Orb uaps filmed over Palma Mallorca in Spain

Strange how they disappear and reappear somewhere else.

https://youtu.be/XOIhKcfTtTo

"Fata morgana orbs" refers to the specific illusion of mysterious, glowing orbs of light created by a Fata Morgana, a complex type of superior mirage. The mirage itself is an optical phenomenon caused by the bending of light as it passes through layers of air with different temperatures.

Orb-like appearance: The intense atmospheric distortion can compress and stretch the image, causing the light source to appear as a disembodied, glowing orb.
Motion: As the atmospheric conditions and the original light source shift, the mirage can appear to move erratically, which has added to the mystery of lights like the Min Min lights in Australia.

Yes, Fata Morgana mirages, including "orbs" or other complex shapes, can and do disappear and reappear, sometimes rapidly. The entire phenomenon is caused by unstable and constantly changing atmospheric conditions, so the mirage itself is in constant flux
- Google AI

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Right...everything's Fata Morgana now. lol

1) Too high up in the sky.

2) Are vertical and not horizontal to each other.

3) Are in front of the clouds.

4) Move independently from each other.

5) are bright orbs of light in broad daylight..

6) really ARE moving vertically and smoothly, not apparently or erratically.

"While it appears to move, the Fata Morgana itself is not a physical object in motion. The "movement" is the result of the ever-changing atmospheric conditions and the continuous bending of light rays. As the air layers mix, change thickness, or shift position, the refracted image seen by the observer changes in real-time, creating the dynamic, vertically shifting display."

(Oct 17, 2025 10:26 PM)Magical Realist Wrote: 1) Too high up in the sky.

Already refuted.

Quote:2) Are vertical and not horizontal to each other.

Already refuted.

Quote:3) Are in front of the clouds.

Already refuted.

Quote:4) Move independently from each other.

Already refuted.

Quote:5) are bright orbs of light in broad daylight..

Bright orbs of light visible below.

Quote:6)  really ARE moving vertically and smoothly, not apparently or erratically.

  "While it appears to move, the Fata Morgana itself is not a physical object in motion. The "movement" is the result of the ever-changing atmospheric conditions and the continuous bending of light rays. As the air layers mix, change thickness, or shift position, the refracted image seen by the observer changes in real-time, creating the dynamic, vertically shifting display."

Nothing says the temperature inverse necessary cannot transition smoothly. The disappearance and reappearance are known effects of fata morgana.
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Anybody already familiar with Fata Morgana and what it looks like and what causes it without consulting Google AI knows these uaps do not at all qualify as that. The phenomenon stays close to the horizon where the duct of inverted air, often visible with it, sits refracting the image. The horizon itself has to be flat and horizontal, like the sea or the artic ice or a desert, to permit even stacking of the air layers. And it almost always involves a large structure like a ship or an oil rig or buildings or cliffs and mountains. No bright orbs of light moving independently of each other over a mountainous region and no extension of the image all the way up into and above the clouds.

I've already shown Fata Morgana mirages high in the air. Temperature inversions can occur at any altitude. The ocean horizon just happens to be one of the most common places to see these superior mirages, but not the only.

I spotted the exact same pattern of lights down in the city (a pair and a row of three with one at 90 degrees). Not coincidence. Their motion, due to changing atmospheric conditions, rotates and distorts their original orientation. That's it.

Quote:I've already shown Fata Morgana mirages high in the air. Temperature inversions can occur at any altitude.

No moron. The only temp inversions that cause Fata Morgana are those near the ground as that is where the objects are that are reflected by it. That's why there is no such thing as Fata Morgana high in the sky and over clouds, because the objects are simply not there to be reflected by it.

Quote:I spotted the exact same pattern of lights down in the city (a pair and a row of three with one at 90 degrees).

Then they were uaps not Fata Morgana. Fata Morgana requires a flat horizon, and a city doesn't have that. And there is only one image that flickers in the atmosphere, not several independently moving orbs. I've seen orbs of light circling each other a few hundred feet up in the clouds. So we know they exist, as many others are seeing them all over the world. See the dozens of examples posted in this thread.

You're scientifically illiterate, as usual. 9_9

Atmospheric temperature inversion can bend light over hundreds of miles. Far further than simply up in the sky no further than the observer is away from the refracted object itself. You don't even seem to understand the basic concept, that refraction shows an object where it does not exist. Hence your "that is where the objects are" is ignorant prattle.

Oh, now there's also UAPs down in the city? And they just happen to be in the exact same pattern as those in the sky? You wanting to conflate this with something else, who knows what, you've seen is just desperate.

(Oct 18, 2025 06:47 AM)Syne Wrote: You're scientifically illiterate, as usual. 9_9

Atmospheric temperature inversion can bend light over hundreds of miles. Far further than simply up in the sky no further than the observer is away from the refracted object itself. You don't even seem to understand the basic concept, that refraction shows an object where it does not exist. Hence your "that is where the objects are" is ignorant prattle.

Oh, now there's also UAPs down in the city? And they just happen to be in the exact same pattern as those in the sky? You wanting to conflate this with something else, who knows what, you've seen is just desperate.

When I lived in Vancouver BC there was the odd time when Mt Baker in Washington state (125 miles away approx) would appear to be floating in the air, a spectacular sight. Yet there are many things I haven't seen or recognized as such, like plasma orbs or earthquake lights, but they happen. Baffling, but stimulating the scientific pursuit of why. However lights in sky being explained as guaranteed alien controlled spacecraft has nothing to do with science IMO. I guess some people like that sensational stuff. Still many people are familiar with the troll's style and I honestly think he goes against the very essence of science, is loud and obnoxious, and a major turn off for science pundits.

Don't know how you do it Syne. Arguing and exchanging insults with this troll of trolls. You would think members are here for science. I see no redeeming value in any of his weird and beyond paranormal threads other than this is how the other side, the neglecting science side, works.

Somebody carrying on about the "black aura" around the objects. I don't know enough about either old video editing apps or new AI ones to know whether that's a giveaway or not. The potential coup de grâce to video manipulation would be finding videos taken by others. Then it's back to atmospheric effects and mirages controversy.