WASHINGTON — US officials have found a location in the Northeast where unexplained glowing orbs frequently appear in the night sky, bringing experts closer to solving a longstanding UFO mystery.
The site’s existence, reported to the FBI and confirmed by agents, is being disclosed Friday as part of a third tranche of UFO files released pursuant to President Trump’s February declassification order.
The location is not identified in documents, but it is described as being on a secluded pond.
A possible breakthrough has emerged, according to US officials, as to why mysterious orbs keep appearing across the Northeast. Obtained by the NY PostThe sightings began in 2021 and have continued at irregular intervals. The resident who reported the sightings to the FBI in October 2024 is considered credible and recorded footage on his cellphone of the orbs — including of them appearing to replicate.
The pinpointing of a location where orbs are frequently seen could be a break-through because the objects are similar to descriptions supplied by witnesses from other areas with one-off reports that do not allow for the deployment of scientific equipment for deeper analysis.
Four videos were provided to the FBI and are being released in the latest cache.
After receiving the video files, which were inspected to ensure they were not part of a hoax, FBI agents undertook a site visit and saw the orbs themselves.
The earliest video, from 2021, shows a single bright but distant orb appearing to replicate into at least three orbs over the course of about two minutes.
A 2022 video of similar duration shows two orbs of a more reddish hue appearing to hover in proximity to each other.
A 2024 video, lasting more than four minutes, shows a single brightly colored orb seeming to change size.
The specific location has not been disclosed. Obtained by the NY PostThe final video from the area, lasting under a minute, is from 2025 and again shows a pair of reddish orbs hovering together.
The informant “observed these objects in the vicinity of and sometimes as close as 200 yards from [his] residence,” a declassified FBI file says.
“These objects have been observed hovering in a static position, and moving. They are sometimes observed above the horizon, as well as close to the ground, within the trees, and in or near the water.”
“[He] has privately consulted with multiple people regarding [the] observations, and has set up trail cameras and other sensors to collect data from [the] property [and has] seen spikes in Gamma radiation that correlate with times [he] has observed the objects, and additional unusual effects on electronics and GPS data from devices,” the FBI file says.
The tipster further reported that a neighbor also had seen the orbs.
The sightings were first reported to the FBI in October 2024, with cellphone footage showing the orbs. Obtained by the NY PostTwo FBI agents visited the man’s home in November 2024 and saw an array of unexplained lights.
A “white light” was observed that “danced around [for] less than ten seconds, moving side to side, and then disappeared,” the agents wrote in a report.
“Within the tree line to the west of [the informant’s] home, there were other lights observed by Agents. On multiple occasions, [a special agent] observed white lights appear at the top of the tree line. These lights would pulse and flash” with a “white/blue hue and then disappear,” the file says.
The two agents also reported seeing “plumes of broad light appearing for several seconds before a flash of light, either red or white appeared, and moved erratically before disappearing” and that a “bright white light above a bright red light at the far end of the pond hovered at a approximately tree-top height, moved quickly from right to left, disappeared, then re-appeared simultaneously where it had first appeared, moved quickly from right to left and disappeared again. Both Agents observed this activity.”
The FBI team took five blurry photos during that visit, according to the files, and discounted as improbable obvious potential explanations for what they witnessed, such as the presence of drones.
The initial sightings have occurred since 2021 and have continued at irregular intervals. Obtained by the NY PostAuthorities do not yet know the nature of the orbs, and are not speculating about their origin pending further study.
The files on the Northeast location do not describe a nearby military facility or sensitive site that might explain the presence of domestic or foreign advanced technology.
Earlier releases of the UFO files have included reports of orb sightings in the western US, including by officials deep in a restricted-access mountain range just last year.
An intelligence officer present during that episode, which was detailed in a May release of files, described orbs of similar appearance emerging in close proximity to his helicopter and seeming to replicate. An infrared tool detected heat from at least some of the orbs.
In that western instance, fighter jets were called to investigate. The intelligence officer reported being “virtually speechless,” noting the orbs appeared to change speed and “chase” the jets.
Trump and his senior officials have not commented on the possible causes of unexplained aerial phenomena, and records released to date have varied in corroboration.
The president has said that he is skeptical about the existence of alien life, but ordered the release of UFO files after former President Barack Obama said of aliens during a Feburary interview: “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them.”
