DOW-UAP-D082, Narrative Statement 4, Western United States Event, 2023

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OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF WAR 5000 DEFENSE PENTAGON AND SECURITY MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD SUBJECT: Nairntive from Witness 4 -Western U.S. Event This memorandum presents the first-hand naiTative from Witness 4 provided to the All­ domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Witness 4 was one ofseveral United States (U.S.) federal law enforcement special agents who reported observing unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) over a period of two days in October 2023 in the western United States. fu response to AARO's request to provide a free-fo1m naiTative of the sequence of events exactly as they remember them, Witness 4 submitted the following text: "Sometime in October 2023, just after sunset (7PM), I saw a bright ball oflight like a shooting stai· beam across and over a hillside. The light was approximately 1-2k above ground level, was orange/yellow and white in color and appeai·ed for about a second or two. I was approximately less than a quaiter ofa mile from the hillside, and the ball of light seem ve1y close to me as if it was a shooting star coming towai·ds the hillside, towai·d and not away from me. The colors of the light went from amber to orange, slightly yellow and white in that order. No other lights were seen, nor did I hear any mechanical buzzing or anything like an aircraft at this time and kept driving. After about 10 minutes I saw with my naked eye multiple singulai· bright orange lights/orbs ofvai·ious brightness, size and distance. Using my night vision goggles (NV Gs) I saw the saine lights in addition to multiple other lights. Some of the lights seen with NVG's were organized in a line ofthree, evenly spaced and at various altitudes, horizontally just above the skyline. Most of the lights were only visible for approx. 1-2 seconds before disappeai·ing. Later, I observed multiple singulai· ve1y bright orange lights that appeai·ed to shoot out smaller orange lights as ifbeing hatched from the lai·ger ve1y bright orange light. The hatching occmTed multiple times, I lost track after five occmTences. The smaller lights seemed to travel downwards like a falling flai·e. Soon thereafter I saw nine lights fo1med a horizontal line just above a ridgeline. The lights were static, not moving, evenly spaced apait and were visible for 30+ seconds. Smaller lights then appeai·ed below and to the left and right ofthe line of nine lights. These smaller lights seemed to cluster (almost touching) in a combination ofthree. The lights soon disappeared only to appeai· again directly behind me. All these observations occmTed within a 2-3 hom span, nonstop.

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The next day between 7-9pm I saw the same light phenomenon; however, I also saw what appeared to be chemtrails approx. 10 finger lengths from the highest ridge point. I observed for more than 10 minutes, the chemtrails were white and moved up toward the atmosphere. I did not see any aircraft or lights at or near the chemtrails; I was observing from about 3k above ground level. After 10 minutes, I saw 1 chemtrail disappear and the chemtrail below it made a U turn and headed toward/falling towards the ground very quickly. At this time, I saw a plane in the same direction (southeast) as the chemtrails. In tandem I saw a string of lights that resembled a Starlink deployment. Shortly thereafter, I saw what appeared to be one light source just above the Southeast ridgeline. The lights seemed to produce four smaller lights which traveled downward as the main light source disappeared. Three of the smaller lights seemed to form a horizontal line while the fourth traveled westward and away from the line of three. The four lights were observed for approx. 10 minutes; no other lights were observed thereafter. Later in the night while stationary in a vehicle on ground level, I watched at least one light source appear and disappear along a mountain (approx. 4 miles away). The light moved from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain and at first looked like a vehicle traveling down the mountain; however, the light darted between the top and bottom of the mountain within seconds, which would not be feasible for a standard vehicle to do. Moreover, this was desert terrain and very rough dirt roads; the light produced no dust cloud and moved steadily. I watched this light traverse between mountain to mountain for approx. 30 minutes and saw a light appear from the bottom of the mountain disappear and then another light would be seen at the top of the mountain; unsure if it was the same light. At some point I saw a very bright, white light appear just below a ridgeline. It was steady and did not pulse or hatch smaller lights. At first, it looked like a star; however, it was big, very bright and looked like it was in front of and just below a ridgeline from my eyelevel. The ridgeline was approx. 10 mins of a drive at 60 mph if I were to guess. I drove towards the light and the closer I got the higher my gaze to look at it. As I was getting close the light source disappeared from my field of view (right) and an equally bright light appeared on my left at eye level. Again, I thought it might have been a vehicle but continued to observe my left field of view while still traveling to get closer to the ridgeline where I initially saw the first light. By the time I got onto a paved road both lights had disappeared. The one near the ridgeline never appeared again and the one near the ground also never reappeared. Later in the night between 1-3am I continued to see same distant lights appear and disappear within the night sky. Fixed at a specific spot in the sky these lights movements were different than the stars beyond it. I continued to see three or more lights group together, moved