The language used to describe the paranormal is changing, to its detriment. For one thing, the more specific the description of a phenomenon, the more detail you get. It’s like someone saying the person was driving a “dark car”, as opposed to a “late-model, dark blue, Honda sedan”. Secondly, the more serious, scientific, and well-established the language, the more respect any scientific study will receive. The word orb describes a light that is seen in photos or videos, but is NOT seen with the naked eye. The terms UFO or UAP describe an unknown object that is generally believed to be some type of aircraft or spacecraft. Strange balls of light, generally much smaller than UFOs, are given many names depending on culture and location. Some examples: ghost light, corpse candle, mystery light, spook light, hitodama, and if in a marsh, will o’ wisp, jack o’ lantern, or ignis fatuus. A witness might be unsure whether an object was a UFO or a mystery light, especially if it is a light far in the distance or a glowing ball that is unusually large, but that is no reason to erase the distinction in the majority of sightings. Randomly switching up…
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The language we use to describe the paranormal