The Pentagon has released a new wave of UFO-related records, adding dozens of documents, images, videos, and audio recordings to the government’s growing public archive on unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP. The files were published through the Department of War’s PURSUE portal, the government’s dedicated UFO/UAP transparency site. The latest drop, known as Release 03, includes 53 documents, 10 images, 6 videos, and 3 audio files, bringing fresh attention to a series of strange orb sightings reported in multiple parts of the United States.

The following written confession was submitted via email: I’m just curious if others have experienced the same thing. Basically, I woke up to my husband coming to bed approximately two hours after I did. I was drowsy at first, but I pointed to a translucent orb floating at the foot of the bed…

The following written confession was submitted via email: …this encounter happened when I was 15 living in Brentwood a small farm town in the east bay. I was out on a night walk with my older sister who was 17 or 18 at the time. We were walking down a trail near our neighborhood that goes off into a more rural area with a creek…

Videos and images of orbs can be a tough call when it comes to figuring out what exactly they are. Many cases can probably be attributed to backscatter, or an insect scrambling in front of a lens, or even a reflection created by the camera itself. Then there are other orb images that defy the regular explanations and make you take a closer look at the footage to figure out what’s going on! We’ve got one of those videos here - sent to us by our neighbor - so help us come up with an explanation! What could these orbs be?

I’m at work as I post this, but I got two notifications and I checked the live feed. The two captures was the door opening and shutting two times and then the live feed shortly after shows a couple of orbs.

The following written confession was submitted via email: I have had several abnormal experiences in the course of my life which at the persistence of my son have decided to share with you. I have kept these quiet until a couple of years ago, mostly because some happened pre-1970 when the paranormal was for the most part unheard of and things of that nature were thought to be some brain lapse or some sort of deja vu….