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Serious: My Uncle, a Life-Long Pilot, Finally Shares his 1991 Colorado River UFO Encounter

Unknown1 witnessSighting reportJan 1, 2026, 12:00 AMArkansas River, Colorado

Witnesses

1 witness

Duration

Unknown

Source material

2

Timeline

2

Source context

Limited context

48

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

Source provenance

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Live sighting record c1f3a518-508d-4e1f-b228-2766fc1639c7.

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Correlations

Field Intelligence

Moon phase

91% illumination

Waxing gibbous — bright sky

Solar window

Sunrise7:25 AM
Sunset4:53 PM
Day length9h 28m

Weather

Open-Meteo
ConditionsOvercast
Temperature31°F
Cloud cover97% · Overcast
Wind1 mph

Area activity

Within 2 daysNo sightings within 60 mi

Meteor activity

Active showerQuadrantids · 120 ZHR
Peak windowJan 3

Context notes

Full/near-full moon (91% illumination)

Quadrantids meteor shower was active at this time

Heavy cloud cover (97%) — limited visibility

Extracted details

Observed facts

Occurred

Jan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM

Timezone

Mountain Time

Location

Arkansas River, Colorado

Observers

1 witness

Witness account

Narrative

My uncle, now approaching his 80s, is a life-long pilot who also served in the Army as a pilot. He has been reluctant to share this story for over a decade, but he is finally willing to do so. He has reached a point in his retirement where he no longer worries about what others think and feels he has nothing to lose by telling the truth about his experience. The following encounter took place one morning in 1991, in southwestern Colorado, along the Arkansas River. My uncle went fly fishing ea...

Case progression

Timeline

Encounter windowJan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM

Witnesses place the encounter near Arkansas River, Colorado.

PublishedJun 5, 2026, 9:27 AM

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telemetry

Environmental pass

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