DOW-UAP-D081, Narrative Statement 3, Western United States Event, 2023

DEPARTMENT OF WAR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

UNCLASSIFIED OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF WAR 5000 DEFENSE PENTAGON WASHINGTON, DC 20301-5000

INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY

MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD

SUBJECT: Narrative from Witness 3 - Western U.S. Event

References: (a) https://www.war.gov/ufo/#Western-US-Event,VIRIN: 260508-D-D0360-1052, 08-MAY 2026.

1. Executive Summary.

This memorandum presents the first-hand narrative from Witness 3 provided to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Witness 3 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 Narrative.

In response to AARO’s request to provide a free-form narrative of the sequence of events exactly as they remember them, Witness 3 submitted the following text:

"In mid-Oct 2023, I was with agents from our office at our work location. We were out of the office conducting work related activities. Traveling and working with one other agent, at approximately 1900, roughly dusk with a clear sky, I was looking east when I saw a large orange orb in the sky seemingly coming in my direction. I recall my partner asking, 'are you seeing this?' I couldn’t tell how large the orb was because I could not determine how far away it was. I recall that it was alternating between clear and orange with maybe two or three seconds in each colored cycle. When it was orange, the outline was well defined, but when it was clear, it did not seem to disappear as I vaguely recall still being able to see an outline of the orb although it was clear. In terms of speed, I’d estimate the orb moved approximately 20 degrees in the sky in about three to five seconds. When the orb was at…

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