FBI FD-1057-07: Site Survey Following UAP Observations, Northeastern United States, December 2024

Source file: FBI-UAP-D008_FD-1057-07_Northeastern-US_2024.pdf Originating agency: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Document type: FD-1057 Electronic Communication (Form Rev. 5-8-10) Date: December 1, 2024 Classification: Not specified; redacted throughout Redaction: Heavy redaction throughout; all agent names, location names, body of water names, and case numbers are redacted Page count: 2 (all read) VIRIN: 260508-O-D0360-1104 PURSUE Release: 3

Summary

This is an FBI FD-1057 Electronic Communication, dated December 1, 2024, documenting a follow-up site survey of the location in the northeastern United States where two FBI Special Agents had directly observed UAP activity in November 2024 (documented in FBI-UAP-D007, FD-1057-06). Three Special Agents conducted a daytime perimeter walk of the area — approximately a two-mile loop — examining the specific locations where UAP activity had been witnessed. All names, locations, and identifiers are redacted.

The survey yielded no physical evidence: nothing unusual was found on the ground or at treetop level at either the northwest or north observation points. Agents also assessed that the moderate tree cover in the area would make night-time drone or craft operation "unrealistic." Six sets of photographs were taken by agents using FBI-issued phones and are enclosed with the communication.

Research Article

Purpose and context

This document is the seventh in the FD-1057 series for the northeastern U.S. investigation (FD-1057-07). It was produced one to two weeks after the November 2024 observations documented in FBI-UAP-D007. The purpose of the December survey was to photograph and physically examine the locations where the prior UAP activity had occurred, in daylight conditions, to look for any physical evidence or environmental explanation.

The official blurb for FBI-UAP-D008 confirms that the subject matter of files D004 through D008 and associated video releases (FBI-UAP-PR001 through PR003) all correspond to reports from the same general area.

The site survey

On a date in December 2024 (the day is partially visible as the 1st), three Special Agents surveilled the area in the northeastern United States where the November UAP activity had been observed. The perimeter walk began at approximately 10:30 AM; agents followed a marked trail that was approximately a two-mile loop, departing from the trail in areas to the west and north of the redacted body of water — precisely the areas where UAP activity had been observed in November.

At approximately 11:00 AM, on the northwest side of the body of water, agents departed from the marked trail and descended to the water's edge. Facing south from this position, agents were able to see the cooperating witness's property without any obstruction and with a full line of sight. In the vicinity where UAP activity had been observed on the November date, "there did not appear to be anything unusual present on the ground or at treetop level."

Agents then continued to the north side of the body of water, also in the vicinity of the November UAP activity. Again, there did not appear to be anything unusual present on the ground or at treetop level. Agents noted "an area that appeared to be a once used as a fire pit, but there did not appear to be any evidence of recent burns as the ground was blanketed with leaves." As agents descended to the water's edge from the north, they had line of sight to multiple homes to the east of the body of water.

Assessment of drone or craft hypothesis

A notable finding in the report is the agents' assessment regarding the drone hypothesis: "Tree cover throughout the area around [redacted] was moderate and Agents assessed that it would be unrealistic for someone to fly a drone or other craft at night without the risk of crashing into tree limbs." This assessment directly addresses one of the most common conventional explanations for anomalous aerial lights, and the agents explicitly considered and discounted it based on the physical characteristics of the terrain.

Photographs

Six sets of photographs were taken by agents using FBI-issued phones during the survey. These are enclosed with the communication and document the perimeter trail, the northwest bank observation point, the north bank areas, and the views from the water's edge toward the witness's property.

Significance

This document is the concluding field record in the FBI-UAP-D004 through D008 series for the northeastern U.S. location. Its value lies in what it did not find: no physical evidence at either UAP observation location in a systematic daylight survey. The agents' explicit ruling out of night-time drone activity based on terrain assessment eliminates the most obvious prosaic alternative without resolving the underlying question of what was observed in November. Taken together with the agent-witnessed phenomena in D007, the survey adds evidentiary weight to the case that the November observations were not easily explicable by conventional human activity.

Key People

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Notable Quotes

"In the vicinity where Agents viewed UAP activity on 11/[redacted]/2024, there did not appear to be anything unusual present on the ground or at treetop level." — page 2

"Tree cover throughout the area around [redacted] was moderate and Agents assessed that it would be unrealistic for someone to fly a drone or other craft at night without the risk of crashing into tree limbs." — page 2

"The purpose of the surveillance was to take photographs and survey the locations where SA [redacted] and SA [redacted] observed Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) activity on 11/[redacted]/2024." — page 2