I have been investigating paranormal sightings for many years, including unidentified flying objects and related incidents. Couple years ago during one of our Virginia MUFON meetings, about ten attendees along with myself and other field investigators, were individually interviewed by a table-hopping Washington Post reporter. Here's a statement I made that made his ears perk up: "on my many years of research I have noticed that if a witness observe a strange glowing sphere in their backyard, s/he would say it was a ghost but if the same sphere was seen 100 feet above the ground, they would probably have tagged it as an UFO ".

Should the right terminology be based on the height, shape or geographical location of these luminous manifestations? Who do you call if you see a large orb levitating off the lawn of the Arlington National Cemetery, hovers for a moment then flies up to the top of the Washington Monument prior to disappearing above the clouds...a ghost hunter, a UFO hunter or Jack Daniels?

My colleagues and I have discussed this subject on many occasions, the similarities between these apparitions: how they metamorphosize into different shapes including humanoid, how they can pass through solid objects, how they affect electronic equipment, how they communicate with their witnesses or victims - telepathically, and how they prefer to make their appearances in the middle of the night under the cover of darkness. Something to ponder upon.

If the object did fly, then it would be classified as a UFO. The witnesses cannot identify it, and calling it a ghost would be to know what said object is.

Any unknown object should be reported to the nearest UFO investigation team. If the area is known for paranormal activity, many universities actually have persons who investigate such activity. If the UFO investigators think it may be a paranormal event such as ghosts, they many know how to contact such a group to help investigate what was seen.

Unless it is an apparition of a person or human, I would contact a UFO group first. Just because it is sighted in a cemetery does not mean it is a ghost.

There's a paranormal investigation group that will check into it for free. I'll try to get their website. I saw an orb float through my office a couple years ago after my boss died. I just sat back and watched in amazement as it floated by shimmering bright and disappeared into the wall. Cool and true occurrence.