ODNI-UAP-D001, USPER Narrative, Senior USIC Official
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. May 26, 2026, correction: The document originally posted to the PURSUE collection of UAP-related records on May 22, 2026, under the name “ODNI-UAP-D001, USPER Narrative, Senior USIC Official,” contained a typographic error in the second paragraph, describing a helicopter flight profile as “map-of-the-earth.” The correct military aviation term for this profile is “nap-of-the-earth.” This document has been updated to reflect this correction.
Document Highlights
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Short overview
Document ID: docwargovrelease2005odni-uap-d001. This document is a first-person narrative by a senior U.S. intelligence official about a late-2025 helicopter mission near a sensitive U.S. military facility. The account describes unusual sounds, prior UAP reports, radar cues, and objects observed from the helicopter.
Why this is interesting
The file is notable because it is framed as a first-hand narrative by a currently serving official and is paired in the release with FBI photo records. Its value is as a source text for the narrative and official release context, not as independent verification of the described objects.
Selected passages
- Page 1: the author describes leaving a Joint Operations Center by helicopter to investigate loud thuds and UAP sightings reported over previous nights.
- Page 2: the narrative says an observed object accelerated out of sight and later mentions radar detections and fighter aircraft operating in the area.
Editorial cautions
The narrative should be read as an official-source account. Photo pairings and event interpretation require separate visual and database review.