Exclusive | US officials closer to cracking UFO mystery after locating site of recurring glowing orbs
WASHINGTON — US officials have figured out a location in the Northeast where unexplained glowing orbs frequently appear in the night sky, putting them on the verge of solving a longstanding UFO mystery.The site’s existence, determined following a tip from a local resident and repeated visits by FBI agents, is being disclosed Friday as part of a third tranche of UFO files released pursuant to President Trump’s February declassification order.The precise location is still being kept a secret.The sightings began in 2021 and have continued at irregular intervals, but the infromation released Friday is significant because the resident who reported the sightings to the FBI in October 2024 is considered credible and recorded footage on his cellphone of the orbs — including them appearing to replicate.Four videos were provided to the FBI and are being released in the latest cache.After receiving the video files, which were inspected to ensure they were not part of a hoax, FBI agents undertook a site visit and saw the orbs themselves.The earliest video, from 2021, shows a single bright but distant orb appearing to replicate into at least three orbs over the course of about two minutes.A 2022 video of similar duration shows two orbs of a more reddish hue appearing to hover in proximity to each other.A 2024 video, lasting more than four minutes, shows a single brightly colored orb seeming to change size.The final video from the area, lasting under a minute, is from 2025 and again shows a pair of reddish orbs hovering together.The informant “observed these objects in the vicinity of and sometimes as close as 200 yards from [his] residence.These objects have been observed hovering in a static position, and moving.
They are sometimes observed above the horizon, as well as close to the ground, within the trees, and in or near the water,” a declassified FBI file says.“[He] has privately consulted with multiple people regarding [the] observations, and has set up trail...