Newly released Pentagon and FBI records describe a series of orb sightings reported from the same area of the northeastern United States between at least October 2024 and June 2025, including one incident in which two witnesses reported seeing a glowing red sphere containing what appeared to be a basketball-sized "white plasma sun."The sightings are among dozens of records published through the Trump administration's Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Encounters, or PURSUE, a government-wide effort to declassify files related to UAPs. According to records released Thursday, an eyewitness in October 2024 reported observing a "plasma-like sphere" hovering above a pond at an estimated distance of roughly 2,700 feet.Investigators said the luminous object intermittently changed shape and brightness, at times appearing to separate into smaller points of light.
A second luminous point hovered above the water and did not appear consistent with a surface reflection.The object remained generally stationary for approximately 45 minutes before disappearing.The video was captured on an iPhone and later analyzed and authenticated by the U.S.
government, according to the records.The FBI assessed the eyewitness as highly credible.The release is the latest installment of the Trump administration's Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, or PURSUE, a transparency initiative launched after President Donald Trump directed federal agencies in February to review and declassify records related to unidentified anomalous phenomena.
The program has produced a steady stream of files ranging from cases investigators believe may have conventional explanations to incidents that remain unresolved years later.Fox News Digital attended a briefing with senior administration officials ahead of the release.PENTAGON UFO FILES DESCRIBE 'MOTHER ORB' RELEASING SMALLER OBJECTS IN 2023 INCIDENT THAT REMAINS UNEXPLAINEDA screensh...