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Active leadUseful case file with unresolved ambiguity and room for more corroboration.

2016 Uap in Utah is just a bug ?

Unknown2sVideoOct 1, 2025, 12:00 AMBeaver, Utah

Witnesses

Unknown

Duration

2s

Source material

2

Timeline

3

Source context

Limited context

59

Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.

Source provenance

r/UFOB

Live sighting record 55735512-04fb-4d39-82af-6fa462d2a8ef.

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Correlations

Field Intelligence

Sunlight window

Daytime — sun above horizon

Sighting occurred during daylight hours

Solar window

Sunrise7:26 AM
Sunset7:16 PM
Day length11h 50m

Weather

Open-Meteo
ConditionsClear sky
Temperature64°F
Cloud cover18% · Mostly clear
Wind8 mph

Area activity

Within 2 days1 sightings within 60 mi

Extracted details

Observed facts

Occurred

Oct 1, 2025, 12:00 AM

Timezone

Mountain Time

Location

Beaver, Utah

Duration

2s

Witness account

Narrative

​ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13h\_ZuOqvj42016 In October 2016, documentary filmmakers Sam Chortek and Jimmy Chappie were using a D J I Phantom to capture scenic B-roll footage over the snow-dusted foothills of Beaver, Utah. They did not notice anything unusual during the flight. During post-production review, they spotted a white, oblong object that appeared out of the background mountain range, executed a banking turn, and zipped past their camera in a mere 1.5 seconds. Believing the ob...

Case progression

Timeline

Encounter windowOct 1, 2025, 12:00 AM

Witnesses place the encounter near Beaver, Utah.

PublishedAug 2, 2026, 3:42 PM

r/UFOB carried the report into the source network.

Signal attachment

Tracked inside the Sam Chortek and Jimmy Chappie Reiterate 2016 UAP in Utah is Just a Bug signal.

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Source material

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Original report

Open

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telemetry

Environmental pass

Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.