Trump administration science advisors are offering conventional explanations for some of the sightings of mysterious orbs of light reported in the Trump UFO files — but insist one incredible encounter is completely unexplainable.
Dr. Avi Loeb, head of the UAP Science Advisory Council, has theorized that many of the reported sightings of glowing orbs could be plasmas which are the byproduct of manmade lasers.
“A glowing sphere could potentially be generated at the focal point of a powerful laser or at the intersection of two laser beams,” Loeb told The Post.
“Since this spot does not represent a physical object, it can move through air at a supersonic speed without generating a sonic boom or a fireball as expected from friction on a solid body.”
Loeb likened it to cats chasing laser spots.
Such lasers are already in use by the United States, including in a defensive capacity against drones or ballistic missiles, like used on bases fighting Iran.
But these possible conventional causes could not be responsible for the October 2023 sighting of orange and red orbs which were witnessed near a secured military facility in the western US by federal intelligence officers, according to Loeb.
“However the anomalous orbs reported by the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) in the Pentagon require much more powerful lasers than currently available,” Loeb said.
in the western United States in 2023, which remains unexplained. Obtained by the NY Post
“AARO’s director, Dr. Jon Kosloski, wrote a letter dated June 5, 2026 which describes reports of the objects, including an orange “mother orb” launching smaller red orbs, remaining stationary for several hours, a duration and behavior that does not match a laser-sustained plasma, “ Loeb expounded about the 2023 incident.
Those objects expressed “varied kinematic profiles including seemingly coordinated horizontal motion and apparent changes in altitude,” according to the AARO report.
Fellow UAP Science Advisory Council member Admiral Tim Gallaudet agrees that the “mother orbs” sighting is one of chief concern for federal investigators.
“Ball lighting and laser-produced plasmas are possible explanations in some cases. But in the AARO ‘orbs launching orbs’ case, I cannot think of any conventional explanation,” Gallaudet told The Post.
In an essay this week, Loeb further offered the mysterious rare phenomenon of ball lighting — orbs of electricity that appear most regularly after storms — as a possible explanation for some of the sightings.
However, Loeb pointed out that ball lighting lasts for just a few seconds, while the significant orb sighting lasted for hours.
