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?
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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.
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File Context
Related entities
Tracker findings
Eyewitness spouse described a brilliant red sphere
The record states: The spouse of the eyewitness described the light as a 'brilliant red sphere' about one meter in diameter.
Release provenance
- Release
- Release 03
- Official ID
- release-03-file-009-fbi-uap-pr004-northeastern-orb-sighting-2025
- Cleared
- Jun 12, 2026
Related coverage
Sighting Context
Stored occurrence and enrichment data for this released artifact. Missing or regional data stays explicit rather than being inferred.
sphere
Static reduced-motion summary
Observation profile
Recorded occurrence details
- Occurrence
- Northeastern United States · July, 2025
- Classification
- sphere
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Referenced Timeline
Northeastern Orb Sighting
An eyewitness observed an intense bright light in their backyard.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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