“Triangle Orbs,” Northeastern United States, 2021
- Date
- Nov 2021
- Place
- Northeastern United States (unspecified, described as sparsely populated and well known to the eyewitness)
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
An eyewitness's iPhone 12 Pro video from November 2021, roughly 0500 local time, showing what the blurb describes as a bright light source near the horizon about 2,000 feet away that resolved into multiple lights with erratic rotational motion relative to one another, then moved slowly left to right. The FBI states it assesses the eyewitness as highly credible and that this video, PR002, and PR003, together with paired FD-302s FBI-UAP-D004 through D008 (not in this batch), describe reports from the same general area of the northeastern United States.
What officials concluded
Unresolved
The file gives no official explanation.
- Agency
- FBI
- Released in
- 123456
Evidence profile
- No: Visual
- No: Infrared
- No: Radar
- No: Video
- No: Photo
- No: Film
- No: Audio
- No: Night vision
- Yes: Other sensor
- Yes: Civilian
- No: Military aircrew
- No: Military ground
- No: Airline crew
- No: Sensor operator
- No: Law enforcement
- No: Scientist
- No: Astronaut
- No: Intelligence official
- No: Other
- Yes: Light only
- No: Orb or sphere
- No: Disc
- No: Triangle
- No: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- No: Other shape
- No: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Why this rating Single hand-held phone video from one witness, pre-dawn, with the blurb itself noting unintended camera movement; a single light resolving into several moving lights near the horizon is also consistent with mundane explanations (distant aircraft lights, drones, or an artifact of digital zoom/shake) that are not excluded by the file. No second sensor or independent witness is cited for this specific video.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- One civilian eyewitness, who filmed the event on a personal iPhone
- Sensors
- Hand-held iPhone 12 Pro camera
- Shape
- Single luminous object that resolved into multiple lights
- Lights and colour
- Bright intense light, resolving into multiple lights
- Motion
- Erratic rotational motion between the individual lights; the group moved laterally left to right
- Altitude or range
- Estimated distance about 2,000 feet
- Effects
- Unintended camera movement noted in the blurb (hand-held capture), otherwise none reported
Pentagon files
FBI-UAP-PR001, "Triangle Orbs," Northeastern United States, 2021
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What the file claims
- Unverified
An eyewitness filmed a light source near the horizon in November 2021 that resolved into multiple lights exhibiting erratic rotational motion.
- Unverified
The FBI links this video and two others (PR002, PR003) plus five FD-302s (D004-D008) to a single cluster of sightings from the same general area of the northeastern United States.
On the map
42.50° N, 73.00° W, plotted at the centre of the region named in the record
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