USPER Statement about UAP Sighting
This three-page witness statement gives a time-coded account of a helicopter search mission and a subsequent series of reported orb encounters. This analysis treats the descriptions as unverified witness and ground-team reporting while preserving the distinctions among naked-eye, night-vision, radar, and FLIR observations.
- File
- Document · Release 01
- Date
- Late 2025
- Location
- United States
- Extent
- 3 pages
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Probed Assessment
Key takeaways
- The statement describes a helicopter mission to search a test-range mountain area after personnel reported orbs, lights, and thud sounds.
- At 1751 hours, the helicopter crew spotted a large cavern entrance and orbited it briefly.
- At 2202 hours, a ground observation post reported a “super-hot” orb on FLIR that moved east, then south, and split into two objects.
Why it matters
USPER Statement about UAP Sighting is an officially released 3-page record with searchable page text, page-specific claim locators, dated events where supported, and document-level provenance.
Corroboration
The release establishes official provenance for USPER Statement about UAP Sighting, but its reported observations, judgments, and interpretations remain source claims unless supported by independent records.
Open questions
- • Which companion records or contemporaneous sources, if any, independently corroborate the document’s key claims?
Probed separates this editorial assessment from the source claims below. It summarizes what the released artifact supports; it is not independent verification.
Official Description from War.gov
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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Tracker findings
Helicopter mission searched a test-range mountain area after orb reports
The statement describes a helicopter search mission launched after personnel reported orbs, lights, and thud sounds in a test-range mountain area.
Ground post reported a “super-hot” orb on FLIR
The time-coded statement says a ground observation post reported a “super-hot” orb on FLIR moving east, then south, before splitting into two objects.
The orb traveled for 20 miles at a speed too fast for the helicopter in pursuit
The released document states that the orb traveled for 20 miles at a speed too fast for the helicopter in pursuit.
Four or five additional orbs were seen shortly thereafter for a short time
The released document states that four or five additional orbs were seen shortly thereafter for a short time, flaring up and then down.
USPER statement reports orbs flaring in horizontal formation
The OCR page states that orbs flared up one at a time in horizontal formation, then flared down in the opposite order after about ten to fifteen seconds.
USPER statement reports five to six orbs near a local town
The OCR page states that pilots and a witness spotted five to six orbs flare up east of the site around 2252 hours.
Release provenance
- Release
- Release 01
- Official ID
- release-01-file-157-usper-statement-about-uap-sighting
- Cleared
- May 8, 2026
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Referenced Timeline
Cavern entrance spotted
The helicopter briefly orbited a large cavern entrance.
LinkedMission HelicopterCrew departed an unsuccessful debris search
The crew left the search location after finding no debris.
Ground team reported a super-hot orb
The ground team reported an FLIR object moving east and south before splitting.
LinkedInfrared SensorReported close approach and pursuit
The ground team reported a close approach; the helicopter ended pursuit because it could not match the object’s speed.
LinkedMission HelicopterSwarm of lights reported
The pilots and witness reported a large swarm moving in multiple directions.
Close orb formation reported
The statement records stationary oval orbs close to the helicopter.
LinkedMission HelicopterTriangle formation reported
Three distinct orbs were reported within a swarm of lights.
Orbs reported above military aircraft
Four orbs were reported flaring above descending military aircraft.
Helicopter returned to the operations center
The crew returned low on fuel.
LinkedMission Helicopter
Source Claims
Claims are attributed to the released source and remain distinct from Probed’s assessment and tracker findings.
The statement describes a helicopter mission to search a test-range mountain area after personnel reported orbs, lights, and thud sounds.
Previous eyewitness reports from personnel who observed orbs/lights
At 1751 hours, the helicopter crew spotted a large cavern entrance and orbited it briefly.
spotted a large cavern entrance ([COORDINATES]) and conducted a short orbit of the location
At 2202 hours, a ground observation post reported a “super-hot” orb on FLIR that moved east, then south, and split into two objects.
LP/OP reported the orb was heading east and then south at a high rate of speed and then broke into two objects.
The statement says the ground team reported an orb rising to within ten feet of the helicopter before heading away.
LP/OP reported the orb gained elevation, came within ten feet of (CALL SIGN 1]
At 2218 hours, the pilots using night-vision goggles and the witness using the naked eye reported a swarm of lights too numerous to count.
the pilots (NVG) and (WITNESS 1] (naked eye) spotting a swarm of lights (too many to count) moving in all directions
The witness and pilots reported two stationary, oval, orange orbs with white or yellow centers close to and above the helicopter’s rotor disk.
From the naked eye perspective, the two orbs appeared to flare up and remain stationary side by side. They appeared to be oval shaped, orange in color with a white or yellow center and emitting light in all directions.
The statement describes additional orbs flaring below the first pair and dimming in reverse order after four or five were visible.
After a few seconds, a third orb flared up below the two, and then another one below that one until there were four or five in total below the original two.
The witness and pilots reported horizontal orb formations above military aircraft that flared for roughly ten to fifteen seconds and dimmed in reverse order.
The orbs flared up one at a time in a horizontal formation and after approximately ten - fifteen seconds, flared down in the opposite order.
At 2249 hours, the statement records a swarm of lights with three distinct orbs in a triangle formation.
with three distinct orbs in a triangle formation. After several seconds the orbs flared down and lost visual.
The witness commented that many reported sightings were above the helicopter and outside its FLIR camera angle.
Pilots indicated they were recording however many sightings were above the helicopter which was outside of the helicopters FLIR camera angle.
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