Department of War PURSUE File
FBI-UAP-PR001, “Triangle Orbs,” Northeastern United States, 2021
Northeastern United States·November, 2021
Editorial summary
This is video captured in the northeastern United States in November 2021 at about 5:00 a.m. local time. According to statements the eyewitness gave to the FBI, a bright light source appeared near the horizon at an estimated 2,000 feet, first looking like a single intense object before resolving into multiple lights moving erratically relative to one another. The object drifted slowly from left to right. The witness filmed it with a hand-held iPhone 12 Pro, which caused some camera movement. The FBI assessed the witness as highly credible.
Editorial summary written by govweird from the declassified document text. The official government description follows below.
Government description
In November 2021, at approximately 0500 local time in the northeastern United States, an eyewitness observed a bright light source near the horizon at an estimated distance of 2,000 feet. The light source initially appeared as a single intense luminous object before resolving into multiple lights exhibiting erratic rotational motion relative to one another. The object slowly moved laterally from left to right during the encounter. The eyewitness captured the video with a hand-held iPhone 12 Pro, resulting in unintended camera movement. The location was well known to the eyewitness and is sparsely populated. The description above is derived from statements provided to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) by the eyewitness to the event. The FBI assesses the individual who reported this event as highly credible. The subject matter described in files FBI-UAP-D004 through FBI-UAP-D008 and depicted in the video footage FBI-UAP-PR001 through FBI-UAP-PR003 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
VID
Incident date
November, 2021
Incident location
Northeastern United States
Release tranche
Release 03 (May 8, 2026)
Distribution
Cleared for public release