Pentagon releases UFO files on glowing orbs seen in Northeast

Glowing orbs, including one described as a red sphere about three feet wide with a white, plasma-like center, were among the latest Pentagon records on unidentified anomalous phenomena. The 72-file release added accounts from the FBI, CIA and Pentagon to a public archive built under the Pentagon’s PURSUE disclosure process. Officials said the material had been screened for security, but many of the incidents still have not been analyzed for a definitive explanation.

The June 12 drop was the third public tranche under PURSUE, after releases on May 8 and May 22 that contained 162 files and 64 files, respectively, bringing the total public haul to 298 records. President Donald Trump is the latest president to oversee the release of such records, extending a transparency effort that dates to the late 1970s. Pete Hegseth said the files had long been hidden behind classifications and that “the American people should see them.”

One February report in the batch documents FBI interviews with two people who said they saw an intense bright light in their backyard one evening. The report describes a red sphere that was about three feet wide, with a white, plasma-like center, and says a second orb appeared tethered to it as both moved away. Other entries refer to white orbs seen later at higher altitude, a July 2025 interview and an October 2024 account involving a luminous object hovering above a pond.

The Pentagon uses the term UAP, or unidentified anomalous phenomena, for objects or events in the air, at sea or on land that defy scientific explanation. Its public archive can be searched by release date, agency and file type, a sign that the disclosure process is becoming more systematic even as the underlying incidents remain unresolved. The files do not establish extraterrestrial activity; they document how unexplained sightings are being gathered, reviewed and placed into a public record that is meant to withstand scrutiny.