Area J Witnesses Describe Shadow Figure and Blue Orb Sighting
Posted Monday, August 03, 2026
By Squatchable.com staff
# Shadow Figures, Blue Orbs, and Something Moving Through the Trees in "Area J"
So I just stumbled across this video from the Strange Backcountry channel, and MK Ultra is back out in Area J following up on some seriously fresh encounters from two witnesses, Jeff and Julie. The timing of these sightings is what really caught my attention.
Jeff describes seeing a black mass — and I love his description here, "like a big black mass like you'd see in a horror movie" — gliding about four feet off the ground along a little trail in the woods. The kicker? This happened in broad daylight, around 6 PM on a Monday evening. Julie even points out that this is the first time Jeff has seen something like that in daylight out there. For longtime researchers, shadow figures showing up in full daylight is a notable detail, since these phenomena are usually reported at night.
Then just a couple days later, Julie had her own encounter. She was sitting on the back deck messing around with some plants when she heard what sounded like something heavy crashing through leaves. Looking up toward the tree line about 70-75 feet away at treetop height, she spotted a blue orb — bigger than a baseball, possibly soccer ball sized — that was actually pushing through the foliage, illuminating the leaves around it as it moved. The fact that it was making physical sound and parting the leaves is unusual for orb phenomena, which most researchers think of as less dense. Julie mentioned that during a previous visit, MK Ultra's fiancée saw an even larger one in the same area.
There's also a creepy detail that Jeff brings up about a previous encounter — a shadow figure that leaned down and peered into their sliding glass door while they were watching TV. That kind of curious, investigative behavior is something witnesses often describe when they feel they're being observed by something intelligent. Jeff also mentions they've had vocalizations and howls that typically die off in summer, but the orbs, voices, and strange sounds keep going year-round. For anyone familiar with Sasquatch research, vocalizations are often associated with these beings, and many researchers suspect the orbs and shadow figures could be tied to the same phenomenon.
And here's the part that really stood out to me — after these incidents, their neighbor came over to visit, and without any prompting about what Jeff had seen, Julie asked if he'd experienced anything weird lately. His immediate response? "As a matter of fact, I have." Independent corroboration from a neighbor like that is gold in paranormal research.
MK Ultra mentions staking out the area, so if you want to see what happens next, definitely check out the full video. The encounters are recent, the witnesses seem credible, and Area J has apparently been popping off for a while now.