Mountain Range Helicopter Investigation with Multiple Orb Encounters
A senior intelligence officer and helicopter crew investigated UAP sightings and loud thuds on a test range in late 2025, encountering multiple close-range orb-shaped objects over an hour-long sequence, including formations near the helicopter and interactions with fighter jets.
“En route, ground teams reported spotting a UAP on FLIR, describing it as "super-hot, " low to the ground, and moving east then south at high speed. The object then split into two and changed direction. Upon arrival, we scanned the area using NVG, FLIR, and the naked eye. The ground team suddenly radioed that the object had risen from the ground, approached within ten feet of the helicopter, dropped below us, and then sped away.”
Verbatim from ODNI-UAP-D001.pdf · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- late 2025
- Date exactness
- Not exact
- Location
- mountains on the test range
- Country
- United States
- Branch
- USAF
- Unit
- Joint Operations Center (JOC)
- Sensors
- eyewitness, infrared, radar
- Shape
- orb-shaped; oval-shaped, orange with white or yellow center
- Altitude
- 700 ft
- Duration
- 3600s
Source document
Agency: Office of the Director of National Intelligence
File: ODNI-UAP-D001.pdf
Case ID: UNDATED-USAF-668927
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This sighting
mountains on the test range / undated
- ODNI-UAP-D001.pdf — Written report of this sighting