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Metallic Orbs Invade US Skies, Leaving Military Baffled
27 Aug
Summary
- Over 8,000 UFO sightings reported across US since 2022
- 422 reports of metallic orbs, mostly near military bases
- Eyewitnesses describe silent hovering and extreme speeds
- Pentagon's AARO investigating, some cases remain unsolved
In the past three years, a wave of unidentified aerial phenomena has swept across the United States, with over 8,000 sightings reported to the crowdsourced platform Enigma. Among these, 422 reports specifically describe metallic orbs, the majority of which were observed between 1 am and 4 am near military installations in New York, California, and Arizona.
Eyewitnesses, including civilians, pilots, and military personnel, have reported seeing these spheres hover silently before moving at extreme speeds, leaving no trace of their departure. Some of the sightings have been captured on video or radar, though many remain unexplained.
The Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) has been tasked with investigating these claims of UFOs, and has dismissed many as natural phenomena like flocks of birds or conventional aircraft. However, some cases have remained unsolved, with 21 out of 757 UFO cases between May 2023 and June 2024 classified as unresolved sightings.
These mysterious orb sightings have not been limited to the US, with similar incidents reported worldwide, from Puerto Rico to the Middle East. In one shocking encounter, drone footage captured a metal sphere flying through the sky in broad daylight in the Middle East in 2022.
