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The link above goes to Bungie's character development video from the Game Developers Conference. Pause the video around the 24 second mark and you'll see what I'm talking about. This enemy doesn't resemble any enemy I've seen.
I think it's either the "Glimmer" or a different class of the Hive.
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These are all but confirmed to be the Glimmer's ships. The style of that enemy and these ships are completely different; there's no way that this is the Glimmer. The best theory about what the Glimmer actually are is that they are a phantom-like race, who control other races to use as soldiers. [url=http://www.cinemablend.com/images/sections/52668/Destiny_52668.jpg]Take a look at this image[/url]. The Cabal and Fallen in it have a strange blue mist covering them, they are carrying no weapons, walking together, and each glowing the same colour of blue. This blue-green colour is similar to the beams which are coming out of the ships above. [url=http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_full_width_scaled/hash/a4/7a/a47afbbb1d5810a348c9c0032142fe24.jpg?itok=qRRePy-D]Furthermore look at these concept art images for the 5 enemy types in Destiny[/url]. The glimmer is the yellow column, as you can see by their triangular ships. Notice the other two things in this concept art? A strange, ghost-like figure, and a cloud of mist; the same mist we see in the previous image. As for what I think this race is? I say Cabal because of it's large structure, but it very well could be the Hive too.