Research dossier v0.3 / Core cases

Official U.S. Government Cases

The modern core comes from official public releases. The government release is treated as provenance, not as a conclusion about origin.

Reading official sources correctly

DVIDS/AARO/FBI/DoD pages are used for public date, source, sensor, witness and descriptive metadata. They are not treated as proof that any specific origin has been established.

The combined PR001-PR004 cluster is important because it gives repeated visible cases in the same broad region, with PR002/PR003/PR004 defining the red/orange family.

CaseYearSource / sensorTrait extraction
PR0042025iPhone 14 Pro Max / FBI witnessesBright red sphere around 1 m, white-plasma center, low altitude, two orbs, tandem/fusion, silent smooth movement, within 25 miles of PR001-PR003.
PR0022022iPhone 12 Pro / FBI witnessTwo bright red sources, hover near horizon, estimated 2,500 ft range, relative rotation from 6 to 9 o clock, no sound.
PR0032024iPhone / government analysisPlasma-like sphere over pond, around 2,700 ft estimate, changing form/luminosity, separates into points, about 45 min, no sound, authenticated video.
PR0012021iPhone 12 ProIntense light resolving into multiple lights/triangle with erratic relative rotation in the same official cluster.
PR0342023Military IR / CENTCOM-AAROCompact contrast area near ocean surface; horizontal motion; multiple 90-degree turns around 80 mph; contrast/lock loss.
PR0352023Military IR / CENTCOM-AAROSmall/circular object over ocean toward land; becomes indistinguishable as the background changes from water to land.
PR0282024Military SWIR/visibleDiamond-shaped target around 434 kt, detectable only in SWIR and lost when switching to visible.