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SF-2026-000459UnverifiedAliens & UAPs

USPER Statement about UAP Sighting (FBI 302, Redacted)

Released by the U.S. Department of War (via war.gov) as part of a UAP disclosure release, this file is an FBI 302 interview conducted with a senior U.S. intelligence official (referred to as USPER) regarding a first-hand UAP encounter at a U.S. military facility. According to the releasing agency, the witness and other federal and state personnel conducted searches by helicopter of an area where 'orbs' had previously been reported. They located a 'super-hot' orb hovering at ground level under FLIR; the orb reportedly traveled roughly 20 miles at a speed too fast for the pursuing helicopter, broke into two objects, and was accompanied by a 'swarm' of lights moving in all directions. Four or five additional orbs were observed flaring up and down over roughly thirty minutes. The redacted event log records timestamps and coordinate-redacted movements of two helicopters (Call Sign 1 and Call Sign 2), listening/observation posts using FLIR and night vision, and multiple witnesses. The document is paired with a large set of FBI photos (A- and B-series) purportedly showing the UAP through night vision devices. The narrative describes orb-like UAP observed at various ranges by multiple government personnel and sensors during an exercise in 2025. The page marks the file as heavily redacted, classified SECRET//NOFORN in its markings.

Source: U.S. Department of Warwar.gov ↗Incident 2025Released May 8, 2026Discovered Jul 2, 2026336.9 KBimage
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Description

A heavily redacted FBI FD-302 interview record documenting a senior U.S. intelligence official's first-hand account of orb-like unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) encountered during a nighttime helicopter search at a sensitive government testing installation in the Western United States in late 2025.

Claims

  • A senior U.S. intelligence official witnessed orb-like UAP with the naked eye while accompanied by pilots using night vision goggles at a sensitive government testing installation in the Western US in 2025.

    55%

  • LP/OP personnel observed a 'super-hot' orb hovering at ground level under FLIR that then moved at a high rate of speed and broke into two objects.

    50%

  • An orb traveled approximately 20 miles at a speed too fast for a pursuing helicopter, and a 'swarm' of lights was seen moving in all directions.

    50%

  • Four or five additional orbs were seen flaring up and down over roughly thirty minutes across the area.

    50%

  • The encounters were observed by multiple government personnel and sensors simultaneously.

    50%

  • A senior US intelligence official witnessed a 'super-hot' orb hovering at ground level that traveled roughly 20 miles at a speed too fast for a pursuing helicopter.

    50%

  • An orb observed under FLIR broke into two objects and moved at a high rate of speed.

    50%

  • A 'swarm' of lights and four or five additional orbs were observed flaring up and down over about thirty minutes.

    50%

  • The UAP were observed by multiple government personnel and sensors, including pilots under NVGs and ground-based observers with night vision, during an exercise at a sensitive Western US testing installation in 2025.

    50%

  • Photos of UAP underneath the helicopter were taken through night vision devices by ground-based personnel.

    45%

Events

  1. Dec 31, 2024

    UAP aerial search and encounter

    Helicopter-based daytime and nighttime search for previously reported orbs/lights near a mountain range at a Western US testing facility, culminating in observation of a 'super-hot' orb hovering at ground level and subsequent multiple orb sightings.

  2. May 7, 2026

    Document release

    Release of the redacted FBI 302 statement by the U.S. Department of War.

  3. Dec 31, 2024

    UAP encounter and helicopter search

    Federal and state personnel conducted daytime and nighttime searches for previously reported orbs, locating a 'super-hot' orb hovering at ground level that traveled at high speed and split into two objects; additional swarms and flaring orbs observed over ~30 minutes.

  4. FBI 302 interview

    FBI agents interviewed a senior U.S. intelligence official about the first-hand UAP encounter.

  5. May 7, 2026

    File release

    Document publicly released via war.gov UAP release (Release 3).

Dates mentioned

20252026-05-08

Keywords

UAPUFOorbsFBI 302redactedFLIRnight visionintelligence officialswarmsuper-hot orbhelicoptertesting installationDepartment of Warhelicopter search

Entities

Extracted text (OCR)
SECHEIINGREAN

Cn I 202, at approximately 1700 hours| [WITNESS 1 (a senior US
intefigence offcial)], [FEDERAL PARTNER 1] and [FEDERAL PARTNER 2],
accompanied by [WITNESS 2 (a senior US intelligence official)], and two pilots from
[STATE PARTNER ORGANIZATION], departed the

[OPERATIONS CENTER] ([COORDINATES})

main BM area via a [STATE PARTNE!

[CALL SIGN 1]) to conduct a daytime ariel search of the [MOUNTAIN RANGE NAME]

west of [SITE CODE NAME] on [FACILITY] Previous eyewitness reports from
personnel who observed orbslights VAM SScrx0 wr ited hearing
mething has fallen and hit the ground. (Note: Earlier that day the
fice| completed a successful test of the i
at [SITE CODE NAME] ([COORDINATES)) on [FACILITY].
At 1751 hours) [CALL SIGN 1] spotted a large cavern entrance ((COORDINATES])
and conducted a short orbit of the —

At — 2050 hoursI[CALL SIGN 1] landed west of the

mountaing and dropped off [WITNESS 2] with [FEDERAL PARTNER 3]
personnel. At 2052 hours [CALL SIGN 1] headed toward [SITE CODE NAME] to
refuel. A second helicopter ([STATE PARTNER ORGANIZATION] — [CALL SIGN 2])
briefly landed at [SITE CODE NAME] to await refueling but then lifted off and returned
to the

At 2141 hours Ij (CALL SIGN 1] lifted off from [SITE CODE NAME] and headed
toward debris spotted by the Listening Post/Observation Post (LP/OP - [FEDERAL
PARTNER 4] personnel using Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) and Night Vision
Goggles (NVG)- position (COORDINATES) located approximately four miles east of
[SITE CODE NAME] in the mountains JJ location ([COORDINATES))). [CALL SIGN
4] orbited the location while searching with NVGs (pilots) and the naked eye (WITNESS
1}) with the aid of the helicopter's spotlight in near full darkness for several minutes with
negative results.

At approximately 2149 hours, [CALL SIGN 1] departed the search location to return to
base and received notification from LP/OP that [had hits bearing J 4
miles out from their location. The JOC then provided coord ([COORDINATES)). [CALL
SIGN 1] moved to intercept

At 2202 hours) [CALL SIGN 1] arrived at the aforementioned coordinates and
spotted a possible aircraft on the horizon moving away to the west. LP/OP confirmed
the sighting then relayed they spotted an orb under FLIR and described as “super-hot
hovering at ground level before heading bearingffrom LP/OP. LP/OP reported the
orb was heading east and then south at a high rate of speed and then broke into two
objects. LP/OP directed [CALL SIGN 4] to head south to [COORDINATES] to intercept

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