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// PURSUE INCIDENT · PURSUE-005 //

Western United States — 2023

Multiple federal agents over 2 days observed orange orbs emitting smaller red orbs in groups of 2-4.

“Eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings, except without the pupil.”

Incident summary

Multiple federal law enforcement agents witnessed events over a two-day period. Orbs described as resembling 'Eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings, except without the pupil, or maybe an orange Storm Electrify bowling ball'. Orange orbs emitted smaller red orbs in groups of two to four. Multiple teams corroborated.

Why this case matters

This incident is logged in PURSUE Release 01 — the U.S. Department of War's 2026-05-08 declassified UAP file release — under identifier PURSUE-005. The originating agency is the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the case is currently classified DECLASSIFIED and rated UNRESOLVED by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). UAP.WATCH mirrors the original record, adds a geographic and temporal index, and links every claim back to the canonical war.gov source.

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