A Video Look At Five Rotating and Spinning Plasmoid Orb UFOs / UAPs Up Close

The Compilation 

 

 

 

Los Angeles is considered to be a UFO “hotspot”, and I’ve been filming and researching mostly orb uap-ufo in the area since 2013.

Experiencing a uap / ufo sighting can be jarring. After my first major sighting I was all over the web trying to learn as much as I could about what I’d seen. While I did learn some about the phenomenon, I learned a hell of alot more about human nature. 

 

Capture #1 - 3.27.2018 - 5:06pm - Los Angeles

 

Most personal sightings posted on forums and social media were of orb uap, yet it was fascinating to watch how often people would automatically dismiss them as ‘balloons’…and did so quite angrily. (Why so angry?)

I worked hard to have compassion for those angry people who were obsessed with balloons. When it came down to it, they had a very limited frame of reference. They weren’t with me when I filmed them, and most had never had a sighting themselves. And I forgot that most of them usually think all UFO sightings only happen at night. So when confronted with a daytime sighting…especially the dark orbs, they immediately think balloon and start joking about Mylarian invasions...

From the Planet Mylar.

No…seriously… I’ve seen this.

 

Capture #2 - 1.6.2018 - 9:21am - Los Angeles

 

But when it came down to it, I felt it wasn’t always so easy to just dismiss every daytime sighting as a balloon. Most posted videos only showed the original point of view, but what did these objects look like closeup? Shouldn’t we try to discover that before just dismissing them as balloons?

 

Capture #3 - 1.11.2021 - 3:08pm - Los Angeles

 

Over time I’ve filmed several orb uap at a distance of between 500 to 1000 feet above. Whenever I noticed something that looked even slightly anomalous, I’d immediately pull out the phone and start filming…whether it ‘might’ look like a balloon or not.

Afterwards I would run the video thru editing software where I could take a closer look at its flight patterns, its shape and overall form. I could then crop, zoom in, slow down, adjust brightness, contrast, gamma and colour saturation, all of which help bring out more details of the anomaly.

I can’t tell you how many times filming the anomaly regardless of it ‘possibly’ being a balloon has later paid off as being an actual orb after running it through the editor and getting a closer look.

 

Capture #4 - 1.14.2025 - 3:03pm - Los Angeles

We rarely get to see what the orbs look like closeup.  What I’ve observed, is that while some of these objects might pulse, glow, change colour or change shape, some exhibit what looks like a spinning motion. Or, maybe…perhaps some have some kind of spinning field surrounding it.

The headline video above is a short compilation of five examples of orb uap / ufo which appear to ‘spin’. The samples span from 2017 to 2025, and provide a short glimpse into what some of these phenomena actually look like up close and while in action.

All but the fourth sample were filmed with iPhones. The fourth was filmed with a Nikon P900. 

 

Capture #5 - 4.21.2018 - 7:08am - Los Angeles

Oh…and let me emphatically say something here: these are not bokeh!

Its been speculated that the spinning I’m describing is the cameras auto-focus trying to focus in on the object. That’s not the case in these five examples.

I can think of a couple of instances of my other orb ufo captures in the past where the camera didn’t hold the focus, but when that happened, the entire object changed to a blur. Any blur in these examples come from the ‘movement’ of the object itself, not from an over active auto focus. Unfortunately digitally zooming in can create some blurriness and/or pixelation as well, but in the fifth case you still make out the rotation.

The descriptions of each one are listed below with links to the original views and edits of each sighting. There you can see more of the setting and location, and get a much better perspective on what was seen that day.

The Original Videos

 

#1

Spinning White Orb-UAP

Date: 3.27.2018

Time: 5:06pm

Location: Los Angeles

Wind: 14mph out of the SW

Recording Device: Apple iPhone SE

 

 

The first thing I noticed about this object was its odd flight pattern. It changes direction several times at quite sharp angles and turns.  Once in the editor, I noticed that not only did it often change shape when it would change direction, there was also a spinning field around it that made it almost look like it was rolling. 

 

 

#2

Spinning grey Orb-UAP on overcast day.

Date: 1.6.2018

Time: 9:21am

Location: Los Angeles

Windspeed: 3mph out of SE

Recording Device: Apple iPhone SE

This capture was on a very still overcast day. The object appeared maybe 500ft above…its hard to judge for sure. It hovered above with no sound. Only after running it through the editor did I notice the spinning motion. This is probably the best example of the five. 

 

 

#3

Spinning white Orb-UAP filmed thru fence.

Date: 1.11.2021

Time: 3:08pm

Location: Los Angeles

Windspeed: 9mph out of West

Recording Device: Apple iPhone 6

 

It was the same story here. I did my best to keep the object in frame, only noticing a bright object contrasting against the blue sky. Once in the editor I noticed the spinning motion. Except in this example it appears as though the entire object is spinning and maybe not a surrounding field. Notice the flatter disc shape in this example.

 

 

#4

Spinning Orb-UAP Splits in Two

Date: 1.14.2025

Time: 3:03pm

Location: Los Angeles

Windspeed: 9mph out of West

Recording Device: Nikon P900

This example is similar to #3 in that it appears as though the entire object is spinning. Its filmed with a Nikon p900 much further away than the others. And it splits into two objects at the top of its flight. 

 

 

#5

Early Morning Spinning Orb-UAP

Date: 4.21.2018

Time: 7:09am

Location: Los Angeles

Windspeed: No wind

Recording Device: Apple iPhone SE

This also looks like an example where the entire object is spinning, but this one changes colour a bit with blues and reds seeping in. It also has an appendage on the top that appears to be ‘twisting’ with the object.

 

Some Corroboration

After compiling the different examples, I had to do some research on who else could confirm that some orbs show a rotating field.  I found two.

Trevor James Constable established an archive of infrared images back in the 40s and 50s.  In his book Sky Creatures, he says:

“Spinning is perhaps the most common single motion attributed to UFOs. Discs aloft either spin or convey the illusion of spinning via moving light effects that are associated with them. There is therefore nothing unusual in finding associated with their propulsion a physical energy known to manifest with the spinning waveform or KRW. A disc surrounded by a spinning field of energy traces a KRW with that field as it moves through the atmosphere. The earth moves around the sun on a curving KRW. Typhoons and anticyclones trace KRWs through the ethers as they spin across the surface of the earth.”

Afterwards I found a much more recent source from a 2025 interview by Erica Gabrielle of Dr Andrew Morgan.  At about 1:02:18 he shows an enhanced video of an orb he filmed in the Pilbara area of Australia.  Its surface is spinning!

He explains:

(from the youtube transcript starting @1:01:52)

“Internally the structure  stays the same… it seems you've got the the the  layers….you got the vortex…you got the toroidal field…you got  the med field lines, but around the outside, we've  got now in quantum imaging and exploded imaging  an indexed valve of clocking that goes on.  And  this video on my YouTube channel, we've got some  video of this. We've got red dots. We've managed, um with color reduction and enhancement, uh using  waveform analysis. You can see this going on, that  the outside spins…”

Interesting to capture the same thing, but with daytime captures with iPhones or the Nikon and seen with a minimum of enhancement

So I’d say to the debunker that this is one good way to determine if an object is a balloon or actually an orb.  If its spinning on the surface, its certainly not a balloon.

 

Answering The Question - Why So Blurry???

A note about video resolution, blurriness, and capture quality:

The video captures above were mostly done with iPhones at 60 frames per second with one filmed with a Nikon p900. These cannot be planned. All were filmed on the fly. Was minding my business, looked up and saw what looked like could be an anomaly, and then pulled out the smartphone and started filming.

If I was able to keep the object in frame and in focus, I would try to zoom in as much as possible to capture more detail.

The Nikon has an optical zoom, where the zoom is accomplished by actual lenses.

Smartphones employ a digital zoom where software accomplishes the zoom.

When using a device with a digital zoom, you’re able to see more details of the object, but there is some loss of overall resolution.

Then when zooming in further in a video editor that can isolate a portion of the frame and zoom in, there is even more loss of resolution and some some pixelation can occur. BUT, you can still make out more detail whether its surface changes or spinning.

I mention this because there are A LOT of people who get on uap forums, groups and subs and loudly and rudely whine, complain and b*tch about videos experiencers have taken great pains to post.

“Why can’t anyone get off their exercise machine before filming these?” “Did you use a Nintendo Game Boy to film this?” “You’d think with all the 4k cameras we have out there, someone would shoot a clearer image.”

They get snarky and rude, and rarely ask the experiencer what they saw, when, or for any further details, and then somehow feel that being rude to the one actually bringing disclosure closer is going to magically create a crystal clear image, or perhaps discourage anyone from coming forward with their footage at all(?)

 

 

Well, sorry guys! We’re limited to how close the phenomena actually gets to us, limited by the haphazard nature of when they show up, and limited by the equipment and software we have to shoot and analyze them. All the difficulty capturing a clear image can’t be rectified by yelling at the experiencer for sharing what they have. 

 

 

Most of the ones being so rude have never had a sighting, much less tried to film one. But I would say, if they have some amazing solution for predicting a sighting so accurately that they can have their 4k infrared capable 50x optical zoom on a tripod ready to go when it comes, I’m all ears. Please come forward and share your techniques. No, really… Please.

The important thing to remember is this is a step.  I'm appreciative of the fact that if they were just stills, it would just look like a blob. The data provided above includes video, so at least one can make out how its actually moving, even if its not showing the 'clear' image we expect.  

 

In Conclusion

What the orbs actually are is anybody’s guess at this point.  I figure while some might be probes or of ET origin, I feel some are forms of energy or life we have not yet classified.  But I don’t know. To quote Phoenix Lights experiencer Dr. Lynne Kitei, “I don’t know what they are, but I know that they are.”

These are five examples of the orb ufos that appear to show a spinning motion or field. But these are not the only types or patterns I’ve observed and filmed.

There are also those which appear to spin and spark at right angles, change shape, and move in erratic patterns. I’ll do my best to put together more compilations including these types in the near future.

What Its Like To Observe and Film a UFO: The Barnsdall Shape-changing Plasmold Orb

 

No one UAP video can be deemed ‘smoking gun’ proof of anything. Best we can do now is over time observe, gather data, and look for patterns, similarities and differences with other sightings. 

 

 

A friend of mine and I were at a beautiful urban park in East Hollywood. It was a clear day with cobalt blue skies, and I was very happy to finally get out and soak up the sun and calming vibes of the park. I had a view of the hills, the Hollywood sign, and the blank slate of the sky above me. No planes spraying streams of gunk today thank God. 

 I looked down at the blanket I was lounging on, then took in a quick view of the lawn and the occasional groups here and there. Not more than about thirty seconds had passed when I looked up again to take in another view of the mesmerizing blue, but now saw a white-yellowish object had suddenly appeared in the middle of that very same blank space. It was moving very slowly southward against the southeasterly wind. 

Hollywood, Los Angeles, and Southern California in general are UFO-UAP hotspots, so whenever I found myself witnessing something anomalous, I would pull out my phone or a camera and start filming, regardless, even if I thought it might possibly be something mundane. 

I pulled out my phone and started filming the best I could in the direction of the object, constantly checking back and forth from my 3d view to the view in the viewfinder. There was a tree off to my right, so I tried to keep it in frame for perspective. Other than that, I couldn’t make out the object in the viewfinder and had to continue approximating, hoping I had the object clearly in the shot. 

It was really putting on a show. As I observed the 3d real time view, the object hovered in place for several minutes, and I noticed it was changing shape. It started out as a spherical shape, but then morphed into a line, a hook, a bow, a triangle, and then a closed circle. I wasn’t able to get in close without the image blurring out, so I wasn’t able to catch the triangle and circle on film. I’m not a great artist by any stretch, but below are a couple of very rough sketches showing what they looked like. 

 

 

A very rough sketch of the object as it changed shape to a triangle and circle.

 

 

 

I did everything I could to get my phone to zoom in for a closer view, but when filming the sky with a phone, unless the object is real bright, it’s difficult to deploy the zoom without the lens losing focus. 

 

 

 

Morphing into bow shape.

 

 

 

I kept trying regardless, often having to reset to the default view to make sure I was in focus. I found that while filming with a phone, having a tree or other object in frame helps. If that tree or cloud is in focus, the object usually is as well.

But there was so much going on. My pulse quickened, I felt giddy and excited, and my sense of time suddenly felt different. Plus it was a little after midday, so the lighting put a bit of a glare on the viewfinder (Not within the viewfinder. There was no lens flare) making it very hard to see what I was doing.

 

 

A closed triangle this time.

 

 

 

After failing to zoom in several times, I finally was able to get close enough to see more than just a point of light. The closeups later revealed that the shape changes I witnessed were indeed, not my imagination nor the effects of temperature inversions on swamp gas reflecting off of Venus.

 

 

 

Video still of object in hook/cane shape. 

 

 

This was a long sighting. We watched the object for a total of about FORTY MINUTES, by far the longest sighting I’ve ever witnessed.

 

 

 

Back to a spherical shape.

 

 

 

It moved very, very slowly eastward. but only after having hovered in place for several minutes. 

 

 

 

The object starts to elongate again.

 

 

 

When it appeared as if it was further east of us, over Silverlake, it changed to a line again, oriented vertically, straight up and down. Then a bright red orb appeared a few lengths underneath it. They lingered there together in formation for about a couple of minutes before the red orb disappeared.

Then about a minute later, a white orb appeared under the ‘line’, but this time much closer. I managed to get it on film, even if it IS another much hated “blurry image”. That still is below.

 

 

 

Elongated with orb below.

 

 

 

In another few minutes, it disappeared from view. Ultimately I was only able to get the camera phone to zoom in clearly for about 8 seconds or so. I would have loved to have gotten much more, but what I captured at least shows some of the shape changing I described.

This was in no way a ‘birthday’ balloon, or balloon of any kind. Yes, of course people DO see an occasional balloon in the skies here in LA, but they move in a very different way than orbs, and never are observed over the course of a 40 minute time period while they sprout other objects from itself as it changes shape.

Both my friend and I commented about the object for the rest of the day, but didn’t necessarily agree on what we saw. I’ve had experience filming several orbs while living in this hotspot, and even though I didn’t know WHAT they were, I knew they were actual objects. My friend however claimed…get this, that it was a ‘reflection’ from the ocean on the sky.

Wha???

I’ve heard of all kinds of explanations for UFOs, but this was by far the MOST creative. I mean, if we were actually out at sea and the sun was shining on the water just right, and…

Ummm… Nooooo.

That doesn’t make any sense. Especially considering we were at least 10 miles inland.

And what would reflect on a clear blue sky? A boat light? A luminous whale? A neon manatee? Was the boat out there doing all that reflecting made out of chrome?

That’s a super hot boat. Walk by the Disney Hall in downtown LA on a hot day, and you’d see what I mean.

I tried to explain to him how impossible that was, but he adamantly repeated himself a few times on the way home. I was excited to see what the closeup looked like in the editor, and thought this would be a great first entry on my Substack blog about experiencing UFO sightings. So I told him next time we talked, it would be cool to see if he at least recalled seeing what I did.

A couple of days later we talked briefly, and I started to ask him what he remembered about the sighting.

He abruptly said, “I don’t believe in UFOs.”

“Well, er…..we just saw one.”

“I don’t believe in UFOs.”

I immediately dropped it and just changed the subject. My intent is never to force this on anyone. I knew what he meant. He meant he didn’t believe in alien or extraterrestrials. An orb UFO can be many things…not necessarily extraterrestrial, but by that point I didn’t want to make him any more uncomfortable than he already was.

If he wanted to believe he saw a reflection of the sky from the ocean, that’s his choice. I’m just still looking for that boat.

  

Where to from here?

 

 

 

 

After a little too much time has passed, I’m anxious to get back to posting on this blog.

Im still recovering from an accident which has made it much more difficult to write, so please bear with me. 

Where to from here?

I’ll be sharing more about specific orb UFO-UAP experiences I’ve had over time. 

I’ll be sharing some of the orb UFO-UAP data I’ve accumulated over the last several years.  This includes the varying types and different behaviours I’ve observed and filmed.

I’ll also attempt to discuss the various issues around the very complex topic of ‘disclosure’.  In the past several years I’ve been researching different angles of the topic, and there is so much more to it than the personality contests I see projected so much online. 

And maybe I’ll get into some deeper answers as to what the orbs are. 

And all the while I’ll do my best to keep it light hearted and fun.  Hope you enjoy. 

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Jimi