Pillars of light

[enfoldedblue]

Hi Everyone,

I am sure many of you have seen the se images of pillars of light that are appearing around the world. In spiritual circles these images are circulating like wild fire and are seen as proof that we are currently experiencing some VERY powerful energy. As someone who is quite sensitive to energy I have no doubt that we are indeed in an intense period ... but I am not so sure these images are proof of that.

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j424/enfoldedblue/pillars.jpg

According to this link (https://www.metabunk.org/solved-strange-beam-of-light-over-mayan-temple-and-florida-lightning-rolling-shutter-artifact.t3244/) this is a very easy to explain phenomenon. It is actually just an 'artefact' that is created by a rolling shutter.

Right so if this is the case, it is not a new phenomenon ... so why is it all the sudden being spread in spiritual circles? Is it an honest mistake, is it actually a real phenomenon (and the above link is misleading), is it someone having a bit of fun, or is it something more sinister?

Several years ago the very questionable source of the channel 'Blossom Goodchild' stated that columns of light would appear around the world and would be one of the first sign that would point to massive undeniable change. Blossom channels the galactic federation of light (like Greg Guiles) which has been suggested by many to be part of a psy op.

What do people think?

[Bubu]

the controllers can make and spread predictions and make pillars of light as well. Also including the so called miracles to hook the unsuspecting believers. But yes its an intense period of change I can see/feel it everywhere.

[Selkie]

There is a natural phenomenon called "sun pillars",

http://www.astronomy.org/StarWatch/February/2-00-sun-pillar.jpg

Images of sun pillars can always be photo-shopped, and as Bubu says, the PTB can probably also create them.

[DeDukshyn]

There is a natural phenomenon called "sun pillars",
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Indeed!

<------------- <points to Avatar photo I took myself - not an artifact, it actually looked that way for about 5 minutes>


I would ask, how many of those photos in the OP were shot with an older model iPhone? Older model iPhones have been known to have a glitch where a bright light source in a scene can create a column of light in the picture, that was not present at the time the picture was taken. I read a very convincing investigation into the photo of the beam above the Mayan pyramid and they are the ones who found this iPhone glitch. It may have been related to a rolling shutter, I can't recall the details right now.

[Fellow Aspirant]

I've read that article on "rolling shutter artefacts". It's really detailed and well done and, to me, convincing.

Oh well ... :ohwell: Maybe we'll get to see a real one someday.

B.

[kirolak]

Whatever the actual cause, the pillars are beautiful and inspirational

[Meggings]

These are called PROTON ARCS by www.spaceweather.com

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Above was photographed the night of August 17, 2015, north east of Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Taken with a with Sony a6000 and Rokinon 8mm 2.8 lens. 30 sec exposure. ISO 2000,

Below was photographed the night of August 16, 2015, at Oroville, Washington, USA.
The comment on www.spaceweather.com was: "...a display of red pillars above the luminous green clouds. Meanwhile, two beams of light grew from the East and from the West, slowly rising and brightening until they met, crossing the Milky Way as bright as a searchlight."

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This next one was taken on August 17th, 2015, photographed by Paul Zizka photographed the phenomenon on Aug. 17th from Banff, Alberta.
He said it was stationary for 30 minutes:
http://www.spaceweather.com/images2015/18aug15/protonarc_strip.jpg

[Innocent Warrior]

I read the rolling shutter explanation and it is convincing, except one detail. If it was the shutter, wouldn't the pillar of light be seen the whole way through the photo? The pillars in the photos, in the OP, finish where they meet the land/top of pyramid.

[enfoldedblue]

Wow Meggings Thanks for sharing those gorgeous photos! They are amazing. What I notice with the ones you posted is that the light reacts in the way one would assume it would... ie it is diffused at the edges. In the ones I posted the edge is sharp, which makes me more inclined to think they are indeed artifacts. But I also Rachel, I too wondered about why the light didn't extend down the pyramid. I thought maybe if the lightning that caused it was behind the pyramid that might explain it .... not sure.

[DeDukshyn]

I read the rolling shutter explanation and it is convincing, except one detail. If it was the shutter, wouldn't the pillar of light be seen the whole way through the photo? The pillars in the photos, in the OP, finish where they meet the land/top of pyramid.

Not necessarily. A rolling shutter artifact can cause a single frame to have two or more different camera settings at different parts of the frame. See this photo below of a rolling shutter artifact that captured two entirely different exposure settings in a single frame. All the images in the OP except the two rightmost images likely have lightning in them. in fact you can see the lightning in the lower image second to left. It would seem that in most cases, lightning (or other sources of (relative to the scene) bright lights) + cheap camera hardware more often results in these artifacts. In the detailed investigation I saw on the Mayan temple photo, there was lightning in the frame.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Lightning_rolling_shutter.jpg


Here's a bit more info, but not entirely detailed ... but do note that lightning or a bright light source in the scene is almost always a factor, which points to camera glitch.

http://www.livescience.com/18692-mayan-light-beam-photo.html

[Innocent Warrior]

Not necessarily. A rolling shutter artifact can cause a single frame to have two or more different camera settings at different parts of the frame. See this photo below of a rolling shutter artifact that captured two entirely different exposure settings in a single frame. All the images in the OP except the two rightmost images likely have lightning in them. in fact you can see the lightning in the lower image second to left. It would seem that in most cases, lightning (or other sources of (relative to the scene) bright lights) + cheap camera hardware more often results in these artifacts. In the detailed investigation I saw on the Mayan temple photo, there was lightning in the frame.

I see, thanks DeDukshyn. Yes, I've also seen lightning in the Mayan pryramid photo.

[DeDukshyn]

Not necessarily. A rolling shutter artifact can cause a single frame to have two or more different camera settings at different parts of the frame. See this photo below of a rolling shutter artifact that captured two entirely different exposure settings in a single frame. All the images in the OP except the two rightmost images likely have lightning in them. in fact you can see the lightning in the lower image second to left. It would seem that in most cases, lightning (or other sources of (relative to the scene) bright lights) + cheap camera hardware more often results in these artifacts. In the detailed investigation I saw on the Mayan temple photo, there was lightning in the frame.

I see, thanks DeDukshyn. Yes, I've also seen lightning in the Mayan pryramid photo.

When I thought about it for a moment I was almost taken by the fact that the light beam didn't pass the pyramid, and in others it appears 3D and seems to go through the clouds. However, when one considers that the beam tends to be the full width and height (in the shape of a rectangle) of the lightning bolts travels in the frame, it would also make sense that the intensity of the beam relates to the intensity of the lightning in the position it appears on the screen.

For example, in the shot with the pyramid, the lightning went behind (or hit the top of) the pyramid and ended the beam. In the case of the one in the OP where the beam appears to go through the clouds, it is the lightning's intensity being shown in the beam - the lightning did go through the cloud and thus the beam appears to have done the same. If that makes a bit more sense.

I am not 100% convinced these are rolling shutter artifacts, but maybe cheap CCD overload. I explained how this can happen in a different video on a thread here where it appears the sun is shooting off electrical bolts through some guys iPhone.

[enfoldedblue]

In another discussion about this somewhere else someone said that she that "Many were seen by the naked eye ~ which is WHY they took the pics. I don't know what it is. But it isn't rolling shutter." The person however, did not state how they knew this... so not exceedingly valuable info, but thought it was worth mentioning.

[Meggings]

DeDukshyn wrote: "It would seem that in most cases, lightning (or other sources of (relative to the scene) bright lights) + cheap camera hardware more often results in these artifacts." What do you make of these two photos I took outside my back door. No sun, no flash, taken seconds apart without me moving. I was quite surprised by this and welcome your input.

As an aside, I have photographed coloured orbs out back, and what I have called a "cloud being" that is like milky white cloud over the oak tree to the left. Directly below the flash of light is where a deer gave birth to a fawn, a dozen feet from my parked car. And though it may not be the place to mention it, I have seen nature spirits on that property out beyond the trees.

These two photos have the same time stamp of 8:58 am. I sure wondered what happened between the two pictures - likely taken with a Canon

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[idiit]

Strange Beams of Lights are seen all around the World! Tue, August 18, 2015


http://galacticconnection.com/strange-beams-of-lights-are-seen-all-around-the-world/#sthash.5KxqlURO.dpbs

http://i2.wp.com/4.bp.blogspot.com/-0cWVxknkcJM/VdK7Ww5wRoI/AAAAAAAANkw/_e8eQnOLeSg/s640/beams%2Brays%2Bufo%2Bsun%2Baliens%2Bnibiru%2Bplanet%2Bx.jpg?resize=630%2C398

[rgray222]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcckJAh52cU

[Meggings]

Thanks for this video, rgray222 (in post #16 above).
Do you have any idea where this photo I took from that video comes from?

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And I note in other videos (such as one showing South Florida beam Aug17/2015) that the beams of light are reflected on cars. It seems such a beam that can reflect its light would not be a camera artifact, would it?

[DeDukshyn]

In another discussion about this somewhere else someone said that she that "Many were seen by the naked eye ~ which is WHY they took the pics. ...".

Is it just a coincidence that most seem to have captured lightning at that exact same second the photo was taken? I think in the case of the "proton arcs" that Meggings posted that may be true, but I doubt that is true for the images you posted (sans right images - not sure what those are (but not proton arcs) - the top right one looks more like a dust devil, than light)

In my mind it is safe to conclude lightning = camera phone glitch on any image where it appears there are dark clouds capable of producing lightning. I am not of course discount all cases of a beam extending up, but atmospherics are known to cause them such as in the case of solar and streetlight pillars. I recall seeing hundreds of beams shooting up into the sky all across my city - each extending from a streetlamp - tiny ice crystals in the air cause this and it has to be very cold for the effect to be produced (for example, it was -32C on the morning I took the avatar photo). These two account for the very vast majority of beam sightings / photos. Proton arcs (which is a type of aurora) likely account for the vast majority of clear night sightings.

[DeDukshyn]

DeDukshyn wrote: "It would seem that in most cases, lightning (or other sources of (relative to the scene) bright lights) + cheap camera hardware more often results in these artifacts." What do you make of these two photos I took outside my back door. No sun, no flash, taken seconds apart without me moving. I was quite surprised by this and welcome your input.

As an aside, I have photographed coloured orbs out back, and what I have called a "cloud being" that is like milky white cloud over the oak tree to the left. Directly below the flash of light is where a deer gave birth to a fawn, a dozen feet from my parked car. And though it may not be the place to mention it, I have seen nature spirits on that property out beyond the trees.

These two photos have the same time stamp of 8:58 am. I sure wondered what happened between the two pictures - likely taken with a Canon

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I am not 100% sure, but to speculate an explainable answer, I would say you took the photos through a window? The majority of what I see in the second image is lens flare - this indicates the camera did see a bright light source - confirmed by the fact the camera dropped the exposure for that image compared to the second. If I were investigating this I would first rule out a reflection of something on the glass that I am assuming you took the photo through - I don't know what this might be though, as you say no flash was fired, but it does appear the sun is also out, behind you and to the left slightly - this makes a pretty good candidate for it being a reflection of a reflection even. But that said, I couldn't fully debunk that or come to the conclusion of something certainly mysterious without visiting the scene and asking you a bunch more detailed questions :)

I have some interesting photos myself of small balls of light (some with trailing beams) on a clear dark night - despite my best efforts I could not explain them or even come to reasonable logical explanation. I have them posted here somewhere but only God knows where, lol.

UPDATE:

I found them here! Click them a couple times to get the full size view) not exactly beams but the two orbs in the last photo have trailing beams. At first I was pretty sure I had these figured out as lens artifacts, but now I am not so sure ... <looks again much more closely with a very discerning eye> ... there are some clues that are lend to these being lens artifacts, in fact the last photo that I thought was the most interesting is giving it away - these are reflections from within the lens of things in the scene - moon and the lights across the lake, oh well ... taken with a Canon T3i and 50mm f1.4 lens with extended shutter - the bright spot is the moon. http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?69456-Stonehenge-lights-on-my-pictures.&p=809262&viewfull=1#post809262

[DeDukshyn]

Thanks for this video, rgray222 (in post #16 above).
Do you have any idea where this photo I took from that video comes from?

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It appears to be promotional art or fan art for the movie "Prometheus 2: Paradise" - prequels to the "Alien" movie series. I couldn't find the original artist or the original artwork though.

http://www.prometheus2-movie.com/community/forums/topic/20859

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[Meggings]

Thank you, DeDukshyn, the image from rgray222's video did look like a Hollywood production scene. And I thank you for your attention to my own little puzzle of the bright light in post #14 above.

When I took those photos I had opened the back door and stepped outside. There was no intervening glass. If the direction I photographed were 12 o'clock, the sun would be low in the horizon at about 5 o'clock, to my right behind the house and through the trees. I was SURPRISED to see this bright light. I'd taken others within a three-minute space and no other but this had the surprising light.

I have a thought I'd like to run past you. At times I get a "prompting" to take a picture in a certain direction, and later find orbs in the picture. On a day I joined my children to walk my property that husband had just sold, my daughter had her camera and I did not. She is an excellent photographer and has great equipment. As we walked the woods, twice I asked her to take a picture in a specific direction. Later, seeing there were orbs, I realized that Nature had appeared to say "goodbye" to me. Here are the two orbs she photographed that day. (The large multi-coloured orb was floating over a patch of land I had DEDICATED to Nature in a private ceremony I'd made over 20 years earlier.)

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Here is a three-part, three-coloured orb beside Lake Rousseau in Ontario. I was driving alone and suddenly pulled over and took pictures. I did not see orbs at the time, but suspect I was prompted, as a kind of greeting, to stop and take the pictures. The three parts moved in relation to each other for I'd captured it in another shot with the balls of light in a slightly different configuration.

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Here is the road by my last house a few hours after a terrific storm went through that downed trees and caused great damage. We were without hydro power for ten days the damage was so great. I had an urge to get out of the car and was walking, feeling the intense silence, and daughter took pictures of dozens upon dozens of orbs, none of which we saw with our naked eyes (but I sensed that Nature was setting to work repairing the incredible storm damage).

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And here is an orb picture given me by an old friend who knows these people. He told me his acquaintances often saw this huge blue orb.

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I checked out your GREEN ORB lights you gave a link to, and those just before by Raya called "Stonehenge lights", and say that I have photos with brilliant bits of moving light in them. As the line in Shakespeare's Hamlet goes, "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.."

[Humanbean]

As it happens, Linda Moulton Howe has posted a report about this phenomenon today also...

Corrected link: https://www.earthfiles.com/

[enfoldedblue]

Orbs are interesting. I must admit I also think the majority of them are artifacts. I have 'created' orbs many times using the flash on my camera (my house is dusty :P ), and also by angling my camera towards the light. But I like to think that some are real.

[Selene]

As it happens, Linda Moulton Howe has posted a report about this phenomenon today also...
https://www.earthfiles.com/news.php?ID=2343&category=Environment

Linda Moulton Howe’s reports are of real interest here: These are people who report seeing these ‘pillars of light’ with their bare eyes – not as camera artifacts. Corrected link, a must-read: https://www.earthfiles.com/ (You must link from home page lead to story...)

This effectively eliminates the “rolling shutter problem” as the source of these pillars.

Human experience cannot be ignored.

Either that, or none of us can trust our own lives. I think not. We can. We are. We are real. Or nothing here matters.

Cheers,

Selene

[ascendingenergy]

Whatever these experiences are, I have to agree that we are in a time of hightening energy on the planet and our reality is changing daily. I, for one, am ready to start experiencing a new earth based in unity and peace. Thanks @enfoldedblue for sharing this post with us. :bigsmile:

[ascendingenergy]

Orbs are interesting. I must admit I also think the majority of them are artifacts. I have 'created' orbs many times using the flash on my camera (my house is dusty :P ), and also by angling my camera towards the light. But I like to think that some are real.

I have orbs around my house all the time. They mostly show up when it's raining or some other precipitation is happening. However, I have seen them on clear days as well. I will eventually post some pics once I get situated here. 😉

[enfoldedblue]

Cool ascending energy. Do you see the orbs in the same way (ie shape color as they appear in the photos) before you take them? Here in Australia there is a strange well documented phenomenon called the Min Min lights. When looking for some info to post about these mysterious light I found the explanation below. However apparently there is still much debate and many feel the real answer is more mysterious than the one provided below.


Mystery of the Min Min lights explained



Friday, 28 March 2003




Pettigrew and Min Min

Jack Pettigrew and a Min Min light (Pic: University of Queensland)


An Australian neuroscientist claims he can conjure up the mysterious Australian outback phenomenon of the Min Min lights, now that he has worked out what causes them.

Professor Jack Pettigrew, of the University of Queensland in Brisbane claims the lights are actually an inverted mirage of light sources which are, in some cases, hundreds of kilometres away over the horizon.

The work was published in the current issue of Clinical and Experimental Optometry.

Pettigrew studied the phenomenon in the Channel Country, Western Queensland, where he said it has been disturbing the locals for many years.

"I talked to old timers out there who had seen it and they were terrified by it," he told ABC Science Online. "It’s a bit embarrassing for them because hardened outback men can be brought to tears by this thing. It really is quite alarming."

“Just imagine you were sitting in your living room and a light appeared hovering in the middle of the room and as you moved your head to try and see the cause of the light, the light moved with you. more (http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s818193.htm)...”


Also here is another link with more pics of the columns that have been circulating. https://www.facebook.com/DawningGoldenCrystalAge/photos/a.127835010592360.10158.127815003927694/1007198899322629/?type=1&fref=nf

[ascendingenergy]

enfoldedblue, I have seen some orbs around my house mostly out of the corner of my eye. When I turn to see it, it usually vanishes. However, I am always able to capture them on camera. I am not 100% sure what they are but, when I ask for an explanation, generally, I get back loving peaceful energy.

I have not heard of the min min lights but, I'm always interested in learning more about orbs...Here is one of my recent pics.

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[Selkie]

enfoldedblue, I have seen some orbs around my house mostly out of the corner of my eye. When I turn to see it, it usually vanishes...

If you can, suppress the urge to turn the center of your gaze upon them, and learn to observe them with your peripheral vision. The center of your vision is for the tonal, while your peripheral vision is for the nagual.

addition I figure that you are not talking about floaters, btw,


http://www.doctor-hill.com/patients/images/floaters_arizona.jpg

Most eye floaters are caused by age-related changes that occur as the jelly-like substance (vitreous) inside your eyes becomes more liquid. Microscopic fibers within the vitreous tend to clump and can cast tiny shadows on your retina, which appear to you as floaters

[enfoldedblue]

enfoldedblue, I have seen some orbs around my house mostly out of the corner of my eye. When I turn to see it, it usually vanishes. However, I am always able to capture them on camera. I am not 100% sure what they are but, when I ask for an explanation, generally, I get back loving peaceful energy.

I have not heard of the min min lights but, I'm always interested in learning more about orbs...Here is one of my recent pics.

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Hi Ascending, I hesitate writing this because I don't want to be a downer ... but for me discernment is important. My experiences have led me to believe that non-physical entities are around us and can engage with us. So I am not saying that there is a rational explanation for everything. However, one trend that I find worrying is that when people realize that there is so much more to reality than we are led to believe, it becomes easy to start believing everything that is bandied around the alternative arenas. In the case of the photo you showed, I suspect it is not actually orbs. This website (http://strangeoccurrencesparanormal.weebly.com/orbs-explained.html) provides a good explanation and example of why I think that. There are many others if you want to research.

Of course I could very well be wrong .... either way please keep looking for the magic that is all around us :)

[Selkie]

enfoldedblue, I have seen some orbs around my house mostly out of the corner of my eye. When I turn to see it, it usually vanishes. However, I am always able to capture them on camera. I am not 100% sure what they are but, when I ask for an explanation, generally, I get back loving peaceful energy.

I have not heard of the min min lights but, I'm always interested in learning more about orbs...Here is one of my recent pics.

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Hi Ascending, I hesitate writing this because I don't want to be a downer ... but for me discernment is important. My experiences have led me to believe that non-physical entities are around us and can engage with us. So I am not saying that there is a rational explanation for everything. However, one trend that I find worrying is that when people realize that there is so much more to reality than we are led to believe, it becomes easy to start believing everything that is bandied around the alternative arenas. In the case of the photo you showed, I suspect it is not actually orbs. This website (http://strangeoccurrencesparanormal.weebly.com/orbs-explained.html) provides a good explanation and example of why I think that. There are many others if you want to research.

Of course I could very well be wrong .... either way please keep looking for the magic that is all around us :)

I would say that you are correct, enfoldedblue. As well as being open to the magic, it is also very important to keep a level head. As Castaneda says, a sorcerer is sober. If you lose your sobriety when exploring the Nagual, you can become lost, and that is not a good thing at all.

[betoobig]

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[Meggings]

Hi BeTooBig, I see in the Miami pillar of light you post above that the pillar is reflected in the car hood. I saw this in the pillars of light in Japan back in 2012 as well, and it seems to me that a pillar which reflects on passing cars is not a camera artifact. I felt like dipping into the miraculous a bit tonight, as a way to see with awe and open minds the mystery around us.

This photo was taken by Marlene Swetlishoff in British Columbia in November 2013. 31050

This was was taken by her and her husband at the same secluded BC lake a month earlier, October 2013.31051

This photo was taken by a lady named Florence in November 2009 in the south of France between Canet and Saint-Nazaire. She had just been visiting a man called Patrick McCormick, who channeled "Kartron", a being of light.y Patrick McCormick.
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Here is a photo taken in Ephesus, Turkey (it is said Mother Mary lived in Ephesus; there is a round dwelling there said to be her home). This picture was taken by a lady named Pamela in 1993. She wrote this: "I took pictures of a wall behind the famous building known as the Library. When I took the pictures all I saw was the structure of the wall, but when the photos were developed this one had beautiful rays of light, with pastel colors, and in it, the outline of what appears to be the upper part of a figure enveloped in light."

She further wrote that she "had shown this photo to some well known people who all thought that it was a real spiritual photo. These people include Ronna Herman, Steve Rother and Aluna Joy."
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Here is an amazing photograph that I think many will be intersted in. It was taken on October 23, 2009 by Linda Wurts and she wrote: "This is a picture of my Toltec teacher outside her house...if you want to post it she has said okay. Her name is LOLITA VARGAS."
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Please note that the above pictures are posted on Marlene Swetlishoff's website, The Rainbow Scribe.

[Old Wolf]

I saw a pillar of light .. back in early 2013? So I think that the phenomena is real. It came out of the top of a pyramidal shaped hill in Victoria. I was driving so couldn't stop and stare and didn't stop and take photos. Now that I think about it, it was strange to not have the urge to stop and take a photo of something so unusual. I've since tried to find the strangely shaped hill but haven't succeeded. I'll probably try again soon.

I've twice seen orbs pass by the outside of my bedroom window at night. There's no light source out there that would explain them. They were white, roughly 10 inches in size and moved very quickly, if I blinked or wasn't paying attention I'd have missed them .. which (if they are floating balls of light) most likely means I've missed many of them. I don't have a scientific explanation for those lights.

In both cases I didn't feel at all threatened. In the case of the pillar, I wasn't even surprised.

Kindly.