Pondering the Orb Pond
Hunting for the Northeastern United States Orb Sightings from the Third WAR.GOV/UFO Release
On June 12th, 2026, the Department of War released the third “tranche” of documents and videos relating to UFO/UAP. As with the previous releases, those looking for crash retrieval footage or photos of exotic biologics are in for a rough time. But for the curious, there is still much within to explore, like a cluster of 2020s orb-sighting reports with an incident location listed as “Northeastern United States” and titles like “Triangle Orbs” and “Red Orb Rotation.”
What’s incredible is that when the October 2024 “Orbs Over the Pond” witness reported their sightings to the FBI, investigators not only made multiple site visits, but saw something as well. The obvious question is of course “Where’s the orb pond?” because with multiple events over several years, if the pond is publicly accessible, it may be of some interest. So, given that the actual locations are redacted, what do the files tell us? There are 7 documents and 4 videos tagged “Northeastern United States”:
FBI-UAP-D004, FD-1057-02, Northeastern United States, 2024
FBI-UAP-D005_FD-1057-04, Northeastern United States, 2024
FBI-UAP-D006_FD-1057-05, Northeastern United States, 2024
FBI-UAP-D007_FD-1057-06, Northeastern United States, 2024 (FBI agents report observing UAP activity during site surveillance)
FBI-UAP-D008_FD-1057-07, Northeastern United States, 2024
FBI-UAP-D009, FD-302-67, “Northeastern Orb Sighting,” 2026
FBI-UAP-D010, FD-302-71, “Northeastern Orb Sighting,” 2026
FBI-UAP-PR001, “Triangle Orbs,” Northeastern United States, 2021
FBI-UAP-PR002, “Red Orb Rotation,” Northeastern United States, 2022 (same general cluster, but possibly different exact vantage/location)
FBI-UAP-PR003, “Orbs Over the Pond,” 2024
FBI-UAP-PR004, “Northeastern Orb Sighting,” 2025
While there are 11 total “Northeastern United States” files in this release, the FBI has given us some clues. In the public release notes for “Triangle Orbs,” “Red Orb Rotation,” and “Orbs Over the Pond,” it says:
“The subject matter described in files FBI-UAP-D004 through FBI-UAP-D008 and depicted in the video footage FBI-UAP-PR001 through FBI-UAP-PR003 corresponds to reports originating from the same general area in the northeastern United States.”
The 2025 “Northeastern Orb Sighting” release says:
“This observation occurred within 25 miles of the ‘Triangle Orbs,’ ‘Red Orb Rotation,’ and ‘Orbs Over the Pond,’ sightings.”
Fortunately, we have more. The “Northeastern Orb Sighting” video referenced in FBI-UAP-D009, FBI-UAP-D010 and FBI-UAP-PR004 was also reported to Americans for Safe Aerospace, who released their own report on the heels of the government release. It places the video and report in Hooksett, NH.
Since Hooksett accounts for 3 of the 11 files, and the FBI links the remaining 2021-2024 files to each other, the cluster appears to resolve to just two primary locations: one in Hooksett, the other TBD.
So, where is the second location? With a 25-mile radius around Hooksett, the search area has been significantly reduced. However, you quickly learn that New Hampshire has nearly 1,000 named lakes and ponds, and many of them fall within our search area. However, we have some very specific features to look for as noted in the FBI reports. I compared them with several candidates, but one stands out: Bailey Pond in New Boston, NH.
Why Bailey Pond?
Located in New Boston, Bailey Pond is inside the 25-mile radius from Hooksett, but distance alone is not enough. The FBI site visits documented in FBI-UAP-D006 and FBI-UAP-D008 give us specific features to look for. Let’s break them down:
Line of sight and geography
The FBI files describe a very specific visual arrangement: repeated observations “behind” a residence, with objects seen “within the trees, and in or near the water,” and at least one sighting first noticed from a back window. During a later observation, agents described activity near the northern edge of the pond/area and within the tree line west of the home. The relevant homes on Ridgeview Lane sit east/southeast of the pond, with rear-facing views toward wooded land, water, and the far treeline at the north, northwest, and west edges of Bailey Pond.
The strongest line-of-sight support comes from the FBI’s later trail survey. Agents walked the marked loop, left the trail on the northwest side, descended to the water’s edge, and reported full line of sight back to the property. They also noted line of sight to multiple homes to the east.
The loop trail
The trail detail is one of the strongest matches. In FBI-UAP-D008, the December 2024 site survey, agents wrote that they “walked the perimeter” and followed “a marked trail” described as “approximately a two mile loop.” FBI-UAP-D006, the earlier site survey, separately notes that there was “a trail that goes around,” but that the trail did not run through the area where the witness had seen the activity.
Bailey Pond matches that description closely. Its public trail system forms a roughly two-mile loop around the pond area, which is exactly the kind of perimeter route described in the FBI survey. In FBI-UAP-D008, agents used the marked loop as a survey route, then left it in the west and north areas to descend toward the water’s edge and test sightlines back toward the property and nearby homes. Bailey’s loop gives the same kind of geography with a public trail around the pond, wooded off-trail areas and water-edge access points along the north and northwest side.
The wooded area / trail camera zone
FBI-UAP-D006 gives the most localized site survey. Agents wrote that the witness took them “down into a wooded area approximately 200 yards from [the] home,” where a trail camera had been affixed. The report says the camera had captured activity while facing west of the home and notes restricted hunting/fishing signs and “a stone wall running south to north” in the same wooded area.
Bailey Pond has a clear candidate for this area: the wooded land between Ridgeview Lane and the pond. It sits behind the homes, falls within the approximate 200-yard distance described in D006, and faces west toward the water, woods, and far treeline.
Why small corroborating features are hard to confirm
The remaining details are harder to test from maps alone. FBI-UAP-D008 mentions an area that appeared to have been “once used as a fire pit,” but places it during the trail/perimeter survey, after agents had left the marked trail and descended toward the water’s edge. If that feature was small, old, leaf-covered, or informal, it may not show up in trail guides, satellite imagery, or public photos.
FBI-UAP-D006 gives us a different set of features in the wooded area behind the home: the trail camera, restricted hunting/fishing signs, and a stone wall running south to north. Those details are useful, but they sit in the least publicly visible part of the general area. A personal trail camera that was set up at some point isn’t likely to appear on public maps. Signs may be posted at property or use boundaries rather than along the main trail and could be public or private. And the stone wall, while potentially confirmable, appears to fall within a wooded area where canopy, land boundaries, and limited public imagery make confirmation difficult.
Again, there’s a lot of ponds inside the radius and multiple candidates were considered. When you look at the big picture of Ridgeview Lane’s elevation, its distance to the wooded area, plus the 2-mile trail loop around the pond with north and west access points, the question starts to look like “Why not Bailey Pond?” Because, where else?
But…why Bailey Pond?
While we can only speculate on the nature of these recurring sightings, when you zoom out to New Hampshire in general, not to mention the greater Northeast, you’ll find no shortage of sightings and reports spanning decades, not to mention the infamous Betty & Barney Hill case and other local connections. Interested readers have plenty of study material, and in closing, here are a some items of note:
NUFORC Reports mentioning New Boston, NH
NUFORC Reports mentioning Hooksett, NH
2024 NH Sighting from reddit
The Betty & Barney Hill Case
New Boston Space Force Station
Roger Babson’s Gravity Research Foundation founded in New Boston in 1948 has been discussed by others covering “this thing of ours” at The Dark History of Anti-Gravity (Biggest Secret in Science)
Next up: A Tale of Two Davids, where a very strange federal case and David Grusch’s latest comments meet at the edge of black budgets, special access programs, and beyond.