Narrative 4 Western US Event

Summary

This three-page unclassified memorandum for record from the Office of the Under Secretary of War, dated 02 June 2026, reproduces the narrative of Witness 4 submitted to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Witness 4 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 account states that sometime in October 2023, just after sunset at about 7PM, the witness saw a bright ball of light like a shooting star beam across and over a hillside at approximately 1 to 2 thousand feet above ground level, roughly a quarter of a mile away. Colors went from amber to orange, slightly yellow, and white, and the light appeared for only a second or two, with no other lights and no mechanical buzzing or aircraft-like sound.