Swarms of mystery objects launched near secret US site by glowing 'mother orb,' new Pentagon files reveal

A glowing 'mother orb' seen near a secret US site is at the center of a newly released Pentagon report.

The document was among a fresh tranche of UFO records released by the Trump administration on Friday, shedding new light on one of the government's still-unsolved aerial mysteries.

Written by the director of the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), the memo details a bizarre two-day encounter in October 2023 during which six federal agents reported witnessing luminous objects behaving in ways investigators have yet to explain.

AARO concluded that 40 percent of the reported activity remains unresolved after its initial analysis.

'The phenomena's most distinctive reported feature was the repeating nature of their pattern of behavior, in which a luminous orange "mother orb" appeared to produce smaller red "orbs," one after another, multiple times over a period of several hours,' reads the memo signed by AARO director Jon T Kosloski.

Witnesses said the glowing orange sphere would appear for one to two seconds, release a cluster of two to four smaller red lights and then vanish.

The smaller objects were reported to move horizontally, change altitude and, in at least one case, remain suspended above a ridgeline for hours before disappearing.

Despite reviewing radar data, flight records and other available information, investigators were unable to fully account for a significant portion of the sightings.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said in a Friday statement: 'The Department of War is in lockstep with President Trump to bring unprecedented transparency regarding our government’s understanding of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).

'These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation, and it’s time the American people see it for themselves. 

'This release of declassified documents demonstrates the Trump Administration’s earnest commitment to unprecedented transparency.'

While the new report does not provide a location of the incident, subsequent FBI interviews noted it took place over Cheyenne Mountain near Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a fortified underground bunker located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Buried beneath 2,000 feet of granite.

It serves as the Alternate Command Center for North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), one of eleven unified combatant commands, tasked with protecting the continental US, Alaska, Canada, Mexico and the Bahamas.

The document noted that agents reported the phenomena as 'silent' and provided consistent witness testimonies to characterize their experiences.

While AARO was unable to resolve the case, it noted that the characteristics reported 'do not align with those of military aircraft exhaust.' 

It added that military aircraft were present at the time of the strange sighting, but the altitudes of the mysterious objects were far too high for standard exhaust to appear as orange orbs.

After excluding most explanations, AARO’s preliminary assessment is that unrecognized technology could account for up to 40 percent of the phenomena associated with this incident. 

This conclusion is based solely on witness narratives and the elimination of other hypotheses. It is not yet supported by technical data or physical evidence.

The analysis, however, noted that military aircraft in the area 'were equipped with, and actively deployed, infrared countermeasure flares as a component of a standard exercise.' 

'The reported morphology and behavior of these phenomena align with known characteristics of certain military infrared flares,' the report stated. 

That suggested that 'approximately 60 percent of reported activity is plausible attributable to military aircraft.' 

Consultations with Intelligence Community partners led AARO to assess the possibility of foreign intelligence activity as highly unlikely. 

Although analysts cannot completely rule out the use of entirely novel foreign collection platforms, the reported flight characteristics and kinematics of the object diverged significantly from those of any known adversary systems. 

AARO also consulted subject-matter experts on possible natural phenomena. One potential explanation examined was meteorological activity, but weather conditions at the time were inconsistent with rare events such as ball lightning or sprites. 

Continuing its detailed assessment of a reported UAP incident involving persistent red 'orbs,' the AARO has largely dismissed common environmental and celestial explanations.

AARO examined whether temperature inversions, refractive effects, or other atmospheric conditions could account for the sightings. 

Weather records indicated generally clear skies, seasonable temperatures, and typical light pollution levels for the area. Analysts concluded these conditions were unlikely to produce the reported physical or kinematic features. 

Investigators also evaluated misidentification of stars, planets, meteors, satellite flaring, or rocket launches. 

The diverse viewing angles of multiple witnesses made celestial misidentification improbable. 

While stationary 'loitering' behavior could theoretically align with stars or planets in rare cases, it remains unlikely. 

Attribution to meteors or satellite flares was ruled inconsistent with the reported persistence of at least one red orb for several hours. Bolides (bright meteors) typically show characteristic tails, which did not match the described “mother orbs” morphology.

AARO considers the reported features sufficiently anomalous to justify continued study.