Co-pilot of [CALL SIGN 1] (identity redacted)

2025-01-01 / United States / unresolved

An FBI 302 interview, classified SECRET//NOFORN, documents a senior US intelligence official's first-hand account of a multi-hour aerial search at a US military facility in 2025. Personnel aboard a state partner helicopter observed a "super-hot" orb that came within ten feet of the aircraft before traveling an estimated 20 miles southeast at a speed the helicopter could not match. Over the following thirty minutes, crews observed a swarm of lights too many to count, and repeated formations of four to six oval orange orbs with white or yellow centers that flared up and down in sequence.

Large orb described as 'super-hot,' hovering over the ground; gained elevation, came within ten feet of helicopter [CALL SIGN 1], then headed east and traveled an estimated 20 miles southeast past [ROAD NAME] at a speed the helicopter could not match