Narrative 1 Western US Event

Summary

This two-page unclassified memorandum for record from the Office of the Under Secretary of War, dated 02 June 2026, presents the first-hand narrative of Witness 1 provided to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Witness 1 was one of several United States federal law enforcement special agents who reported observing unidentified anomalous phenomena over a period of two days in October 2023 in the western United States. The account states that on the first night other teams reported weird lights moving along in groups miles away that the witness could not see from their vantage point. On the second night, while driving with another team member through a valley, the witness suddenly noticed a large glowing ball to the right, initially estimated at 500 to 600 meters away and later measured with a range finder at about 1100 meters to the hillside.