In 2026, two people were traveling in the western United States. After covering about 40 kilometers, they saw a red light over a mountain ridge to the west and stopped. At first, they thought the light was on the mountain. Then it began moving east.
They watched it for about 15 minutes. Then more lights appeared directly overhead, moving along with the first light. One dropped quickly and vanished, followed by the others. The report does not say what happened to the lights afterward; it simply describes their disappearance.
The Light Began to Move
The incident took place at about 10 p.m. One of the travelers described it in a phone call to an FBI investigator. The FBI is the federal agency that investigates crimes in the United States. The call was documented in an agency record. The other person at the scene also gave a statement, documented separately.
The travelers stopped to examine the light. At first, it appeared to be on the mountain ridge to the west, but then it began moving east. They continued watching it, though the report does not explain what made it move.
Lights Appeared Overhead
About 15 minutes later, six to 10 more lights appeared directly above where the travelers were standing. The traveler described them as red points of light. The first light and the new ones moved together, east and southeast.
As the lights moved, one dropped quickly and vanished. The traveler estimated that it descended about 300 meters, not that it moved that distance sideways. The other lights continued in the same direction, then disappeared as well.
What Remains Unknown
It is not known what the lights were or what caused them to appear and move. The document offers no conventional explanation for what the travelers saw, but it also does not specify which explanations were investigated. Parts of the document are redacted, and the account breaks off before the end of the page.
The first light was seen over the mountain ridge. It, too, eventually disappeared.
