DOW-UAP-D077, AARO Unresolved Case Analysis Update: Western United States Event

[STAMP:] UNCLASSIFIED OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF WAR 5000 DEFENSE PENTAGON WASHINGTON, DC 20301-5000 INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD SUBJECT: All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Case Analysis Update: Western U.S. Event "Orbs Launching Orbs" References: (a) https://www.war.gov/ufo/#Western-US-Event, Incident 1 of 4, VIRIN: 260508-D-D0360-1052, 08-MAY 2026. 1. Executive Summary. This memorandum summarizes the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office’s (AARO) ongoing analysis of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) over a period of two days in October 2023. As of June 2026, the case remains unresolved. 2. Incident Summary. Over a period of two days in October 2023, six federal law enforcement special agents reported observing "orbs launching other orbs," near a sensitive national security site in the western United States at approximately dusk. Each team of two agents reported observing phenomena with similar morphological features and performance characteristics from multiple viewing angles. The phenomena's most distinctive reported feature was the repeating nature of their pattern of behavior, in which a luminous orange "mother orb" appeared to produce smaller red "orbs," one after another, multiple times over a period of several hours. Reporters described the orange "mother orbs" as appearing for one to two seconds, releasing a cluster of two to four red "orbs," and subsequently disappearing. The reporters characterized the behavior of the red "orbs" as anomalous, describing varied kinematic profiles including seemingly coordinated horizontal motion and apparent changes in altitude. The red "orbs"…