USPER Statement about UAP Sighting
This is an FBI 302 interview conducted with a senior US intelligence official regarding his first-hand account of a UAP encounter at a US military facility. USPER relayed to FBI agents that he and other federal and state personnel conducted searches to where orbs had been previously seen. After searching the area with a helicopter, they found a “super-hot” orb hovering over the ground. The orb is reported to have travelled for 20 miles at a speed too fast for the helicopter in pursuit. An additional “swarm” of lights were seen moving in all directions. A total of four or five additional orbs were seen shortly thereafter for a short time, flaring up and then down. This pattern of four or five orbs flaring up, then down continued over the next thirty minutes across the area. The photos linked in the "Related Media" section are connected to a set of UAP encounters on a sensitive government testing installation in the Western US in 2025. These orb-like UAP were observed at various ranges by multiple, and in some cases simultaneous, government personnel and sensors. The linked narrative is an FBI-collected account from a senior U.S. intelligence community official who witnessed the UAP with the naked eye, while accompanied by two pilots under NVGs. Other pilots in separate aircraft, and ground-based observers with night vision, also witnessed UAP during the exercise. The photos of UAP underneath the helicopter are from this same set of observations, taken through night vision devices by ground-based personnel.
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- Unclassified
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- FBI
- Reference #
- RELEASE-01-FILE-156-USPER-STATEMENT-ABOUT-UAP-SIGHTING
- Published
- 2026-05-08
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USPER relayed to FBI agents that he and other federal and state personnel conducted searches to where orbs had been previously seen.
USPER relayed to FBI agents that he and other federal and state personnel conducted searches to where orbs had been previously seen.
A 'super-hot' orb was found hovering over the ground.
LP/OP confirmed the sighting then relayed they spotted an orb under FUR and described as 'super-hot' hovering at ground level.
The orb traveled for 20 miles at a speed too fast for the helicopter in pursuit.
LP/OP reported the orb was heading east and then south at a high rate of speed and then broke into two objects.
A swarm of lights was seen moving in all directions.
At 2218 hours, (CALL SIGN 1] remained at (COORDINATES] awaiting instructions when the pilots (NVG) and (WITNESS 1] (naked eye) spotting a swarm of lights too many to count) moving in all directions.
Four or five additional orbs were seen shortly thereafter for a short time, flaring up and then down.
The orbs flared up one at a time in a horizontal formation and after approximately ten - fifteen seconds, flared down in the opposite order.
This pattern of four or five orbs flaring up, then down continued over the next thirty minutes across the area.
This pattern of four or five orbs flaring up, then down continued over the next thirty minutes across the area.
The photos linked in the 'Related Media' section are connected to a set of UAP encounters on a sensitive government testing installation in the Western US in 2025.
The photos linked in the 'Related Media' section are connected to a set of UAP encounters on a sensitive government testing installation in the Western US in 2025.
These orb-like UAP were observed at various ranges by multiple, and in some cases simultaneous, government personnel and sensors.
These orb-like UAP were observed at various ranges by multiple, and in some cases simultaneous, government personnel and sensors.
The linked narrative is an FBI-collected account from a senior U.S. intelligence community official who witnessed the UAP with the naked eye, while accompanied by two pilots under NVGs.
The linked narrative is an FBI-collected account from a senior U.S. intelligence community official who witnessed the UAP with the naked eye, while accompanied by two pilots under NVGs.
Other pilots in separate aircraft, and ground-based observers with night vision, also witnessed UAP during the exercise.
Other pilots in separate aircraft, and ground-based observers with night vision, also witnessed UAP during the exercise.
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UAP Sighting
USPER and others observed UAP at a US military facility.
USPER UAP Sighting
USPER and other personnel conducted searches for orbs.
Cavern entrance spotted
CALL SIGN 1 spotted a large cavern entrance.
Search location departure
CALL SIGN 1 departed the search location to return to base.
Possible aircraft sighting
CALL SIGN 1 spotted a possible aircraft on the horizon moving away to the west.
Military aircraft in airspace
Five military aircraft were in the airspace conducting a training mission.
Swarm of lights spotted
A swarm of lights moving in all directions was spotted.
Orbs flare up
Two large orbs appeared in close proximity to CALL SIGN 1.
Orb formation spotted
A similar orb formation was spotted to the east in the direction of a nearby town.
Orb flare up over mountain
An orb flared up west of SITE CODE NAME over the mountain.
Swarm of lights with triangle formation
A swarm of lights with three distinct orbs in a triangle formation was spotted.
Orbs flare up near local town
Five to six orbs flared up near a local town.
Orbs over military aircraft
Four orbs flared up over the military aircraft as they descended to land.
Return to operations center
CALL SIGN 1 returned to the operations center.
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