DOW-UAP-D082, Narrative Statement 4, Western United States Event, 2023
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.
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- Department of War
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- RELEASE-03-FILE-033-DOW-UAP-D082-NARRATIVE-STATEMENT-4-WESTERN-UNITED-STATES-EVENT-2023
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- 2026-06-12
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Witness 4 observed unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) over a period of two days in October 2023 in the western United States.
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.
Witness 4 saw a bright ball of light like a shooting star beam across and over a hillside.
I saw a bright ball of light like a shooting star beam across and over a hillside.
Witness 4 observed multiple singular bright orange lights that appeared to shoot out smaller orange lights.
I observed multiple singular very bright orange lights that appeared to shoot out smaller orange lights as if being hatched from the larger very bright orange light.
Witness 4 saw nine lights form a horizontal line just above a ridgeline.
I saw nine lights formed a horizontal line just above a ridgeline.
Witness 4 observed chemtrails moving up toward the atmosphere.
I also saw what appeared to be chemtrails approx. 10 finger lengths from the highest ridge point.
Witness 4 saw a plane in the same direction as the chemtrails.
At this time, I saw a plane in the same direction (southeast) as the chemtrails.
Witness 4 observed a string of lights that resembled a Starlink deployment.
In tandem I saw a string of lights that resembled a Starlink deployment.
Witness 4 saw lights moving horizontally just above a ridgeline.
A few days later at around the same time (after dusk) I saw lights moving horizontally just above a ridgeline.
Witness 4 observed an object with a faint red light hovering between two mountain ridges.
At approx. 400 meters away I saw an object that was slightly darker than the sky at dusk and lighter than the color of the terrain. There was a faint red light on the object which was static and hovering in between two mountain ridges.
Witness 4 saw a yellow light move quickly from North to South.
Some months thereafter at around midnight I saw a yellow light appear at my eyeline; I was about 2k above ground. This light did not move and was below the ridgeline of a hillside. There are buildings on that hill, so I wasn’t sure if it was manmade or not until I saw the light get brighter and quickly move North to South.
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