Archive record · video

FBI-UAP-PR001, “Triangle Orbs,” Northeastern United States, 2021

Source label

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Catalog date

2026-06-12

Record type

video

Record summary

In November 2021, at approximately 0500 local time in the northeastern United States, an eyewitness observed a bright light source near the horizon at an estimated distance of 2,000 feet. The light source initially appeared as a single intense luminous object before resolving into multiple lights exhibiting erratic rotational motion relative to one another. The object slowly moved laterally from left to right during the encounter. The eyewitness captured the video with a hand-held iPhone 12 Pro, resulting in unintended camera movement. The location was well known to the eyewitness and is spar…

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