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A senior U.S. intelligence officer recounts a 2025 helicopter mission to investigate UAP sightings on a test range. The mission involved close encounters with orb-like phenomena, observed via FLIR, NVG, and the naked eye, alongside fighter jets.
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In late 2025, during early evening daylight hours, I – a senior U.S. intelligence officer – along with a colleague and two pilots, departed our Joint Operations Center (JOC) in a helicopter. Our mission was to investigate loud thuds heard in the mountains on the test range, which…
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accelerated out of sight. We briefly pursued but broke off, unable to match its speed. At one point, the JOC informed us that several fighter jets had launched on a training mission in our operating area and requested their assistance in identifying the UAP. Minutes later, the J…
JOC