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Department of War PURSUE File

FBI-UAP-D009, FD-302-67, “Northeastern Orb Sighting,” 2026

Northeastern United States·2026

Declassified

Editorial summary

This FBI FD-302 form records a February 2026 interview with a witness who described unidentified anomalous phenomena in the northeastern United States. The witness said that around 9:15 p.m. EST, while pulling into the driveway, they noticed an intense bright light hovering below the tree line in the backyard. A spouse came outside and described the light as a brilliant red sphere about one meter across, with what appeared to be a white plasma sun at its center. The witnesses watched a second identical orb appear above the first. The two orbs moved silently westward in tandem, as if in formation or tethered, and appeared to merge as they left view.

Editorial summary written by govweird from the declassified document text. The official government description follows below.

Government description

This document is an FBI FD-302, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation uses to record interviews. This FD-302 records a February 2026 interview with a U.S. person, in which they described incidents 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.

Caption issued by the U.S. Department of War on war.gov/ufo. Verbatim, unedited.

Originating agency

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Record type

PDF

Incident date

2026

Incident location

Northeastern United States

Release tranche

Release 03 (May 8, 2026)

Distribution

Cleared for public release

Original document

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Source: war.gov/ufo · PURSUE Release 03

PURSUE = Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. Records released by the U.S. Department of War on May 8, 2026 are unresolved cases for which the government cannot make a definitive determination, and the Department has invited private-sector analysis.