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The Orb Project

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written by a physicist and theologian, it follows their own extensive experiments in orb phenomena. Since they used two very different experimental approaches, this led to some similarities (and some differences) in their interpretation of their outcomes. And in some respects, they left more questions raised than answered, which is, I guess, one of the outcomes of fairly rigorous exploration of a field that exists beyond our physical senses.

Be warned, this is not a woo-woo New Age book. It does contain excellent information on how to photograph orbs, as well as how to recognize "fake" orbs (and when the photographer might have accidentally chosen a setting that would cause him/her to take fake shots). It also contains some very interesting theories about what these things are, and why they're here. in fact, Miceal Ledwith's groundbreaking discovery that orbs are captured on the camera not by reflected light but by what is know in physics as "fluorescence" opens the way for scientific tools towards an entirely new understanding both of what orbs are and the realms they inhabit.

I have only 2 complaints... wish the type on the footnotes were a slightly larger font, and I do wish Miceal Ledwith had delineated some of the yes/no questions (and answers he got) when he worked with the hexagonal orbs. <G>

I can definitely recommend this if you're interested in the phenomena.
Pam Gotcher

The Orb Project is an outstanding look at a phenomenon that seems to be too far out of the reality box for Newtonian scientific understanding and therefore is criticized as such. For many people it is just too hard to believe that some sort of life form that is possibly conscious could exist outside the framework of scientific materialism. The Amazon.com review by A. Scientist, not willing to give his name, is an example of a limited perspective by a person who obviously didn't even bother to read the book. If he or she had read it they would find all of their arguments clearly refuted. Granted, if you shake a rug for dust or spritz the air with water when you digitally photograph you will get a photo of a cloud of dust or water, but the orbs of various colors and shapes will not be in the photo.

The forward was written by William A. Tiller, Ph.D., who is `a scientist' and professor emeritus from Stanford University. The book's authors are also highly credentialed, with Klaus Heinemann, Ph.D., holding his degree in experimental physics and who worked for many years at NASA, UCLA, and as a research professor at Stanford University. Miceal Ledwith, D.D., LL.D., was the president of Maynooth College in Ireland for ten years. These people know the difference between dust, moisture and lens flares from orbs.

When Drs. Tiller, Heinemann, and Ledwith presented their findings in 2007 at The Orbs Conference in Sedona, Arizona, they were greeted by over 300 delegates from around the world who had been photographing the orbs with infrared, video, 35mm, as well as digital cameras. Many of the pictures showed orbs at special gatherings such a christenings, weddings, various celebrations, and around animals and children. The delegates by and large understood the orbs to be benevolent and conscious.

I became aware of this book and the authors after searching for more information on orbs on Google.
I have taken "orb" pictures for about 2 years now and this book offers a wealth of information for anyone's enlightenment on the subject. Thank you gentleman.
If someone "believes" that this phenomena is just "dust" or other such explanations,
then no book is going to change their mind no matter how well written (as the Orb Project)
WE live in a Universe with endless possibilities...

I devoured this book with glee and highly recommend it! I became obsessed with those big balls in the sky in 2001 and couldn't let loose of them until I wrote a book on the topic. It was a lonely row to hoe back then, so now when intelligent, serious researchers such as Drs. Ledwith and Heinemann catch the same bug and claim things like "we're surrounded by a crowd of witnesses," I take one more step towards trusting my own instincts. "Real" orbs cannot be ignored any longer.

Having recently discovered orbs in my own photographs, I found this book to be very helpful.

I can't say that I know for sure what they are, but it is great fun to see them popping up in all kinds of places!

It certainly helps to read what these highly educated individuals say about this very unusual discovery. I highly

recommend this book for anyone who has interest in this phenomenon.

This was a good read for a non- scientist/researcher. I am very interested in orbs and found this book both educational and interesting. I would so love to meet the authors and discuss my observations of orbs. A well documented, well-researched book by educated men.

I really enjoyed this book. It is the only book to date that has given some sort of scientific and spiritual explanation about orb photo's. I have been taking orb photo's since 2001 when I got my first digital camera. I think that there is much more to the story of orb's that we have only begun to figure them out. Thanks for writing a such a controversal book. I for beleive they are spiritual in nature. I will keep taking photo's of orbs as a amatuer photographer.

It's my belief that The Orb Project, for what ever it may first appear to the skeptical scientific mind, is actually part of the early, entirely scientific, penetration of a frontier on a par with that of Magellan witnessing for the first time (in European history) the vast reaches of the central Pacific. In fact, the implications of this research stretch beyond the horizon of mere global exploration, (obviously no small claim on my part) because, what the book opens, and invites more of, is the systematic investigation of the possibility/proof of coexistent dimensions in interaction with our own, by witnessing the astounding, yet completely simple physical evidence, we ourselves confirm our own existence with constantly, photographs.

Clearly, the authors bring their own leanings and beliefs to the study; point in case, being Heinemann's insistence on the term "Spirit emanations". Apparently however, that did not dilute the rigorous scientific slice and dice they've spent collective decades scrutinizing their own and others' data with. So, although their "spirituality" fuels their investigation, as it may your own, it also provides a universe of speculation in that most scientific of probing questions - hypotheses. To quote Ledwith, however out of context "... it simply means that our understanding of "spiritual" would stand in sore need of redefinition.

And that's exactly what these two, I must say, brave man, are contributing to, by making it very clear what the difference is between a photograph of water droplets, dust, reflections, camera malfunctions, or what have you, and - an Orb. I guarantee that no matter how you respond to the information in this book, you'll never look at your digital photos the same way again. I highly recommend it.

Review by Jack McDaniel, author of What If, a Course in Exploring the Quantum Question of Consciousnes with Teenagers.

I enjoyed this book so much. Tips for photographing orbs went beyond the normal photography class, even encouraging human to orb interaction. The book included color photographs which reminded me that we aren't alone here on earth. We have these incredible bundles of energy near us, curious and responsive. Thank you Miceal and Klaus for an amazing read.

I listened to several interviews by the authors Heinemann and Ledwith online. I think more are available with Michael Ledwith. And, having found a few photographs in my own digital albums with "orbs" in them, I was interested in what studies they had conducted and of course, the results.
It would have been better reading for me, if spiritualism had been kept out of the mix. Not that I don't think of myself as spiritual. And the way the authors described the photos of the orbs themselves in the interviews, I was expecting some blown away close ups or inner sanctum "exactly what it is" type of information to come through all of this decade of revelation finally put down in a book. No. In fact, I have a photograph they probably would have paid to see right here on my desktop that was taken in Germany at the Ishtar Gate. When that photo was blown up and we looked at it through a jewelers loop; well WOW!
Saying that, there were a few "wows!" in their book. Just not that elusive rare wow that raises you right out of your seat. No.
One of the reasons I added a whole extra star to this recommendation is the one revelation I had never heard of and actually might try myself (not sure....). But, not alone. :)