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Active leadUseful case file with unresolved ambiguity and room for more corroboration.

FBI interview of a senior US intelligence official of themselves and helicopter pilots who encountered orbs and orb swarms after being sent to search for them near a military base in late 2025.

OrbNamed sourcesDec 31, 2025, 12:00 AMmilitary base

Witnesses

Unknown

Duration

Unknown

Source material

2

Timeline

2

Source context

Limited context

46

Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.

Source provenance

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Correlations

Field Intelligence

Moon phase

84% illumination

Waxing gibbous — moderate moon brightness

Solar window

Sunrise5:00 AM
Sunset7:11 PM
Day length14h 11m

Weather

Open-Meteo
ConditionsOvercast
Temperature69°F
Cloud cover100% · Overcast
Wind5 mph

Area activity

Within 2 daysNo sightings within 60 mi

Context notes

Heavy cloud cover (100%) — limited visibility

Extracted details

Observed facts

Occurred

Dec 31, 2025, 12:00 AM

Timezone

South Africa Standard Time

Location

military base

Witness account

Narrative

This report is crazy, maybe I missed it but I'm surprised I haven't seen this it getting the attention I expected it to on the UAP forums. Only three pages long, it details them finding an orb, the orb flying off and spitting into two objects, the orbs going so fast the helicopters couldn't keep up, spotting multiple orb swarms flying around, etc... It's recent (late 2025) and the interviewee is a senior intelligence officer so they have credibility. Here's a link to the step above the PDF fo...

Case progression

Timeline

Encounter windowDec 31, 2025, 12:00 AM

Witnesses place the encounter near military base.

PublishedMay 15, 2026, 8:26 PM

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Original report

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telemetry

Environmental pass

Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.