Invisible dot window in exposé

For a few boots now I have found an empty space the size of a medium-large window with a dot above the title space which cannot be easily clicked, I can scroll to select it but when I do so it does not change application. Quitting all apps does not get rid of it and it doesn't belong to an app's exposé. Please help identify this mysterious object.

Can supply a screen shot?
You can upload on e.g. http://imgur.com/ or http://yfrog.com/

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