USPER Statement about UAP Sighting

SECRET//NOFORN

On [REDACTED] 2025, at approximately 1700 hours [REDACTED] [WITNESS 1 (a senior US intelligence official)], [FEDERAL PARTNER 1] and [FEDERAL PARTNER 2], accompanied by [WITNESS 2 (a senior US intelligence official)], and two pilots from [STATE PARTNER ORGANIZATION], departed the [OPERATIONS CENTER] ([COORDINATES]), [REDACTED] ([FACILITY]) main [REDACTED] area via a [STATE PARTNER ORGANIZATION] helicopter (call sign [CALL SIGN 1]) to conduct a daytime aerial search of the [MOUNTAIN RANGE NAME] west of [SITE CODE NAME] on [FACILITY]. Previous eyewitness reports from personnel who observed orbs/lights IVC ([REDACTED]) cited hearing thuds as if something has fallen and hit the ground. (Note: Earlier that day the Office completed a successful test of the at [SITE CODE NAME] ([COORDINATES]) on [FACILITY].

At 1751 hours CALL SIGN 1 spotted a large cavern entrance ([COORDINATES]) and conducted a short orbit of the location

At approximately 2050 hours CALL SIGN 1 landed west of the mountains and dropped off WITNESS 2 with FEDERAL PARTNER 3 personnel. At 2052 hours CALL SIGN 1 headed toward SITE CODE NAME to refuel. A second helicopter ([STATE PARTNER ORGANIZATION] – CALL SIGN 2) briefly landed at SITE CODE NAME to await refueling but then lifted off and returned to the

At 2141 hours CALL SIGN 1 lifted off from SITE CODE NAME and headed toward debris spotted by the Listening Post/Observation Post (LP/OP - FEDERAL PARTNER LP/OP personnel using Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) and Night Vision Goggles (NVG)- position ([COORDINATES]) located approximately four miles east of SITE CODE NAME in the mountains location ([COORDINATES])). CALL SIGN orbited the location while searching with NVGs (pilots) and the naked eye WITNESS with the aid of the helicopter's spotlight in near…