DoW UAP D079 Narrative 1 Western US Event

MILITARY REPORT

AI Summary

This document is a memorandum detailing a first-hand account from a federal law enforcement special agent regarding sightings of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in the western United States over two nights in October 2023. The agent describes observing glowing orbs and unusual lights, along with other anomalous behaviors.

Key Findings

- Witness 1 observed multiple UAP over two nights in October 2023. - The first night involved reports of lights moving in groups, but nothing was seen directly. - The second night featured a large glowing ball observed at approximately 1100 meters distance. - The glowing ball exhibited a swirling pattern and was visible for a brief period. - Additional sightings included red lights emanating from a similar glowing object and a vehicle that appeared to hover without kicking up dust. - No sound was reported during the sightings.

OCR Text

UNCLASSIFIED OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF WAR 5000 DEFENSE PENTAGON WASHINGTON, DC 20301-5000 INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY 02 June 2026 MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD SUBJEC T: Nairntive from Witness 1 - Western U.S. Event References: (a) https:// www.war.gov/ufo/#Western-US-Event,VIRIN: 260508-D-D0360-1052, 08-MAY 2026. 1. Executive Sumrna1y. This memorandum presents the first-hand naiTative from Witness 1 provided to the All­ domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Witness 1 was one of several United States (U.S.) federal law enforcement special agents who reported observing unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) over a period of two days in October 2023 in the western United States. 2. Witness Na1rntive. fu response to AARO's request to provide a free-fo1m naiTative of the sequence of events exactly as they remember them, Witness 1 submitted the following tex t: "It staiied the first night with other teains repo1iing weird lights moving along in groups miles away. From my vantage point I could not see them, though in theo1y should have been able to. Because ofmy location I did not see anything specific the first night. The second night another teain member and I were out working and driving to our destination. As we headed through a valley area we suddenly noticed a large glowing ball to our right 90 degrees from where we were. It looked like it was between us and a hill face, and initially I guessed it was 500 to 600 meters away, though another later day I was able to use a range finder to put the distance to the hillside at about 1100 meters. The ball appeared close to the hill face. It was j ust a circle of light that looked like a swirly pattern ofbright lava. It was bright in the dusk light, the time was just before 7 pm I think. It was not visible up to the moment we first saw it, though the hillside face behind it was visible as we drove for some distance before we saw the object. The object's light ed ai·ea was a well defined circle, but had no visible strncture at the edges to show what conta ined the light or why it was where it was. Looking at it through binoculars it almost appeared to have a line or spindle below possibly touching the hills ide below. It was not possible to verify for sure because ofthe distance. There was no observed glow behind or below the object on the hillside or ground. It was only observed for a minute or two before we could no longer see it. It did not fade out, we just could not see it anymore. There was no paii iculai· sou nd heai·d with it. All seemed quiet and it was pretty remote. I would have guessed the circle to be 20 feet or more in diameter. We sta1ied driving and drove a few more minutes. Then we stopped and had to get out ofthe vehicle. About 20 minutes later to the front, another object that looked similar lit up in the sky over the top of another hillside slightly to the right of front. It appeai· ed to be several miles away. It only lit up for a second or two and then was gone again. 1 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED While it was lit, it appeared three red lights flew out of and away from it. They seemed evenly spaced apart and moved pretty fast, quickly disappearing from sight. At the same time the orange light lit up, there appeared to be a flash from over the horizon to the left. The flash lit up the sky pretty well, though very briefly. About twenty minutes later the experience repeated except this time the orange ball appeared to the front and slightly to the left this time. This time however, the red lights appeared to leave in a different pattern as one flew straight out, one appeared to fly up horizontally and another flew down horizontally, appearing to fly away in a vertical alignment of three lights. A flash accompanied this event as well and all three sightings appeared to be similar though at different distances. Several hours later we departed from where we were at to drive to another location in preparation for work the next day. It took several hours of driving, and as we were driving hours later still, we observed a car driving ahead of us on the road, we were gaining on the car and as we got closer I noticed it appeared one taillight cover was broken because one taillight was red and one was white. They were also different because one was round and one was square. Another vehicle approached from the opposite direction and as it was about to pass the vehicle in front of us, the car changed direction and moved off the road to the right. The oncoming vehicle continued driving and passed us, almost like it did not even see the vehicle move of the road as it passed. It did not bounce or move with the terrain, but seemed to hover. It did not kick up any dust either. It stopped on the road next to it, and the lights appeared to be in the same position facing us even though we were in a different direction from it. When we stopped the lights turned off and I could see a darker obje…

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