Narrative Statement 2, Western United States Event, 2023

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the road and watched in the direction the light had been. After a short while, the light turned
back on, and the object began to move west across the valley. Again, the object appeared to
hover over the terrain as it moved across in a gliding motion approximately half a mile south of
our location. After passing the dirt road we were parked on, the light transformed into a group of
orange and purple lights in the shape of a box (not dissimilar to a semi-truck in shape and
opaqueness). We started to drive south toward the highway. The box of lights continued
uninterrupted north/northwest toward the mountain range on the west side of the valley. The
object glided smoothly across the rugged terrain as if traveling at a high rate of speed on a non-
existent road. The object covered approximately four miles of rugged terrain within
approximately one minute. The object came in proximity to the mountain range, the lights
turned off, and the object was not seen again. Once the lights near the mountain range were no
longer visible, the row of red lights hovering above the southern horizon were gone as well. The
incident concluded at approximately 2000 hours. There were no acoustics, interreference or
physiological effects experienced during the incident.
The objects in the valley appeared to stay within 20 feet of the ground and did not extend beyond
that. The objects appeared highly reactive to our interaction with them. The objects initially
appeared to mimic vehicles (my best example is the flying car from the Harry Potter book
series). The object then appeared to mimic a box truck (superficially) but was inconsistent with
what an actual vehicle travel. The object appeared to “toy” with us (flashing headlight on and
off and moving abruptly once we came in proximity). The movements appeared very controlled,
and the sudden transition of the object felt very purposeful. The “headlights” and “box-truck”
did not appear organic; the orb-like light is harder to define. All the objects did appear
significantly technologically advanced, and their behavior was inconsistent with physics. The
triangle/red lights over the horizon were reminiscent of the Phoenix lights event/incident in the
1990s.
Incident 3
In October 2023, my partner and I were tasked to survey an area for individuals launching
drones. Sometime between approximately 2100 and 2300 hours, my partner and I pulled off
onto a side of the road to observe an orb-like light we saw sitting on the on the road at the crest
of a hill. The night was clear and dark. At this point we had seen several unusual objects and so
we stopped to observe the object. The object was on a rural highway approximately one to two
miles northwest of us just sitting on the road. It was similar to a single headlight but was a bit
brighter and larger in size. It caught our attention because, if it were headlights, the lights should
theoretically be moving west to east. We decided to drive towards to catch up with it and
observe the object more closely. As we started driving towards it, the object began to travel west
on the road as if it were a vehicle. It hovered above the right lane at approximately the height of
a vehicle. It was unusual because if it were an actual vehicle we would expect to see taillights,
there would be two lights not one, we would be gaining on it, and gravity would force the vehicle
to follow the road pattern exactly; the object we saw only has one center light and loosely
followed the road pattern, gliding very smoothly. If I recall correctly, on several occasions the
bright orb-like light dimmed out and transitioned to what appeared to be a single red taillight but
then transitioned back to the single bright orb-like light. The object maintained this behavior for
approximately 10 to 15 miles. We travelled approximately 80 miles an hour and could not catch
up to it. Towards the end of the interaction, we saw the object abruptly transition into an orange
light/orb-like-disk with a halo glow and glide to the side of the road at the base of a hill. The
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