months? so I started looking more for them and I'd catch another often. I had many more but got tired of downloading and saving them.

    I only catch these when I'm away from home and the house is empty. Since I've moved back home for good, I don't catch them on camera them any more.

    Now, The deck this camera is overlooking is 4' off the ground. The road in front of my house is about 100 yds away. This deck is on the rear of my house and there is no possible way a light from the road could hit many of the spots seen in the videos.
    No one could stand on the ground by the deck and shine a light on the deck without being on a step ladder without seeing shadows of the railing. The house on that side of me is empty most of the time, camp use only.

    Can only load 5 Videos at a time. I'll reply with 5 more after I post this

    So, Take your guess, What is it?





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    The other five.




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    Looks like it may be a bug, out of focus. Mine attract wasps like crazy, but they are usually in focus.
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    Laser pointer maybe.

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    A spider

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thundarstick View Post
    A spider
    There are a few spider webs being picked up, pesky spiders. Are you watching the full video? Sometimes the light or whatever it is doesn't come up until closer to the end.
    It's not a bug or bugs either. I have four cameras outside and I have plenty experience with recorded insects at night.

    Whatever this is, is triggering this one camera. I also have a camera on the side of the house looking in the direction a light would be shown from and Zilch.
    The videos are over a period of six months or more.
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    Some of the videos show what might be dust particles blowing past the camera which seems to have IR illumination. Those show up as small white spots which appear to travel very rapidly past the camera. Could be dust, sometimes rain mist, or from a sprinkler system. The slow moving objects appear to be floating on the breeze so it would help to say what time of year those images were recorded. Plant pollen perhaps, just floating by with the breeze. Sorry, nothing spooky about that.

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    Any dead relatives? Just asking. Looks like they are visiting

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    flashlight beams and it's not even April 1 yet!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Went2kck View Post
    Any dead relatives? Just asking. Looks like they are visiting
    Well, one died in the house but I doubt it is him.

    Some of the videos show what might be dust particles blowing past the camera which seems to have IR illumination. Those show up as small white spots which appear to travel very rapidly past the camera. Could be dust, sometimes rain mist, or from a sprinkler system. The slow moving objects appear to be floating on the breeze so it would help to say what time of year those images were recorded. Plant pollen perhaps, just floating by with the breeze. Sorry, nothing spooky about that.
    No dust, no mist, the camera is mounted well out of the weather. Plant pollen, I doubt to form a perfect circle like that. The images were recorded of a period of at least 8 months. As I said in the OP, I had at least twice this many of these but got tired of downloading them.
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    Is there a body of water near by...maybe a light reflecting off water and into the room?

    Full moon for April was the 29th...but I can't explain why it would move that fast per video.

    Is it only on this day...or is it a regular occurrence? If its regular...I suggest you actually stay in that room for a period of time and investigate it live.

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    Quote Originally Posted by redhawk0 View Post
    Is there a body of water near by...maybe a light reflecting off water and into the room?

    Full moon for April was the 29th...but I can't explain why it would move that fast per video.

    Is it only on this day...or is it a regular occurrence? If its regular...I suggest you actually stay in that room for a period of time and investigate it live.

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    I live on a lake. But there is no way a light could reflect down on my deck. It's not regular anymore since I moved back home. These only occurred when the wife and I were away at our place in Houston.
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    I think it is some type of insect on the lense. The lense can not focus so it appears as round .Do you leave an outside light on while you are away?

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    You say you live by a lake ...no sure if it happens by you or over your type of lake ( Just a guess )
    But I have seen White and sometimes slightly glowing white "Balls" over and close to several ponds and marsh areas

    It only can be seen on calm or almost calm nights , it happens in the day time also but can not be seen
    What I have seen is methane gas that has been formed by stuff rotting under water and escaping to the surface and it forms balls

    The methane "Balls" sort of float along and move in what ever direction a slight wind pushes them

    Most of the time they float 3 - 5' off the water or land ... but sometimes 20' off the ground
    The "Balls" float along and then sort of break up
    Not sure what holds the methane in the balls
    Look up "swamp gas" and you should find pictures

    I see them as I am night fishing or frog hunting
    Never in cold weather , mostly late spring to early fall

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    What's strange to me is that it really looks like the areas under the spots are illuminated just like someone is shining a focused flashlight beam on them as the spots move around over the furniture or the floor/ceiling??? Are the other cameras in similar locations as far as being under a roof, or facing in the same direction? What about any commonalities between occurrences like times or durations?

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    Laser sight. The larger spot is a reflection on glass or it's being shot partially through glass. You can see the actual laser under the large circle towards the end of the film
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    Quote Originally Posted by Daveco View Post
    What's strange to me is that it really looks like the areas under the spots are illuminated just like someone is shining a focused flashlight beam on them as the spots move around over the furniture or the floor/ceiling??? Are the other cameras in similar locations as far as being under a roof, or facing in the same direction? What about any commonalities between occurrences like times or durations?
    You be correct, Through the spots appears to be illuminated. Yes, I have three other cameras under roof and I don't see any of this on them and they are in close proximity. Not looking the same direction, I wouldn't need that. I have one looking the opposite direction about 10' away.
    I have studied these videos time and time and time again. I've probably reviewed every one of them at least 20 times. There is no possible way someone could shine a light like this unless they were on a step ladder just outside my patio.
    Plus, there is an evergreen tree right beside the patio on that end 12' tall that they would have to get around to shine a light.
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    This is what that end of the patio looks like looking from the opposite direction. Tell me how a light gets to all the places on my deck, ceiling, and wall.
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    Ok, I'm still betting critter of some kind crawling across the lenses. This camera picks it up because of some anomaly not present to the other two, just like I have pictures I took of the low evening son reflecting of a million spider webs so that the whole field looks like a silver lake, from a different angle it's just grass. I suspect The same thing is going on with the others, they just don't record it. The one thing I noticed in you pictures is that wind chime under the camera. Does it have any thing stray light can reflect off of, or be refracted through? Can you post some clips from about the same to when you are home vs these?
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