At this point, I think reports of orbs are the most convincing evidence we have of new phenomena.
I’ve never seen one myself, but I’ve spoken with a few people who have, both through UAP/UFO connections and also just through conversation with people outside of the community.
The best personal story I heard was when I was at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. It was a quiet moment in the physicians work room. This was around 2020-2021. I brought up the UAP stuff to my colleague next to me, a hospitalist there, and she shared a story of a small green orb, to my memory the size of a softball or kids mini-basketball, that floated through the wall of her mother’s room one night, hovered over her bed for a short period of time, and the floated through the door and down the hall.
This case here, along with the USPER orb case from the last drop, and also there’s a military case of a bright white light in the Aurora Borrealis (we published this through AIAA) a couple years ago, are all compelling.
UFO FILES #3: “ORBS OVER THE POND”
FBI-UAP-PR003
In October 2024, at approx. 6:51pm in the northeastern United States, an eyewitness observed a light source below the horizon, hovering above a pond at an estimated distance of 2,700 feet. The luminous object resembled a “plasma-like sphere” intermittently changing shape and luminosity. At times, the primary light source appeared to separate into smaller luminous points. A luminous point below the primary source hovered just above the water and did not appear consistent with a surface reflection.
The object remained generally stationary for approximately 45 minutes before disappearing. The eyewitness did not hear any sound from the objects. This video was captured by a private citizen on an iPhone and subsequently analyzed and authenticated by the U.S. Government. To protect the individual’s privacy, the footage has been cropped. Apart from this privacy-protective measure, no edits, enhancements, or alterations have been made to the visual content.
The description above is derived from statements provided to the FBI by an eyewitness to the event. The FBI assesses the individual who reported this event as highly credible.
The subject matter described in files FBI-UAP-D004 through FBI-UAP-D008 and depicted in the video footage FBI-UAP-PR001 through FBI-UAP-PR003 corresponds to reports originating from the same general area in the northeastern United States.