DOW-UAP-D079, Narrative Statement 1, Western United States Event, 2023

Witness 1 observed unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) over a period of two days in October 2023 in the western United States.

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.

Witness 1 observed a large glowing ball that appeared to be 500 to 600 meters away, later measured to be about 1100 meters.

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 glowing ball appeared to have a swirly pattern of bright lava and was about 20 feet or more in diameter.

It was just a circle of light that looked like a swirly pattern of bright lava. I would have guessed the circle to be 20 feet or more in diameter.

Three red lights flew out of the glowing ball and moved quickly away.

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.

A flash lit up the sky when the orange light appeared.

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.

A vehicle with one red and one white taillight was observed hovering and not kicking up dust.

I noticed it appeared one taillight cover was broken because one taillight was red and one was white. It did not bounce or move with the terrain, but seemed to hover. It did not kick up any dust either.

The object was hard to define visually and appeared transparent.

The object itself was still hard to define its shape and borders visually. It was almost like looking at something through water where it was not completely clear.