Mysterious orb seen racing over residential area in new UFO files

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Another video, captured by a US military sensor camera at an undisclosed location in the Middle East in 2025, shows a round sphere travelling in a straight line over what looks like an urban residential area.

In one declassified FBI document, a former military pilot describes seeing lights in the sky in October 2023 on a flight between Boston and Dublin. He claimed that many other pilots have witnessed similar events between midnight and 3am.

The white lights would start out dim, getting progressively brighter before fizzling out. Some of the lights remained still, while others moved in straight lines, sometimes changing directions, the pilot said. He has seen variations of these lights at least ten times since spotting the lights for the first time in 2023.

In footage captured over the Pacific Ocean in 2019, a black sphere appears and then disappears from view. When it reappears, visibly quivering, it slowly drifts from left to right.

The video's description noted that although the imagery was captured by a sensor, the display itself was recorded using a handheld device, which may account for some of the flickering visible in the footage.

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Declassified UFO files reveal US probe into 1963 Brazil ‘dead spaceman’ crash claim that quickly fell apart

US declassified records detail a 1963 probe into a claimed sphere crash in Brazil.

By Asmi

Representational image of a UFO investigation following a mysterious 1963 incident in Brazil.

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Declassified US government records have revealed that American officials investigated a bizarre 1963 report claiming a metal sphere had crashed in a Brazilian town with a dead, unidentified occupant inside.

The alleged incident took place in Conde, a municipality in Brazil’s Bahia state, on November 8, 1963. A Portuguese-language broadcast by Rio de Janeiro’s Radio Tupi reported that a large metal sphere had fallen in the middle of the town, leaving a deep hole.

According to a US government transcript of the broadcast, the object allegedly contained a human body wearing heavy clothing marked with inscriptions that could not be deciphered.

The extraordinary report quickly drew the attention of US officials. American diplomats in Brazil sought information about the incident, while the details were circulated among the State Department, the Defense Department and NASA.

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But the investigation soon produced a far less mysterious explanation, and ultimately found no evidence that the reported crash had occurred.

US diplomats investigate mysterious sphere

On November 14, 1963, six days after the original radio report, the US Embassy in Rio de Janeiro sent a telegram to the State Department and the American Consulate in Salvador seeking clarification.

The embassy described the reported object as a “large metal manned balloon” and the alleged occupant as a “dead crewman” wearing what was described as a uniform or spacesuit with strange markings.

Officials had also heard reports that an object had been seen flying over the area around the same time and had tentatively been identified as a weather balloon, according to the Daily Mail report.

However, the embassy stated that no such craft had been recovered from the ground.

The inquiry was subsequently passed to the Defense Department and NASA. American officials were seeking to establish whether local authorities had actually confirmed the incident or whether reports circulating in Brazilian newspapers were unfounded.

Investigation finds no witnesses or wreckage

A final diplomatic cable dated November 20 provided a starkly different picture.

Harold Midkiff, the American consul in Salvador, reported that the story had apparently been fabricated in Rio de Janeiro. According to the cable, as cited by Daily Mail, newspaper reporters and other investigators had travelled to Conde but could not find anyone who had witnessed an unusual object falling from the sky.

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The local secretary of public security had suggested that the object might have been a weather balloon, but that possibility could not be independently verified either.

Midkiff also forwarded two newspaper reports from Bahia supporting the conclusion that there had been no confirmed crash.

One report said Brazil’s Ministry of Aeronautics had categorically denied that a strange object had appeared in Conde. Another carried the dismissive headline, “The Airship that wasn’t there.”

The diplomatic record said the only unusual development that could be confirmed was that a reporter had managed to send a dispatch from Conde using an old Morse code machine at a federal telegraph office.

What the newly released UFO files actually show

The records are part of a new tranche of declassified UFO material released by the US government. Their inclusion in the archive provides a glimpse into how American officials handled extraordinary reports during the Cold War.

But the documents do not establish that a spacecraft crashed in Brazil, nor do they confirm that a non-human or unidentified crew member was recovered.

Instead, they show that US officials took the report seriously enough to seek verification through diplomatic channels. Their investigation ultimately found no witnesses, wreckage or other physical evidence supporting the sensational account.

The files also leave unanswered a basic question: who originally created the story and how it reached Radio Tupi remains unclear.

According to the Daily Mail report, an apparent date error in one of the records lists the incident as occurring in November 1964, although the surrounding documents and the diplomatic correspondence place the reported event in November 1963.

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Alien body fossilized on side of crater on Mars, NASA photo, UFO UAP Sighting News.

Date of discovery: Aug 7, 2026

Location of discovery: Mars

NASA photo: 

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Photo data: MER Opportunity rover, Sol 121

 

While searching through rover photos on Mars I came across something that really...was unexpected, even by me. I found a figure of a bipedal species that was clearly fossilized and fallen into a crater. I believe it might have been standing up at the craters edge but over time and Mars storms...slid down the hill. Its head falling off and rolling a few meters below it. The body is a little over 3 meters tall minus with the head. Its long arm and shoulder very visible and being held to its side along its hips, its chest huge indicating its a very muscular species, its two legs visible which tells us it a bipedal species. 

 

I did say fossilized...because if this species were to live on Mars...it would have to be silica base not carbon based like humans. Which means it could withstand the heat of Mars, lack of water and its body would not be soft flesh and bones, but instead a silica mesh within its body and possibly an exoskeleton too...which all mean it could not only live on Mars...but also thrive on Mars, and when it dies, it would not break down so easily like a human body would. 

 

Scientists have debated other possible intelligent life forms existing as non carbon based for decades, but I believe...the evidence for them existing is right here in this NASA rover photo. 

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UFO File 5th Drop, Dept of War, best UAP Over Iran, but why is Dept of War stalling? Paranormal News

Date of video: It said 2021 but really not known 

Location of sighting: It said middle east, but looks like Iran

Source: Dept of War website

 

It looks to me like a bunch of files released on the fifth drop are filler...meaning just there for numbers to make it look bigger than it is. For some reason the Dept of War released only a handful of good quality videos of UFOs, others are specks of sand or just drawn pictures. Why the big stall on the release? I think Trumps scared of what happened to JFK happening to him soon.

 

This UFO in this video is a thick triangle shape, never before seen in UFO research as far I have know. Triangles...yeah, they have been seen, but a thick triangle...nope. This craft is a metallic craft and clearly has a pilot controlling it. I would say the size is about that of a mini van and it has no visible wings, engines, propulsion of any kind. This is the best UFO in the whole 5th drop in my opinion of a 100% real UFO. 

But still...I wonder...why are they stalling the release of bigger more significant UFO evidence videos and photos? Something is amiss right now...a struggle within the Dept of War with other US gov agencies to access what they do not want to share and have not shared as of yet. There is a secret power struggle happening, lets wait and see who wins. 

Scott C. Waring 

 

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Three glowing red orbs over Guntersville, Alabama July 31, 2026, UFO UAP Sighting News.

Date of sighting: July 31, 2026

Location of sighting: Guntersville, Alabama, USA

Source: NUFORC #199826

 

Now this is a classic sighting. Meaning a sighting where it was seen over a mountain area outside a tiny town with a small population of only 9,394. Sightings over such small cities were the majority back in the 1950s-60s, but times have changed and so have the aliens and how they are expanding their areas to be more visible to the public. However...this is in an area hidden away in a back woods area so I would say they actually came from an alien base underground in the area. Also when more than one UFO is visible...its to make a long distance jump or flight. I really wish we had more video of them leaving the area. Flying upward out of the atmosphere or just moving off into the horizon...would have told us a lot. 

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New UFO Files Detail FBI Records of 2026 Sightings

By Joe Edwards - Reporter

The U.S. Department of War has released a fresh tranche of documents relating to UFOs, which includes files regarding sightings in 2026.

Among the newly detailed encounters are accounts from two U.S. government special agents, including an afternoon incident documented with thermal video footage showing two slow-moving "black-hot" infrared anomalies

"Today, the Department of War is publishing the fifth release of declassified and historical Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) files as part of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE)," said Sean Parnell, Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs and Chief Pentagon Spokesman.

The tranche also includes civilian encounters. One witness reported three separate sightings within a five-hour window somewhere in the western United States. Additionally, a phone interview from a civilian logged similar incidents which were backed up by a second witness.

Together, the files demonstrate that federal investigators actively documented and analyzed real-time UAP reports this year. In many cases, the exact dates and locations have been redacted to "protect the identity of eyewitnesses, the location of government facilities, or potentially sensitive information about military sites not related to UAP."

Images Reconstruct Reported 2026 UAP Sighting

Friday's release included several digital renderings of a reported 2026 incident in the Western U.S.

One of them depicts a nighttime desert landscape with rocky terrain and mountains in the background. A silhouetted figure stands beside a parked vehicle while a trio of bright red lights appears suspended in the sky above the mountains.

Witnesses spotted a red light above a nearby mountain range, according to an accompanying FBI record. They initially believed the light was located on the mountainside, but said it began moving eastward and appeared to be thousands of feet above the ground.

After about 15 minutes of observation, they reported that six to 10 additional red lights appeared directly above their location. The witnesses said the lights then appeared to "sync up" and travel together toward the east-southeast.

During the sighting, one of the lights was said to descend rapidly before disappearing, while the remaining lights continued moving across the sky until they eventually vanished from view.

They were based on firsthand descriptions provided by "two U.S. persons," and the renderings were prepared by the FBI, the Defense Department said.

Another rendering depicted a bright, elongated object streaking downward above a mountainous desert landscape. Presented through what resembles a binocular view, the image depicts a luminous trail descending from the sky toward the horizon.

‘Black-Hot’ Objects Spotted on Thermal Camera

Another FBI report details a 2026 incident in which a witness using a thermal optical device observed two unidentified objects moving slowly above a mountain range. The witness spotted a dark object in the sky, followed by a second object appearing nearby.

The two objects appeared to travel together at the same speed for roughly five to 10 minutes before disappearing from view, said the report. The witness recorded photographs and video of the objects but said they were unable to estimate their direction because of the distance involved. Both the exact date and location appear to have been redacted.

Footage released alongside the report features two, slow-moving areas of contrast registering as "black-hot" in infrared imaging.

Screenshot of video captured by a U.S. Government Special Agent via hand-held optical thermal imaging device during a 2026 incident in the western United States. The footage features two, slow-moving "black-hot" areas of contrast, visible in infrared imaging.

Defense Department

Thermally Elevated Aerial Object

Another document in the release details a 2026 observation by U.S. Government Special Agent who reported spotting what was described as a "thermally elevated aerial object" while conducting surveillance in the western U.S.

According to the agent's written statement, the object appeared in roughly the same area and along a similar flight path as an object observed the previous night. The agent said the object appeared "hot" on thermal sensors and was traveling southbound.

To provide a point of comparison, the agent also recorded a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter operating in the area and estimated the unidentified object appeared to be roughly half the helicopter's size.

The report states that the object's distance prevented the agent from identifying its physical characteristics, configuration or means of propulsion, and it eventually disappeared from view behind terrain. Again, the exact date and location, appear to be excluded.

Three Sightings Over Five Hours

Another report describes a prolonged 2026 encounter in which two witnesses reported seeing multiple unexplained red lights over the course of roughly five hours.

The first sighting occurred between about 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., after the witnesses pulled over during rainy conditions with heavy cloud cover and observed dull red, "dash"-shaped lights moving along a mountain ridgeline. Those lights disappeared after about 20 minutes, according to the report.

Another light was visible "directly above" their location for around 10 minutes before it, too, disappeared, it said.

Later, sometime between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m., the witnesses reported another episode, saying similar lights appeared much closer to their position, including one estimated to be about 500 feet above their vehicle and another that appeared to stop roughly 6 feet off the ground.

Another unusual event followed, when one witness reported seeing a glow descend into a dry wash about 100 meters behind them and move through it.

Additional files would be released "on a rolling basis," the Defense Department said, adding that it was working with agency partners on the next release.

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Ex-Pentagon employee described seeing ‘translucent triangle’ fly overhead in 2023 UFO sighting

A former Pentagon employee and his wife saw a strange, triangle-shaped aircraft fly over their Colorado home late one night in October 2023, according to a startling account included in the fifth batch of UFO files released by the Trump administration Friday.

The story, outlined in an FBI interview summary known as a Form 302 from January of this year, contains some of the most striking descriptions of any Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena — government-speak for UFOs.

The witness said he and his spouse were sitting on their back porch shortly before 11 p.m. when they noticed something flying overhead “possibly as low as 300 feet.”

A former Pentagon employee and his wife saw a strange, triangle-shaped aircraft fly over their Colorado home late one night in Oct. 2023, according to an account included in the fifth batch of UFO files released by the Trump administration Friday.

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The summary report adds that the UFO “looked like a perfect triangle … without any extra wings, fins, or any bubble for the engine housing” and “appeared almost see-through” with “what appeared to be a haze or distortion around it … as if you were looking through mist; and that there were ripples like you were looking at an object that is underwater.”

The ex-Pentagon worker insisted that the object was “competely silent” and he “did not feel any rumble, static or any other effects from the object as it passed over him.”

Another digital rendering of a man looking up at the triangle-shaped phenomenon.

U.S. Department of War

Due to his less-than-perfect viewing angle at the time of the alleged sighting, the witness said he couldn’t identify whether the object’s shape was that of an isosceles or equilateral triangle.

He added its translucent appearance could be attributable to the UFO’s “either dark gray or silver” color blending in with the night sky, and that the precise shape of the form was difficult to discern.

The ex-Pentagon worker insisted that the object was “competely silent” and he “did not feel any rumble, static or any other effects from the object as it passed over him.”

U.S. Department of War

Due to his less-than-perfect viewing angle at the time of the alleged sighting, the witness said he couldn’t identify whether the object’s shape was that of an isosceles or equilateral triangle.

U.S. Department of War

The witness added its translucent appearance could be attributable to the UFO’s “either dark gray or silver” color blending in with the night sky, and that the precise shape of the form was difficult to discern

U.S. Department of War

The witness also initially believed the triangle had “rounded edges and corners,” but said that impression may have been due to the distortion around the UFO.

As the alleged craft traveled away from the couple, the man said he detected a “band of silverish blue light,” which he surmised could have been a byproduct of the vessel’s propulsion system.

The pair continued to observe the UFO as it moved in a “straight path” at a “consistent elevation” — traveling rapidly and “covering a large distance” in the time they were watching.

As the alleged craft traveled away from the couple, the man said he detected a “band of silverish blue light,” which he surmised could have been a byproduct of the vessel’s propulsion system.

U.S. Department of War

Moments before they lost sight of the triangle, the witness said it quickly switched to an almost vertical orientation without changing path or elevation.

He said the entire sighting lasted just four seconds, not enough time to whip out his phone to record or photograph it.

An artistic interpretation of a reported incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in the western United States in 2026. The digital rendering was prepared by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a visual aid in support of the PURSUE initiative.

U.S. Department of War

Living right near an airport, the eyewitness claimed to be “very familiar” with the normal operation of ordinary aircraft, including private planes, helicopters and even advanced drones, but said the movement of the UFO “did not match anything he encountered before.”

President Trump, who ordered the rolling disclosure earlier this year, has said repeatedly that he is skeptical about the existence of alien life, but mandated transparency about UFOs after former President Barack Obama said of aliens during a February interview: “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them.”

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 BREAKING NEWS - Declassified UFO files reveal hunt for 'dead spaceman' after mysterious sphere crashed in city

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By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Declassified UFO files have exposed an extraordinary US investigation into claims that a ‘dead spaceman’ was discovered inside a mysterious metal sphere.

The object was said to have plummeted into the center of Conde, a municipality in the Brazilian state of Bahia, on November 8, 1963, blasting a hole approximately 13 feet deep.

Reports claimed the sphere had glass-covered windows and contained a human body dressed in heavy clothing marked with inscriptions nobody could decipher.

The astonishing account sparked inquiries by American officials, who asked diplomats in Brazil to determine whether something inexplicable had fallen from the sky.

Details of the alleged crash and its mysterious occupant were circulated among the State Department, Department of Defense and NASA.

For six days, officials pursued conflicting reports involving a possible spacecraft, a dead crewman and a suspected weather balloon.

But when US diplomats attempted to verify the account, the extraordinary mystery began to collapse.

The records were included in the Trump administration’s fifth tranche of UFO files released on Friday, alongside dozens of reports, images and videos previously unavailable to the public.

The object was said to have crashed into the center of Conde, a municipality in the Brazilian state of Bahia, on November 8, 1963, gouging a hole approximately 13 feet deep

On November 14, the US Embassy in Rio sent a telegram to the State Department and the American Consulate in Salvador asking for clarification

The story first surfaced in a Portuguese-language broadcast by Radio Tupi in Rio de Janeiro late on November 8, 1963.

A US government transcript recorded the station reporting that a ‘large metal sphere’ had fallen in the middle of Conde.

‘Inside is a human body dressed in heavy clothing bearing inscriptions which cannot be deciphered,’ the transcript stated.

It added that residents had been left intrigued and local authorities were informed, but it did not include photographs, identify witnesses or offer any physical evidence.

On November 14, the US Embassy in Rio sent a telegram to the State Department and the American Consulate in Salvador asking for clarification.

The embassy wanted to confirm whether officials in Salvador had issued an ‘unqualified negative’ response to local newspaper coverage of the incident.

Its message described the object as a ‘large metal manned balloon’ and the alleged occupant as a ‘dead crewman’ wearing a ‘uniform or spacesuit with strange markings.’

Officials had also heard that an object was seen flying over the area around the same time and had tentatively been identified as a weather balloon.

However, the telegram emphasized that no such craft had been recovered from the ground.

Its message described the object as a ‘large metal manned balloon’ and the alleged occupant as a ‘dead crewman’ wearing a ‘uniform or spacesuit with strange markings'

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A notation shows the request was passed to the Defense Department and NASA later that afternoon.

Six days later, a final diplomatic cable delivered the results of inquiries conducted in Bahia, and dismantled the extraordinary story.

The November 20 document quoted Harold Midkiff, the American consul in Salvador, as saying the account had ‘apparently [been] fabricated in Rio.’

Midkiff said newspaper reporters and other investigators rushed to Conde but could not find anybody in the area who had witnessed a strange object descending.

The local secretary of public security speculated that it might have been a weather balloon, but even that sighting could not be verified.

Midkiff also sent the embassy two reports from newspapers in Bahia that supported his findings.

One stated that Brazil’s Ministry of Aeronautics ‘categorically’ denied that any strange object had appeared in Conde.

The claim attracted the attention of American officials, who asked diplomats in Brazil to determine whether it was true

The other carried the dismissive headline: ‘The Airship that wasn’t there.’

According to the final cable, the only remarkable result of the episode was that a reporter managed to transmit a dispatch from Conde using an old Morse code machine at the federal telegraph office.

The documents do not reveal who originated the sensational claim or how it reached Radio Tupi.

An apparent error in the final record lists the incident as occurring in November 1964, despite the cable being written in November 1963 and referring to reports issued that same month.

Although the files show that American officials examined the allegation, their inclusion in the newly released UFO archive does not mean the US verified a crashed spacecraft or recovered an occupant.

Instead, the records trace how an extraordinary radio report prompted an official inquiry that ultimately found no witnesses or physical evidence that the alleged crash ever occurred.

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