Northeastern pond lights, November 2024
October-November 2024 · Northeastern United States
Summary
A private citizen in the northeastern United States recorded an unidentified luminous object above a pond in October 2024, according to the analysis of the video release. The catalogue entry describes an iPhone recording, an estimated distance of 2,700 feet and a duration of about 45 minutes. These figures come from the earlier analysis of the video, not from a transcribed page.
In November 2024 two FBI Special Agents visited the witness's home to confirm reports and video of unidentified aerial phenomena the witness had provided over the previous three years. The weather was about 48 degrees, overcast, with no precipitation. At about 4:45pm the agents went onto the north patio. The witness pointed out lights that he believed were homes and permanent structures, and others he said were eight miles away, whose source he could not identify.
About twenty minutes later one agent saw a white pulsation of light that moved horizontally and somewhat erratically at or below the tree line. It did not appear to reflect off the water. It lasted less than ten seconds. The same agent saw other white lights at the top of the tree line to the west that pulsed in a white/blue hue. Five photos were taken. The report said they were mostly blurry, and that a tripod or other stable platform would be required.
At about 5:30pm both agents saw a bright white light above a bright red light at the far end of the pond. It moved quickly right to left, disappeared, reappeared where it had first appeared, and moved and disappeared again. The agents left at about 6:15pm.
In December 2024 three agents surveyed the area around the pond, walking a marked trail of about two miles. They found nothing unusual on the ground or at treetop level near where the activity was seen. They noted an old fire pit with no recent burns. They assessed that flying a drone or other craft at night would be unrealistic because of tree limbs. The documents give no identification of the lights.
What the files say
“The white light danced around less than ten seconds, moving side to side, and then disappeared.”
Page 3 →“Five photos were taken, however the photos were mostly blurry and do not provide much context.”
Page 3 →“The UAP appeared as a bright white light above a bright red light at the far end of the pond hovered at a approximately tree-top height, moved quickly from right to left, disappeared, then re-appeared simultaneously where it had first appeared, moved quickly from right to left and disappeared again.”
Page 4 →“there did not appear to be anything unusual present on the ground or at treetop level.”
Page 2 →“Tree cover throughout the area around [REDACTED] was moderate and Agents assessed that it would be unrealistic for someone to fly a drone or other craft at night without the risk of crashing into tree limbs.”
Page 2 →
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Explanations in the record
What the documents themselves say the event was, as recorded. Not our assessment.
- Site survey agents assessed that it would be unrealistic to fly a drone or other craft at night in the area because of the risk of hitting tree limbs. — FBI site survey of northeastern US UAP locations (December 2024), page 2
- The witness believed some distant lights were homes and permanent structures; he could not be certain what other lights, which he said were eight miles away, were. — FBI agents' field visit observing lights in northeastern US (2024), page 3
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