Narrative 3 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 3 provided to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Witness 3 was one of several United States federal law enforcement special agents who reported observing unidentified anomalous phenomena over two days in October 2023 in the western United States. The witness states that in mid-October 2023, while at a work location with one other agent around approximately 1900 hours, roughly dusk with a clear sky, they looked east and saw a large orange orb in the sky seemingly coming in their direction. The witness could not determine the object's distance, recalled a partner asking whether they were seeing it, and reported that the orb alternated between clear and orange in cycles of two or three seconds, with a well-defined outline when orange.