The Department of Defense released a third tranche of documents related to UFOs Friday, including several recent recounts of unidentified glowing “orbs” captured on videos by bystanders.
The recent batch of files, contains reports from the CIA, Defense Department, FBI and other intelligence agencies dating back to 1949. While some are analyses of flying objects, many are also firsthand accounts of “orbs” or unidentified objects in the sky.
One report, from July 2025, says two eyewitnesses saw “an intense bright light” in their backyard and found two “orbs” described as a “brilliant red sphere” that also contained a “white plasma ‘sun.’”
Pentagon Spokesperson Sean Parnell said the release contained declassified and historical unidentified anomalous phenomena and that the Defense Department was working to release the next batch of files.
“As the unprecedented levels of interest in both this topic and the Trump administration’s historic transparency effort continue, WAR.GOV/UFO has received over 1.7 billion hits worldwide since the site’s launch on May 8, 2026,” Parnell added.
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