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FD-302-71, “Northeastern Orb Sighting,” 2026

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 2026 · 2 pages · text from the file's own layer

This Federal Bureau of Investigation FD-302 interview record, dated 2026, documents a witness account of orb sightings, with names and places redacted. The witness reported that around 9:15pm two balls of light, one yellow and basketball-sized and one larger, appeared behind trees near the home and moved laterally before one merged into the other and vanished. The witness also described white orbs weeks later and a red light that hovered and landed near a power station in 1987. Agents attached photos.

From the source: Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: 2026, Northeastern United States. Released with redactions. This document is an FBI FD-302, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation uses to record interviews. This FD-302 records an interview with a U.S. person regarding their first-hand account of an incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena. The subject matter described in files FBI-UAP-D009 and FBI-UAP-D010 and depicted in the video footage FBI-UAP-PR004 corresponds to reports originating from the same general area in the northeastern United States.

FBI-UAP-PR004 · video · 2025 “Northeastern Orb Sighting,” 2025 In July 2025, at approximately 2100 local time in the northeastern United States, an eyewitness observed an intense bright light in their backyard as they parked their car upon returning home from work. The light was hovering approximately 25 feet off the ground, below a tree line near the center of their backyard, at an estimated distance of 90 feet. The eyewitness exited their vehicle briefly before retrieving their phone to record the event. The spouse of the eyewitness came outside to assess the situation. The spouse also witnessed the light, describing it as a “brilliant red sphere” about one meter in diameter. The center of the red sphere appeared to be a white plasma “sun” about the size of a basketball. The orb slowly rose and moved to the left, and both eyewitnesses observed a second, identical orb, hovering above the other orb. The eyewitness then began recording the event using an iPhone 14 Pro Max, capturing the footage depicted in this video. As the eyewitness began recording, the orbs moved westward together above a nearby tree line. The witnesses described the orbs’ motion as silent and smooth, and as moving in tandem as though they were flying in formation or tethered together. As the orbs moved out of sight, both eyewitnesses saw them appear to merge. The eyewitnesses estimated that the orbs moved from their initial position before disappearing from view at an estimated distance of 75 yards. This observation occurred within 25 miles of the “Triangle Orbs,” “Red Orb Rotation,” and “Orbs Over the Pond,” sightings at a location well known to them, which is sparsely populated. The description above is derived from statements provided to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) by eyewitnesses to the event. The FBI assesses the individuals who reported this event as credible. The subject matter described in files FBI-UAP-D009 through FBI-UAP-D010 and depicted in the video footage FBI-UAP-PR004 corresponds to reports originating from the same general area in the northeastern United States. Download (24.7 MB)
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1'0-302 (Rtv. 5-8-10)
FEDERAL BUREAll OF' INVESTIGATION
Date ofentry
was interviewed along with
, at •••• - ---■ -After being advised of the identity of the interviewing agents and the
nature of the interview, provided the following
information:
- On ___ , ■■■■ arrived home in the evening around 9:15pm.
Once parking in the driveway, ■■■■ noticed a ball of ligh: -:hrough -
winds~ield which was yellow and about the size of a basketball. Upon exiting
the vehicle, ■••■ saw a second ball of ligjt which was larger and about
the size of a beach ball. rhe ocjects were be~ind a row of trees, which have
since been taken down but in front of a section of trees between -
prope=ty and - neighbor's property behind the home. ■••■ was able to
look at the lights without stre.1in or discomfort on - eyes.
stated that - h~s not h~d ~ny health issues or concerns since seeing these
objects.
[Agent Note; Based on where was standing, the objects were
approximately 30 yards away and 20-30 feet above the ground].
■: Upon seeir.g the lights, - came outside to views the objects as
well. Both ■••■ and - observed tte objects move laterally to their
left, passing behind a tree approximately 36 yards away, at the same height,
continuing behind a neighbor's house and beyond a tree that was
approximately 75 away. It was at this point where ■--■ stated that -
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■ - stated that a few weeks after this event, ■ saw several ~hite
orbs travel over 1111 house from the west to the east. These whi-:e orbs were
traveling much higher in ~ltit~dc than the prior red orbs.
■ In 1987, - stated that ■ had witnessed something strange off of
in ■■■■■■• near power lines. - saw a red light
circling around itself at night described lt like the front end or Kit frurn
lnvestii.;ation on Cniced Scaces
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