Several Agents Report Unidentified Phenomena in the Western United States
The reports spanned two days. One agent gave a firsthand account, but the published summary leaves out what the agent saw.
The reports spanned two days. One agent gave a firsthand account, but the published summary leaves out what the agent saw.
Several federal agents reported unidentified phenomena in the Western United States over two days in October 2023. The summary mentions a firsthand account from one of them but does not say what the agent saw.
A Department of War / AARO Memorandum for Record (dated 02 June 2026) presenting the first-hand, free-form narrative of Witness 2, one of several U.S. federal law enforcement special agents who reported observing unidentified anomalous phenomena over two days in October 2023 in the western United States. The witness recounts three discrete nighttime incidents involving bright orb-like lights, rows of red lights, and objects that mimicked vehicles and moved in ways the witness describes as inconsistent with physics. The memo notes accompanying AI-generated sketches of the three incidents and is signed by Jon T. Kosloski, Director of AARO.
While tasked to survey an area for individuals launching drones, Witness 2 and a partner watched from a valley at dusk. At approximately 1900 hours a bright circular orb-like light appeared 35-45 degrees above the northern/northeastern horizon, grew brighter, contained a smaller red orb within it, then expelled three or four red lights that accelerated instantly into a coordinated horizontal formation before the orb dimmed and faded. The process repeated approximately five times between 1900 and 1930 hours across the northern, northeastern, and eastern horizon; teams confirmed they observed the same objects. The final grouping of three equally spaced, aligned red lights hovered above the southern horizon until departure at approximately 2300 hours.
Tasked again to survey for drone launches, Witness 2 and partner parked on a small hill at approximately 1800 hours. At 1845 they saw two orb-like lights resembling distant vehicle headlights to the south; at 1900 a row of red lights hovered ~15 degrees above the southern horizon in a triangular formation, appearing to cover a football-field-sized area with eerie stillness. Two apparent vehicles flashed white pulses and hovered within a roughly six-by-six-mile box between mountain ranges. The witnesses pursued one object with headlights off using night vision at up to ~70 mph; the headlights morphed into a single bright white/orange orb with halo glow, which accelerated instantly over a mile across rugged terrain when approached, later transforming into a box of orange and purple lights resembling a semi-truck before gliding ~4 miles in about a minute and disappearing near the mountain range. When the object vanished, the row of red lights over the southern horizon was also gone. Incident concluded ~2000 hours.
Between approximately 2100 and 2300 hours, the witnesses stopped to observe a single orb-like light sitting on a rural highway one to two miles northwest, brighter and larger than a single headlight. When they drove toward it, the object travelled west along the road, hovering at vehicle height above the right lane, loosely following the road pattern and gliding smoothly with only one center light, periodically dimming to a single red taillight and back. They could not catch it at ~80 mph over 10-15 miles. The object then transitioned into an orange light/orb-like-disk with halo glow and glided to the base of a hill; as they neared, an apparent semi-truck rounded the corner at high speed and passed, after which the orb-disk was gone.
"The red lights accelerated instantly and maneuvered with perfect, smooth coordination into a horizontal formation."
Speaker: Witness 2
Why it matters: Firsthand description of instantaneous acceleration and coordinated maneuvering.
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"To offer an obscure yet similar description, I find the characterization of portals oddly comparable to the event I witnessed."
Speaker: Witness 2
Why it matters: Witness invokes a 'portal' analogy for how the bright orb appeared to project objects out of it and then dim.
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"The object floated with an impossible, eerie stillness."
Speaker: Witness 2
Why it matters: Striking firsthand characterization of the row of red lights.
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"All the objects did appear significantly technologically advanced, and their behavior was inconsistent with physics. The triangle/red lights over the horizon were reminiscent of the Phoenix lights event/incident in the 1990s."
Speaker: Witness 2
Why it matters: Explicit comparison to the 1990s Phoenix Lights and assertion that behavior was inconsistent with physics.
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"The object appeared to “toy” with us (flashing headlight on and off and moving abruptly once we came in proximity)."
Speaker: Witness 2
Why it matters: Witness perceives apparent intentional, reactive behavior from the object.
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"The video footage captures some of it, but more valuable is the audio of our reactions."
Speaker: Witness 2
Why it matters: Indicates corroborating video and audio footage exists of the encounters.
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Witness 2
Federal law enforcement special agent; first-hand UAP witness · U.S. federal law enforcement · Page 1
Jon T. Kosloski
Director, AARO; signatory · All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) · Page 8
Western United States
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One of multiple AARO witness narratives for the October 2023 Western U.S. Event; this is Narrative Statement 2 (Witness 2). Witnesses were U.S. federal law enforcement special agents tasked with drone-launch surveillance. Three incidents over the two-day period. Pages 5-8 contain AI-generated sketches (Incident 1 p5, Incident 2 p6, p7 unlabeled, Incident 3 p8) generated ~2.5 years after the events; the PDF images themselves were not analyzed here. Witness references video and audio footage of the encounters. Signed by AARO Director Jon T. Kosloski.
The summary says there were several agents but gives no precise number.
The available material does not specify what the agent saw or what the account said.
"The following are AI-generated images of the three incidents based on prompts and descriptions I provided. The images make no reference to a specific location or geological features and contain only generic landscape features."
Speaker: Witness 2
Why it matters: Notes the accompanying sketches are AI-generated reconstructions made two and a half years after the events.
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Several federal agents reported unidentified phenomena in the Western United States over two days in October 2023.
The government summary says one agent gave a firsthand account, but it does not say what the agent saw. The result is a story with several witnesses and one crucial detail missing: what they reported seeing.
The summary says several federal law enforcement agents reported seeing unidentified phenomena. “Several” is all it says about their number; it gives no precise count. The location is also described only in general terms: the Western United States.
An unidentified phenomenon is something that has been observed but not identified. Here, the reports came in over two days in October. The summary does not say whether all the agents saw the same thing or whether they were describing separate sightings. Nor does it describe any particular moment during those two days.
One of the agents is identified in the document as “Witness No. 2.” The summary says the document includes the agent’s firsthand account—that is, an account from someone who witnessed the event. The statement was given to a U.S. office that investigates unidentified phenomena.
The label does not reveal how many witnesses there were in total, or provide details about the account. So it is impossible to know what the agent described or whether the account resembled the other reports. The summary notes that a firsthand account exists but does not quote the agent.
The material does not specify what the agents saw or offer a conventional explanation for the sightings. It also does not say whether the witnesses saw one phenomenon or more than one, or why the account’s details are absent from the summary.
Two days of reports, several agents, and one account mentioned without its contents. That is all the document leaves us with, along with a simple question: What did they see?