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This redacted PDF is an FBI 302 interview with a senior U.S. intelligence official about a first-hand UAP encounter at a U.S. military facility in late 2025. The official said he and other federal and state personnel searched areas where orbs had previously been seen, using a helicopter.

After searching the area, they found a "super-hot" orb hovering over the ground, which reportedly traveled 20 miles at a speed too fast for the helicopter pursuing it. The account also describes a "swarm" of lights moving in all directions, followed by four or five additional orbs that flared up and down for a short time, with the same pattern continuing across the area for about thirty minutes. Related photos were described as part of the same set of observations at a sensitive government testing installation in the Western U.S., where orb-like UAP were seen by government personnel and sensors, including pilots under night vision goggles and ground observers with night vision.

Declassified by the Department of War under the PURSUE UAP records release (tranche of 5/8/26).
Agency: FBI
Incident: Late 2025, United States
Document ID: usper-statement-redacted
This release is redacted.