{"type":"documents","slug":"2026-pursue-release-03-057-fbi-uap-pr001-triangle-orbs-2021","title":"FBI-UAP-PR001 \"Triangle Orbs,\" Northeastern United States, 2021","url":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2026-pursue-release-03-057-fbi-uap-pr001-triangle-orbs-2021","description":"An FBI-released iPhone video shows a bright light near the horizon that resolves into multiple rotating lights, reported by a credible witness in November 2021.","date":"2021-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Video","FBI"],"updated":"2026-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","disclosureRating":5,"connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"FBI-UAP-PR001, \"Triangle Orbs,\" is a Federal Bureau of Investigation video released as part of PURSUE Release 03 on June 12, 2026. The Department of War lists the contributing agency as the FBI, the incident date as November 2021, and the incident location as the northeastern United States.[^1][^2]\n\n<Video url=\"https://d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/video/2606/DOD_111764142/DOD_111764142.mp4\" controls />\n\n## The Eyewitness Account\n\nThe release states that in November 2021, at approximately 0500 local time in the northeastern United States, an eyewitness observed a bright light source near the horizon at an estimated distance of 2,000 feet. The light initially appeared as a single intense luminous object before resolving into multiple lights exhibiting erratic rotational motion relative to one another, moving slowly from left to right during the encounter. The witness captured the footage on a hand-held iPhone 12 Pro, which produced unintended camera movement. The location was well known to the witness and is described as sparsely populated.\n\n## Provenance and Credibility\n\nThe description derives from statements the eyewitness provided directly to the FBI. The release records that the FBI assesses the individual as highly credible. The release further notes that the subject matter described in files FBI-UAP-D004 through FBI-UAP-D008 and depicted in videos FBI-UAP-PR001 through FBI-UAP-PR003 corresponds to reports from the same general area in the northeastern United States, situating this clip within a small cluster of related accounts. DVIDS hosts the matching public video entry and a direct MP4 rendition of the clip.[^3][^4]\n\n## What The Record Supports\n\nFBI-UAP-PR001 preserves a single witness's hand-held capture and the FBI's credibility judgment, not a resolved identification. The clip is affected by camera shake, the distance and motion figures are witness estimates, and the release offers no sensor corroboration or determination of what the lights were. The object remains unidentified and the case unresolved.\n\n## References\n\n[^1]: [Department of War PURSUE page](https://www.war.gov/UFO/#release)\n\n[^2]: [Department of War PURSUE data file (uap-data.csv)](https://www.war.gov/Portals/1/Interactive/2026/UFO/uap-data.csv)\n\n\n[^3]: [FBI-UAP-PR001, \"Triangle Orbs,\" 2021 DVIDS page](https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1010263/fbi-uap-pr001-triangle-orbs-2021)\n\n[^4]: [FBI-UAP-PR001, \"Triangle Orbs,\" 2021 MP4](https://d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/video/2606/DOD_111764142/DOD_111764142.mp4)","readingTime":"2 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2026-pursue-release-03-057-fbi-uap-pr001-triangle-orbs-2021","title":"FBI-UAP-PR001 \"Triangle Orbs,\" Northeastern United States, 2021","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/documents/2026-pursue-release-03-057-fbi-uap-pr001-triangle-orbs-2021","license":"CC-BY-4.0"}}