What do orbs look like in UFO sightings?

There isn’t one consistent look: in these reports, “orb” usually means a round-looking light or sphere, described in different colors and with very different apparent brightness and size. Witnesses in San Marcos, Texas, said the orbs looked star-sized or slightly larger and shifted among white, red, blue, and green; in Rainier, Oregon, one witness described a white orb estimated at about 20 feet across. [2][3]

Some reported orbs appear as lights, while others look reflective or metallic. A witness in Palm Beach, Queensland, described four or five yellow-white lights that looked like stars to the naked eye. In Pasadena, Texas, a witness described shiny metallic balls, while a report from Denham Springs, Louisiana, described a silver orb that seemed to glint in sunlight. [1][4][6]

Reports also vary in how the lights are arranged and behave: Ottawa’s white orb was described as stationary, while witnesses in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, reported three green, star-sized orbs moving across the sky. [5][7] These are eyewitness descriptions, not a single verified physical profile. The reports don’t establish what the objects were, how large or distant they actually were, or whether different observers were seeing the same kind of thing. [2][5][7]