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The Agents at the Pond

In November 2024 two FBI special agents went to a private home by a pond in the northeastern United States to check a resident's three years of reports, and saw lights themselves. The most striking was a white light above a red one that crossed the far end of the pond twice at treetop height. A daylight survey in December found nothing. This is the record of what the agents reported, not a verdict on what was over the water.

◆ THE SHORT VERSION

  • The Agents at the Pond is a reported UAP case in the USA, November 2024, about 4:45-6:15 pm.
  • Two FBI special agents sent to check a resident's reports say they watched "a bright white light above a bright red light" cross the far end of a pond at treetop height, vanish, reappear and cross again.
  • Earlier the same evening one agent reported a white pulse of light that "danced around" for under ten seconds and did not appear to reflect off the water.
  • A daylight survey in December found nothing unusual, and the agents judged it "unrealistic" that anyone could fly a drone among the trees at night.
  • The records offer no explanation, contrary to press reports that the agents suggested drones.
  • For this case Fractured Realities holds 3 distinct sources and 3 corroborating primary documents.
  • The archive grades it L1 · SINGLE CHANNEL — it is retold more than once, but everything traces back through one channel.

Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-03; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.

The Agents at the Pond
Original frame · public domain · DVIDS 1010267 · FBI-UAP-PR003, “Orbs Over the Pond,” 2024, frame · FBI, released by the Department of War, 12 Jun 2026 ↗
EVENT DATE
November 2024, about 4:45-6:15 pm
LOCATION
private residence by a pond, northeastern United States (withheld) · USA
INDEPENDENCE
L1 · SINGLE CHANNEL
SOURCES
3 distinct
CLAIMANTS
0
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-03 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT

At about 5.30 pm, under an overcast sky, both agents saw it. "A bright white light above a bright red light at the far end of the pond" hung at about treetop height. It moved quickly from right to left and disappeared. Then it reappeared where it had first been and made the same move again. Earlier one agent had watched a white pulse of light that "danced around less than ten seconds, moving side to side." It did not appear to reflect off the water. Along the tree line to the west, lights pulsed white and blue, and "plumes of broad light" gave way to red or white flashes that "moved erratically before disappearing."

The agents had come to test someone else's story. Their host had reported lights behind his home since November 2021, sometimes within 200 yards, and had given the FBI video. On the patio he first pointed out lights he took to be houses and other structures. The agents stayed until about 6.15 pm. One took five photographs, which the report calls "mostly blurry."

What is on the record

The archive holds three FBI FD-1057 reports released by the Department of War on 12 June 2026. FBI-UAP-D006 records a site survey on 1 November 2024; neighbouring homes have a view of the area. FBI-UAP-D007 records the agents' own observations on a November evening whose date is withheld. FBI-UAP-D008 records a daylight walk of about two miles around the pond in December. The agents found nothing unusual on the ground or at treetop level. They judged it "unrealistic" that anyone could fly a drone there at night without hitting branches. Names, the town and the pond are redacted.

The FBI ties these reports to the resident's own videos, among them FBI-UAP-PR003, "Orbs Over the Pond", filmed in October 2024 in the same general area. His claims of gamma-radiation spikes and disturbed electronics sit in an earlier report and are his, not the FBI's. Some press coverage said the agents offered drones as an explanation. The records say the reverse and offer none.

Why it sits where it does

The page grades L1, one agency. The agents are redacted, so the records carry no identified witness and cannot reach the official-record tier. A tier measures sourcing, never truth. What crossed the far end of the pond is not resolved here.

◆ CORROBORATION
✓FBI-UAP-D006_FD-1057-05_Northeastern-US_2024 (government primary)
✓FBI-UAP-D007_FD-1057-06_Northeastern-US_2024 (government primary)
✓FBI-UAP-D008_FD-1057-07_Northeastern-US_2024 (government primary)
◆ SOURCES

Everything this file draws on, in the open — reports, not reality. Check us.

Documents & published sources

Government records, papers and journalism the archive links to this case.

government records · 3
DoW UAP Release · 3
FBI-UAP-D006_FD-1057-05_Northeastern-US_2024corroboration
FBI-UAP-D007_FD-1057-06_Northeastern-US_2024corroboration
FBI-UAP-D008_FD-1057-07_Northeastern-US_2024corroboration
UNEXPLAINED LIGHTGOVERNMENT RECORD2024USA

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