I have no idea what to think yet man... The orb phenomenon is completely associated with alien/paranormal. It's basically synonymous because they move around and act like intelligent beings and have been cited by millions of people all over the world. Skinwalker ranch has filmed hundreds of them over the seasons and so I think that's fair to assume that orbs are at least a phenomenon associated with either the paranormal or the extraterrestrial, whatever that might actually mean....
And the main point I'm making is that when you read people's theories on here or listen to them elsewhere, they typically only take in some of the data and dismiss other pieces of data. And I don't think that's a legitimate way to think about a subject....
If you're going to think about a subject you have to take in all the data that's being reported and orbs are just simply a part of what is happening here. So then you have to ask yourself what does that mean? And really we don't know what it means. It could be some kind of technology that we don't understand and that the government has. I mean that is completely possible but to dismiss orbs as not being part of this phenomenon is to choose willingly not to think clearly about it.
Personally, I associate most alien phenomenon as being actually something that's paranormal. I'm not sayin I don't believe there are extraterrestrial beings, but so much of what is reported as sightings or experiences with alien beings sounds to me more like a direct encounter with the paranormal/mythological.