Narrative Statement 3, Western United States Event, 2023

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red lights coming from the north, heading south. Their speed was difficult to gauge but I’d say
they moved from right to left in my vision in about five to ten seconds covering roughly 90
degrees across the sky. These four red lights stopped above an airfield and hovered in what
appeared to be a square over each corner of the airfield. At about the same time, looking south, I
also observed orange orbs (possibly two) coming from the same direction (east) I saw the first
orange orb (in the para above). They seemed to be hovering near a slope of a west facing
ridgeline as the four smaller red orbs hovered over the airfield. I don’t recall if the orange orbs
released red orbs in the same manner the first orange orb did. Looking back toward the four
hovering red lights, I noticed what appeared to be a vehicle down below me and my partner. We
were sitting higher up on a road that sloped upward so the vehicle was below us. As the red
lights hovered, the vehicle was flashing its headlights at a slow, methodical tempo, possibly two-
three seconds between switching off and on. Again, I don’t recall there being any sound
associated with any of this. My partner and I decided to speed down the hill toward the vehicle
as it seemed evident that it was involved with whatever was happening over the airfield and with
the other light orbs. I turned off the lights in our vehicle to hide our approach. (I used NVGs to
drive down the road.) The vehicle appeared to be sitting still, and I recall my heart beating
heavily as we approached it. As we approached the vehicle, its lights remained on. As we
approached, it seemed like we could get no closer than what seemed to be about 100 yards away
so it seemed like the vehicle was responding to our approach. As we thought we would overtake
the vehicle, it managed to keep its distance from us. Just as we thought we were at the closest
point, the vehicle then seemingly floated off the road to the south, across rough terrain. There
were no roads and later we searched for tire tracks but didn’t find anything. We stopped where
we thought the vehicle had originally been and saw it out in the brush in the rough terrain with a
single light on. The light then faded out and we didn’t see it anymore. At that point, we were
fixed on the vehicle so I didn’t notice the lights any longer. I am not sure what they did as we
tried to catch up with the vehicle. When the vehicle was gone, so were the orbs. The time frame
for this occurrence was about 2-3 minutes.”
Jon T. Kosloski
Director, AARO
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