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FBI-UAP-PR003 — “Orbs Over the Pond,” 2024

File
FBI-UAP-PR003
Agency
FBI
Incident date
October, 2024
Location
Northeastern United States
Released in
Release 03 (2026-06-12)
File type
VIDEO
Length
4:25

In October 2024, at approximately 1851 local time 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 Federal Bureau of Investigation (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.

Key moments

AI-generated from video frames · may be inaccurate

  • 0:00 Cropped upright phone video at dusk: a bright white light hangs before a dark tree line, above the pale pond, brush in the foreground.
  • 0:01 Directly below it, a second, fainter point at the water line stretches into a short vertical streak, shrinks to a dot, and fades by 0:04.6.
  • 0:30 The light dims to a faint grey smudge for about a second, then comes back; it dims again at 0:38.5-0:40.
  • 1:05 The camera tilts up, showing pale sky and a distant ridge at the top; the light sits lower, then drifts to the right edge.
  • 1:21 The camera swings off the light for about two seconds; it streaks back in from the top and settles near the centre.
  • 1:38 The whole picture darkens sharply for about ten seconds; the light stays bright near the centre.
  • 2:22 The light swells into a larger, softer pale disc for about three seconds, then shrinks back to a sharp point.
  • 2:43 It swells again into a large, very bright disc for about eight seconds, with a brief dip at 2:47, before tightening.
  • 3:09 The light turns dim and soft: a pale, out-of-focus disc that flickers and briefly sharpens for about ten seconds.
  • 4:16 The light blurs into a pale ring with a darker centre, then snaps back to a bright point.
  • 4:19 The light rises toward the top of the frame as the camera moves, and the clip ends.

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TL;DR

At 4 min 25 s, the pond got more screen time than any wildlife documentary.

  • Video, FBI, October 2024, Northeastern United States
  • Eyewitness saw plasma-like sphere 2,700 ft away, hovering ~45 min, with changing lights
  • No official conclusion in the file

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Same topic: title & summary match

Same location: Northeastern United States

Same period: 2024

Same release: Release 03

Same agency: FBI