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Witness Reports Bright Light Near U.S. Test Facility
The light stayed fixed. A man in another car tried to see it but couldn’t.
Released to the public May 8, 2026
In brief
A man told the FBI he saw a bright light near a test facility. It stayed fixed, but a man in another car couldn’t see it.
Summary
Heavily redacted FBI FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) memorializing a September 2023 interview (conducted via FaceTime Video) of a witness, a contractor with 10-15 hours as a drone pilot, who described a daytime UAP sighting at a US test site while traveling to conduct LiDAR tests. The witness reported a linear, metallic/gray object with an extremely bright white light on its east side, smaller than a 737 but larger than a drone (1-2 Blackhawk-helicopter lengths), at approximately 5,000 ft AGL, traveling east-to-west parallel to the ground for 5-10 seconds before the light went out and the object vanished. The interview also recounts the witness's psychological aftereffects (storm-night TV concerns, weird dreams, sleep disturbance for two nights). Names, locations, dates within the month, and most identifying details are redacted.
Incidents in the document
- September 2023 (specific day redacted) · [REDACTED] United States (US test site) · Page 1
Around 0730, while traveling south in a convoy of three vehicles to a gate (which was giving trouble) en route to LiDAR tests, the witness observed a linear object with an extremely bright white light on its east side, located about three-quarters of the way up the windshield. The object was metallic/gray, lacked wings or exhaust, and was smaller than a 737 but 1-2 Blackhawk helicopters in length and definitely bigger than a drone. It was at approximately 5,000 ft AGL, moving east-to-west parallel to the ground. After 5-10 seconds the light went out and the object vanished; the witness could not reacquire it in the otherwise clear sky. The object remained the same size and light intensity throughout. No vehicle interference was noticed. A person in the second vehicle tried unsuccessfully to direct another person's attention to the object.