Orange orbs of light float and radiate in the depths of darkness. Is it a trick of the light? Or could it be something more?

Esco-tera coffee club Tauranga is a social club open to anyone with an interest in the paranormal or UFO activity, or X-Files enthusiasts.

This club is run by Daniel, who wishes to omit his surname and refrained from being photographed by the Weekend Sun, keeping an air of anonymity.

The 42-year-old says he has had a fascination with the extraterrestrial and paranormal world since he was a young boy. “I used to like the early X-Files and things to do with time — just different ways of looking at the world, like time and portals. Sometimes time can slow down, sometimes it can speed up.

“We’re all interfacing with the matrix, but it’s trying to understand what exactly it is at a molecular level. And like, who knows where you go when you die?”

As you can imagine, the club delves into some pretty profound rabbit holes of conversation. “I just lose myself where I go sometimes. It gets quite deep.”

So has Daniel had his own paranormal or UFO experience? “I’ve seen a few, like orange orbs in the distance from the house. They all sort of clumped together and then they dispersed sort of slowly, but they were very large, orange, and sort of circular in nature.

“I was getting the feeling that they were paranormal. There was something going on there.”

Daniel says the group is open to anyone and you don’t have to be an Einstein, yet “an open mind would go down a treat”.

Days and times are negotiable for Esco-tera coffee club Tauranga. To connect with like-minded people, contact Daniel on 0224623316.