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LLE-UAP-PR001, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, 2023

A Colorado law-enforcement officer submitted this 79-second cellular-camera video from October 2023 and described a silent light flashing red, blue, and green. The official timeline says the camera pans and changes magnification while keeping an apparent light source near center; the lower frame was blurred for privacy. AARO warns that autofocus and image processing can distort distant subjects, and the reviewed footage does not identify the light.

File
Video · Release 06
Date
October 2023
Location
Colorado
Duration
1 min 20 sec

Probed Assessment

Key takeaways

  • The official account says a Colorado law-enforcement officer submitted 79 seconds of rear-camera cellular video recorded in October 2023.
  • The reporting officer described the light as silent and flashing red, blue, and green; this remains a witness description.
  • From 00:00 to 00:47, the official description says the camera panned to keep an apparent light source generally centered.
  • The official description, cached playback, and contact-sheet review support the camera actions and visible light only; witness color and silence descriptions remain attributed, and phone-processing effects limit morphology and motion claims.

Why it matters

The release provides a source-labeled view of what the camera or sensor displayed while keeping reported characteristics separate from conclusions the imagery cannot support.

Corroboration

The official description, cached playback, and contact-sheet review support the camera actions and visible light only; witness color and silence descriptions remain attributed, and phone-processing effects limit morphology and motion claims. The 15 video tracks are digitally silent, so they contain no speech to transcribe.

Open questions

  • What underlying sensor data or contemporaneous records, if any, could distinguish camera or display effects from scene motion?
  • Has AARO issued a case resolution or additional context for this specific release?

Probed separates this editorial assessment from the source claims below. It summarizes what the released artifact supports; it is not independent verification.

Official Description from War.gov

A local law enforcement officer submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office consisting of 1 minute and 19 seconds of video footage from a commercially available cellular device’s rear-facing camera in October 2023. The reporting officer described the phenomenon as “silent” and as featuring “red, blue, and green flashing lights.” Video Description: AARO digitally altered this footage by blurring the bottom half to obscure information whose release could be reasonably expected to affect the privacy or other protected interest of a U.S. person or commercial entity. 00:00-00:47: The camera pans to track an apparent light source, keeping it generally centered within the frame. 00:48-01:19: The camera increases and decreases its level of magnification several times and continues to pan to track the apparent light source. AARO Comment: Cellular devices of the type used to capture this footage employ autofocus and other automated image-processing functions that may distort the apparent morphological and kinematic characteristics of distant subjects, particularly at high magnification.

Preserved verbatim as source metadata. This wording is separate from Probed’s file-specific description and assessment.

File Context

Related entities

3
Topics (1)
Locations (1)
Research Map relationships require row-level claim or timeline references.

Tracker findings

1

AARO warns that phone processing can distort apparent shape and motion

Official DVIDS metadata says AARO cautions that autofocus and automated processing can distort the apparent shape and motion of distant subjects at high magnification.

Release provenance

Release
Release 06
Official ID
release-06-file-009-lle-uap-pr001-unresolved-uap-report-colorado-2023
Cleared
Sep 18, 2026
Official release source

Related coverage

3

Sighting Context

Stored occurrence and enrichment data for this released artifact. Missing or regional data stays explicit rather than being inferred.

Shape model

Shape not classified

No grounded form data

Observation profile

Recorded occurrence details

Occurrence
Colorado · October 2023
Location
Colorado
Classification
Not classified

Environmental, lunar, orbital, satellite, airport, and nearby-infrastructure context loads when this section approaches the viewport.

Referenced Timeline

  1. DVIDS recorded date

    The official DVIDS page lists 10.01.2023 as the date taken and COLORADO, US as the location.

  2. DVIDS posted date

    The official DVIDS page lists 09.18.2026 07:15 as the posting time for this released media record.

Source Claims

Claims are attributed to the released source and remain distinct from Probed’s assessment and tracker findings.

Source reportedAssertedofficial_dvids_metadata

Official DVIDS metadata says a Colorado law-enforcement officer submitted 79 seconds of rear-camera cellular video recorded in October 2023.

A local law enforcement officer submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office consisting of 1 minute and 19 seconds of video footage from a commercially available cellular device’s rear-facing camera in October 2023.

Source reportedUnverifiedofficial_dvids_metadata

Official DVIDS metadata says the reporting officer described the light as silent and flashing red, blue, and green; this remains a witness description.

The reporting officer described the phenomenon as “silent” and as featuring “red, blue, and green flashing lights.”

Source reportedAssertedofficial_dvids_metadata

Official DVIDS metadata states that from 00:00 to 00:47, the official description says the camera panned to keep an apparent light source generally centered.

00:00-00:47: The camera pans to track an apparent light source, keeping it generally centered within the frame.

Source reportedAssertedofficial_dvids_metadata

Official DVIDS metadata says AARO cautions that autofocus and automated processing can distort the apparent shape and motion of distant subjects at high magnification.

Cellular devices of the type used to capture this footage employ autofocus and other automated image-processing functions that may distort the apparent morphological and kinematic characteristics of distant subjects, particularly at high magnification.

Source Material & Evidence

video

Official DVIDS media page

DVIDS Video 1023409: LLE-UAP-PR001, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, 2023

video

Official DVIDS playback file

Official DVIDS direct media file, SHA-256 9ae66a2ff29d08d22c0e440eab1b54118503cc327fa4548cf4fd7b9cbbaa198a

Research Map

Lines appear only when two entities share a row-level source claim or dated timeline event. Unconnected nodes remain visible without implying a relationship.

ColoradoUAP · 1 claim + 2 eventsColoradoAll-domain Anomaly Resolution Office · 1 claim + 2 eventsUAPAll-domain Anomaly Resolution Office · 1 claim + 2 events