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VID · FBIPURSUE Release 03

Department of War PURSUE File

FBI-UAP-PR002, “Red Orb Rotation,” Northeastern United States, 2022

Northeastern United States·March, 2022

Declassified

Editorial summary

This is video recorded in the northeastern United States in March 2022 at about 7:20 p.m. local time. Per statements the eyewitness provided to the FBI, two bright red light sources hovered near the horizon at an estimated 2,500 feet and stayed mostly stationary. The lower light appeared to rotate slowly relative to the upper one, shifting from a 6 o'clock to past a 9 o'clock position. The witness reported no sound and filmed the scene on an iPhone 12 Pro. 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 March 2022, at approximately 1920 local time in the northeastern United States, an eyewitness observed two bright red luminous light sources hovering near the horizon at an estimated distance of 2,500 feet. Both luminous objects maintained generally stationary positions throughout the encounter. The lower light source appeared to rotate slowly relative to the upper light source, moving from an apparent 6 o’clock position to slightly beyond the apparent 9 o’clock position. The eyewitness did not hear any sounds from the light sources. The eyewitness captured this video using an iPhone 12 Pro at a location well known to them, which is sparsely populated. The description above is derived from statements provided to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) by an 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

March, 2022

Incident location

Northeastern United States

Release tranche

Release 03 (May 8, 2026)

Distribution

Cleared for public release

Released video

Video record. DVIDS asset ID: 1010264

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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.