The frustrating thing is that I still can't figure out a decent theory from which to build a paper on. How about:
1) orbs are soul bubbles driven by extraterrestrial beings.
Look at the two pictures below. Once you see the entity in the orb you know to look for legs, arms, body and head often masked by a screen of colors and faces. The entity is quite clear (relatively) in the figure 1. Now look for the body parts in figure 2 that I mentioned previously in figure 1. It's uncanny isn't it?
figure 1.
figure 2.
2) orbs are ripples in space time in which pieces of soul remain at the location in which they are familar.
These orbs seem somewhat different. The picture in figure 3 has three major orbs. The orb on the bottom appears to have at least two figures in it. One seems to be coming out of the bottom and quite frankly it looks like a cat to me. There is a figure above the lower one that has two hands on the edge of the orb and a head where one would expect.
In the picture in figure 4 the entity in the main orb in the middle looks to me like a squirrel. We have a large squirrel population here and there are oak trees in the yard and up the hill.
figure 3.
figure 4.
3) orbs are elements of the soul (perhaps soul ego) that gravitate towards beings that they knew when they were living.
see the above left picture. A cat. There are also orbs with horses in them but I will have to dig them up and post them later. Will update.
4) orbs are extraterrestrial/inter-dimensional/time-traveling beings that absorb remnants of soul left behind through memory through time.
See figures 5 and 6 below.
figure 5
outline of "alien" and bird head
figure 6
Outline of other faces and beings on or in the orb. The outline above the birds beak looks humanoid and as if they are holding a glass, latte or beer. Maybe it's a Fresca. Who really knows?
Now to tackle theory, testing of theory and conclusions. Kind of difficult so far.