Grey ghost balls in task bar

Today I have seen something new and strange. In the center of my task bar at the top of the screen about 1 inch apart are two pale gray ghost like circles or balls. They are about 1/2 the height of the task bar. They just sit there and do nothing and if yoiu put your pointer on them nothing happens but they are just there. Does anyone have any idea what or where these came from? Never seen them or anything like this on any of my mac products till today. It is on my 15" MBP. Thanks for any help with this puzzle!

Here is a screen shot of what I am seeing.

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