Large Fiery Orb: "Like the Eye of Sauron"
Illustrations
AI-generated illustration — not actual footage or evidence; an interpretive depiction based on the documented account
At dusk, USPER5 and USPER6 observed a glowing orange orb estimated by AARO at 12–18 m in diameter, hovering close to a rock pinnacle roughly 1,050 m from the witnesses. It was completely silent and "appeared to have a small spindle or something connecting it from underneath to the rock formation". USPER6 likened it to "the Eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings, except without the pupil". Total duration: about one minute.
Key quotes
“"Similar to the Eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings, except without the pupil — or maybe an orange Storm Electrify bowling ball."
From western-us-events-2026-05 page 2
“"Seemed to be hovering with zero resistance or movement, or to be suspended."
From western-us-events-2026-05 page 2
From the source documents
Signal-bearing sentences pulled directly from the PDF text layers of the related records — click a document name to jump to its full brief.
Dusk (on two separate days) • Three teams of two federal law enforcement special agents each (USPER1 through USPER6) independently describe seeing orange “orbs” in the sky emit/launch smaller red “orbs” in groups of two to four, with three being the general consensus
“Large, Fiery Orb” • Location
Pre-dawn hours • Two federal law enforcement special agents (USPER5 and USPER6) observed what is initially thought to be a car traveling along a road in a restricted zone
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Related documents
Western US Event Slides (May 8, 2026)
western_us_event_slides_5.08.2026.pdf