DOW-UAP-D082, Narrative Statement 4, 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 4 - 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 4 provided to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Witness 4 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 4 submitted the following text:

“Sometime in October 2023, just after sunset (7PM), I saw a bright ball of light like a shooting star beam across and over a hillside. The light was approximately 1-2k above ground level, was orange/yellow and white in color and appeared for about a second or two. I was approximately less than a quarter of a mile from the hillside, and the ball of light seem very close to me as if it was a shooting star coming towards the hillside, toward and not away from me. The colors of the light went from amber to orange, slightly yellow and white in that order. No other lights were seen, nor did I hear any mechanical buzzing or anything like an aircraft at this time and kept driving. After about 10 minutes I saw with my naked eye multiple singular bright orange lights/orbs of various brightness, size and distance. Using my night vision goggles (NVGs) I saw the same lights in addition to multiple other lights.…

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