Is there a name for the disappearing object phenomenon?

Is there a name for the disappearing object phenomenon?

There is an actual name for this type of phenomena, and it is called simply the “Disappearing Object Phenomenon,” or DOP, which entails objects spontaneously vanishing, teleporting, or appearing out of nowhere.

Are there any cases of objects vanishing and reappearing?

These sorts of cases involve a wide range of effects, covering not only objects disappearing and reappearing, but also of them showing up in far flung locations, or even objects that the owner adamantly claims they do not own spontaneously blinking into existence.

What causes objects to disappear in a room?

This simple explanation likely accounts for the majority of the DOP cases, but doesn’t completely account for some of the more inexplicable disappearances, such as when one finds an object is not where one put it, actively searches, and then finds it back in the original place they thoroughly looked through or in a room they hadn’t ever been in.

Are there any cases of objects disappearing or teleporting?

The list of cases involving mysteriously disappearing or teleporting objects is vast, and there are whole forums dedicated to this sort of oddity.

Why do objects disappear without telling the owner?

Another mundane explanation is that someone has borrowed the item without telling the owner. When the owner questions other family members or friends about who took their item, they may feel like they are in trouble for taking it without asking, denying it and surreptitiously replacing the item where they had found it.

What happens when you put something down and it disappears?

People report putting down an item and then having it suddenly not be there anymore, gone no matter how hard they look for it, only for it to reappear in the same place they remember leaving it or in a completely different location altogether, sometimes never reappearing at all. One such case goes like this:

Why do objects disappear when creating a block?

When creating a block, the objects selected do disappear. This is by design. If you want to restore the objects by undoing you can, but you loose the block definition. There is a special OOPS command that gets your objects back while retaining the block definition!

Why does my object disappear in edit mode?

The object’s vertices, edges and faces all disappeared too, and changing from edit mode to object mode; or changing the Viewport Shading did not get them back. I noticed that like you, it happened after duplicating part of the object to create a new object.