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FBI-UAP-D009: FD-302-67, “Northeastern Orb Sighting,” 2026

This released document records that an intense bright light was observed hovering below the tree line in the backyard. The file preserves the source account or analysis but does not independently establish interpretations beyond the cited record. This document is useful as an officially released artifact because it preserves the file's provenance and lets its claims be compared with related Release 03 records.

File
Document · Release 03
Date
2026
Location
Northeastern United States
Extent
2 pages

Probed Assessment

This released document records that an intense bright light was observed hovering below the tree line in the backyard. The file preserves the source account or analysis but does not independently establish interpretations beyond the cited record.

Key takeaways

  • The source states that an intense bright light was observed hovering below the tree line in the backyard.
  • The source states that the light was described as a red sphere about one meter in diameter with a 'white plasma sun' at the center.
  • The source states that the orbs moved together towards the west above the tree line, exhibiting a change in altitude and direction.

Why it matters

This document is useful as an officially released artifact because it preserves the file's provenance and lets its claims be compared with related Release 03 records.

Corroboration

The release metadata and stored source material corroborate the file's provenance. Reported sightings, interpretations, and allegations remain attributed to the source unless independently supported by the cited evidence.

Open questions

  • What additional contemporaneous records or independent evidence could test the source account?

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 document is an FBI FD-302, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation uses to record interviews. This FD-302 records a February 2026 interview with a U.S. person, in which they described incidents potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena. The subject matter described in files FBI-UAP-D009 and FBI-UAP-D010 and depicted in the video footage FBI-UAP-PR004 corresponds to reports originating from the same general area in the northeastern United States.

Preserved verbatim as source metadata. This wording is separate from Probed’s file-specific description and assessment.

File Context

Related entities

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Research Map relationships require row-level claim or timeline references.

Tracker findings

1

Witness described red sphere with a white plasma center

The record states: The light was described as a red sphere about one meter in diameter with a 'white plasma sun' at the center.

Release provenance

Release
Release 03
Official ID
release-03-file-005-fbi-uap-d009-fd-302-67-northeastern-orb-sighting-2026
Cleared
Jun 12, 2026
Official release source

Referenced Timeline

  1. Page 1

    Initial sighting of the red orb

    The witness returned home and observed the red orb.

  2. Page 2

    Sighting of white orbs

    Several white orbs were observed traveling over the house.

  3. Page 1

    Interview conducted

    Interview with a U.S. person describing incidents involving unidentified anomalous phenomena.

Source Claims

Claims are attributed to the released source and remain distinct from Probed’s assessment and tracker findings.

Source reportedObservedPage 1

An intense bright light was observed hovering below the tree line in the backyard.

noticed an intense bright light hovering below the tree line in the middle of their backyard.

Source reportedObservedPage 1

The light was described as a red sphere about one meter in diameter with a 'white plasma sun' at the center.

described the light as a red sphere that was about one meter in diameter. … inside the red sphere, at the center, there appeared to be what was described as a ‘white plasma sun’ about the size of a basketball.

Source reportedObservedPage 2

The orbs moved together towards the west above the tree line, exhibiting a change in altitude and direction.

The orbs then moved together towards the west above the tree line, stated that from the start of the observation to when the orbs traveled out of sight, they exhibited both a change in altitude and a change in direction.

Source reportedObservedPage 2

The orbs were silent and moved in a smooth motion.

The orbs were silent and moved in a smooth motion.

Source reportedObservedPage 2

A video of the orbs was captured and is attached to the interview document.

captured a video of the orbs beginning at the point when they were above the trees and moving away from their backyard. The video is contained as an attachment to this interview document.

Source reportedObservedPage 2

Several white orbs were observed traveling over the house from the west to the east at a higher altitude.

A few weeks later, stated that saw several white orbs travel over house from the west to the east. These white orbs were traveling much higher in altitude than the prior red orbs.

Source Material & Evidence

video

Video of orbs

FBI-UAP-PR004