The following videos are artistic interpretations (digital recreations) of the reported incident, based upon a first-hand description provided by a federal law enforcement special agent as described in DOW-UAP-D081.
PR005 — Digital Recreation, Narrative Statement 3-1
PR006 — Digital Recreation, Narrative Statement 3-2
In October 2023, over a period of two days, multiple United States federal law enforcement special agents reported observing unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) near a sensitive national security site in the western United States. Witness 3, a federal law enforcement special agent, provided a first-hand narrative to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) describing their observations.
The witness reported observing an orange luminous object that appeared to eject smaller red spheres. The behavior and characteristics of the observed phenomenon did not correspond to any known aircraft, drone, or conventional explanation available to the reporting agents or to AARO analysts.
The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) received reports from multiple federal law enforcement special agents who observed UAP near a sensitive national security site in the western United States. AARO conducted interviews and documented the witness accounts, including Narrative Statement 3 (DOW-UAP-D081) which describes the events observed by Witness 3.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) prepared digital recreations (FBI-UAP-PR005 and FBI-UAP-PR006) at the request of the Department of War in 2026, based upon the first-hand descriptions provided by the witness. These digital recreations are artistic interpretations intended to visually represent the witness's account for analysis and public release.
The Department of War documented the ongoing analysis in DOW-UAP-D077, the Unresolved Case Analysis Update for the Western United States Event. As of June 2026, the case remains unresolved.
The case remains unresolved by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) as of June 2026. The available witness testimony and digital recreations do not provide sufficient data to conclusively identify the observed phenomenon as any specific conventional platform. The description of an orange object ejecting red spheres near a sensitive national security site by multiple federal law enforcement special agents represents a credible report that AARO continues to analyze.
The digital recreations have been publicly released by the Department of War via the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) as part of Release 03.
- Q.01What was the true nature of the orange object observed by multiple federal law enforcement special agents near a sensitive national security site?
- Q.02What were the smaller red spheres ejected by the primary orange object — were they separate physical objects, emissions, or sensor artifacts?
- Q.03What additional sensor data — radar, electronic warfare, or other intelligence sources — may exist that could corroborate the visual observations?
- Q.04Do classified documents regarding this incident exist that have not yet been released to the public?
- Q.05Were there additional witnesses among other federal law enforcement special agents present at the location during the two-day period who have not yet come forward?
