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FBI-UAP-PR004: “Northeastern Orb Sighting,” 2025

This released video accompanies an attributed eyewitness account. The source record states that an eyewitness observed an intense bright light in their backyard in July 2025. The footage does not by itself identify the observed lights or their origin. The video is useful because it preserves the released visual record alongside the attributed witness description and related investigative files from the same reporting sequence.

File
Video · Release 03
Date
July, 2025
Location
Northeastern United States
Agency
FBI

Probed Assessment

This released video accompanies an attributed eyewitness account. The source record states that an eyewitness observed an intense bright light in their backyard in July 2025. The footage does not by itself identify the observed lights or their origin.

Key takeaways

  • The source states that an eyewitness observed an intense bright light in their backyard in July 2025.
  • The source states that the spouse of the eyewitness described the light as a 'brilliant red sphere' about one meter in diameter.
  • The source states that the center of the red sphere appeared to be a white plasma 'sun' about the size of a basketball.

Why it matters

The video is useful because it preserves the released visual record alongside the attributed witness description and related investigative files from the same reporting sequence.

Corroboration

The footage and related FBI records corroborate that a visual recording and witness account were released together. They do not, by themselves, identify the recorded lights or establish an extraordinary origin.

Open questions

  • What contemporaneous location, weather, aviation, satellite, or sensor records are available for comparison?

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

In July 2025, at approximately 2100 local time in the northeastern United States, an eyewitness observed an intense bright light in their backyard as they parked their car upon returning home from work. The light was hovering approximately 25 feet off the ground, below a tree line near the center of their backyard, at an estimated distance of 90 feet. The eyewitness exited their vehicle briefly before retrieving their phone to record the event. The spouse of the eyewitness came outside to assess the situation. The spouse also witnessed the light, describing it as a “brilliant red sphere” about one meter in diameter. The center of the red sphere appeared to be a white plasma “sun” about the size of a basketball. The orb slowly rose and moved to the left, and both eyewitnesses observed a second, identical orb, hovering above the other orb. The eyewitness then began recording the event using an iPhone 14 Pro Max, capturing the footage depicted in this video. As the eyewitness began recording, the orbs moved westward together above a nearby tree line. The witnesses described the orbs’ motion as silent and smooth, and as moving in tandem as though they were flying in formation or tethered together. As the orbs moved out of sight, both eyewitnesses saw them appear to merge. The eyewitnesses estimated that the orbs moved from their initial position before disappearing from view at an estimated distance of 75 yards. This observation occurred within 25 miles of the “Triangle Orbs,” “Red Orb Rotation,” and “Orbs Over the Pond,” sightings 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 eyewitnesses to the event. The FBI assesses the individuals who reported this event as credible. The subject matter described in files FBI-UAP-D009 through 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

Sighting Context

Stored occurrence and enrichment data for this released artifact. Missing or regional data stays explicit rather than being inferred.

Shape model

sphere

Static reduced-motion summary

Observation profile

Recorded occurrence details

Occurrence
Northeastern United States · July, 2025
Location
Northeastern United States
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Classification
sphere

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Referenced Timeline

  1. Northeastern Orb Sighting

    An eyewitness observed an intense bright light in their backyard.

  2. Document release date

    The document FBI-UAP-PR004 was cleared for release.

Source Claims

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

Reported by source4Source interpretation1
Source reportedAsserted

An eyewitness observed an intense bright light in their backyard in July 2025.

In July 2025, at approximately 2100 local time in the northeastern United States, an eyewitness observed an intense bright light in their backyard.

Source reportedAsserted

The spouse of the eyewitness described the light as a 'brilliant red sphere' about one meter in diameter.

The spouse also witnessed the light, describing it as a 'brilliant red sphere' about one meter in diameter.

Source reportedAsserted

The center of the red sphere appeared to be a white plasma 'sun' about the size of a basketball.

The center of the red sphere appeared to be a white plasma 'sun' about the size of a basketball.

Source reportedAsserted

The orbs moved westward together above a nearby tree line, appearing to merge.

As the orbs moved out of sight, both eyewitnesses saw them appear to merge.

InterpretationAsserted

The FBI assesses the individuals who reported this event as credible.

The FBI assesses the individuals who reported this event as credible.

Source Material & Evidence

statement

Eyewitness testimony of the orb sighting

Statements provided to the FBI by eyewitnesses

video

Video footage of the orbs

FBI-UAP-PR004

Research Map

6 entities · 1 grounded link

Lines appear only when two entities share a row-level source claim or dated timeline event. Unconnected nodes remain visible without implying a relationship.

UAP/Disclosure Graph
6 nodes1 links