●High credibility

A currently serving senior U.S. intelligence community official provides sworn-equivalent first-person testimony of close-range UAP encounters corroborated simultaneously by radar (JOC), FLIR (ground teams), and NVG observations (helicopter pilots), with no mundane explanation offered and associated ground-based infrared imagery released by the U.S. government.

ODNI-UAP-D001, USPER Narrative, Senior USIC Official

Office of the Director of National IntelligencePDFTestimonyNo redactionsPURSUE Release 2

8/10

significant, well-sourced

UAP Insight significance score

Location: Western United States
Incident date: 2025
Duration: Over one hour (series of encounters)
Witnesses: Human + sensor
Released: May 22, 2026

UAP Characteristics

○ OrbLuminousObject splittingHypersonic speedHoveringErratic movementColor change

Evidence Types

TestimonyIR VideoRadar

Official Conclusion

Unresolved; no explanation offered. Witness assessed objects as unidentified and evaluated for potential threat without reaching a conclusion.

Official Description

This document is a first-hand account written by a currently serving (May 2026) senior U.S. intelligence official. The official was part of a team investigating reports of unusual noises and sightings of unidentified anomalous phenomena in and near a sensitive U.S. military facility in late 2025. From the official’s vantage point as a helicopter passenger, the official recounts encountering unidentified “glowing orbs” both at close range and at a distance. The account describes an apparent high-speed object moving low to the ground, which appeared to split in two and accelerate away in two different directions. It also describes numerous higher-altitude “orbs,” some of which the official assessed to be in close proximity to the helicopter. This account is accompanied by infrared imagery taken during the same exercise by other federal officials from the ground, originally released on war.gov/UFO on May 8, 2026.

Key Findings

→A senior U.S. intelligence officer and two helicopter pilots observed multiple orange oval-shaped orbs at close range — described as stationary, luminous with a white/yellow center, and forming a 'T' formation approximately at rotor-disk level at 700 feet AGL.
→Radar detections from the Joint Operations Center corroborated the visual and FLIR observations of UAP activity in the same area where sightings had been reported on prior nights.
→A ground team observed a UAP on FLIR described as 'super-hot,' low to the ground, moving at high speed, and splitting into two separate objects before changing direction.
→The objects were subsequently observed appearing directly above fighter jets transiting the airspace, matching the jets' speed and flight path in horizontal formation before dimming and disappearing, behavior repeated multiple times.
→No photos were captured by the reporting officer during the close encounter, as they were focused on threat assessment; however, infrared imagery by other federal officials on the ground was separately released.

UAP Insight Analysis— AI generated, not official

A first-person written account by a currently serving senior U.S. intelligence officer describing multiple UAP encounters during a late-2025 helicopter investigation mission over a military test range in the western United States. The officer, accompanied by two pilots and a colleague, observed numerous orange orb-like UAP through NVGs, FLIR, and the naked eye, with corroborating radar detections from the Joint Operations Center. The account describes objects that split, accelerated at high speed, hovered in formation near the helicopter, and appeared to track fighter jets transiting the airspace.

Analyst Notes

This is a first-person narrative account with no document classification markings visible; it reads as a written witness statement rather than a formal intelligence report. No photographs were taken by the primary witness during the critical close encounters. The witness is anonymous, limiting independent verification of rank or affiliation. No mundane explanation is offered in the document. The account is accompanied by separate ground-based IR imagery (not included in this document), which may provide corroboration but is not analyzed here. The document originates from a novel government disclosure program (war.gov/UFO), and its provenance and chain of custody are not established within the text itself.

Extracted Entities

People

Senior U.S. intelligence officer (unnamed)unnamed colleaguetwo unnamed helicopter pilots

Agencies & Organizations

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)Joint Operations Center (JOC)

Locations

Joint Operations Center (JOC)military test range, western United Statesmountain range (unspecified)

Aircraft & Objects

orange oval-shaped orbs with white/yellow centerorbs forming 'T' formation near helicopter rotor diskorbs forming triangle formation

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