Narrative 5 Western US Event
Summary
This five-page unclassified memorandum for record from the Office of the Under Secretary of War, dated 02 June 2026, presents the free-form narrative of Witness 5 provided to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Witness 5 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 begins in October 2023 around 1630 hours, when the witness and another special agent headed for a gate and then drove south, stopping to ask two men in their twenties whether they were having car trouble; the men replied they were only taking pictures. The narrative continues along an unpaved, rough road past a park sign, noting a trailer, a white Jeep Wrangler, and an old red Volkswagen van, with some details redacted.