ODNI Senior Intelligence Official — Helicopter Crew Sees Hundreds of Orbs, T-Formation, Fighter Jet Pursuit (2025)

ODNI SENIOR INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL WITNESS REPORT (2025): A senior U.S. intelligence official on a DOW mission in the western mountains experiences multiple UAP sightings from a helicopter. SIGHTING 1: Ground team reports object ascending from the ground, approaching the helicopter, then flying away at unattainable speed. Brief pursuit abandoned. Fighter jets on a training flight are requested for identification. SIGHTING 2 (radar coordinates): Helicopter hovers at approximately 210 meters altitude. 'In the distance we saw countless orange orbs swarming in all directions against the backdrop of the mountain. The spectacle lasted several minutes before it faded.' SIGHTING 3 (new radar coordinates): Through night-vision device and with the naked eye: 'Two large orbs lit up side by side, near the helicopter — stationary and just above the rotor blade on the right. Oval, orange with a white/yellow center, light in all directions. After a few seconds a third orb lit up beneath them, then a fourth, totaling 4–5 in a T-formation. They then dimmed in reverse order.' Total duration: 10–15 seconds. FIGHTER JET INTERACTION: Orbs lit up one by one, formed a horizontal formation, matched the speed and flight path of the jets — then dimmed and disappeared. Official: 'I thought the orbs were chasing the fighter jets.' After landing: 'We were practically speechless after these observations.'