Narrative Statement 5, Western United States Event, 2023

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4. As we were slowing our vehicle, and the opposite traffic vehicle quickly approached, the red
and white light pair hovered, with zero resistance, or change in height, over the bushes to the
right
at about 15-20 mph. The light pair stopped just as we stopped our vehicle and I pulled out the
Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) to take a look. I saw the light pair for a split second in the NVGs
before the lights turned off and I saw a very thin line remain, maybe 4 ft wide, horizontal to the
earth (See Image 1). It began moving at the same speed, 15-20 mph, and I could not see it for
more than a second or two before I lost track of it. It also seemed to move up in height with this
movement, but remained a flat line.
5. SA ■ notified- of the location and activity.- said it was clear.
6. We drove to building. to notify and inquire. They did not see it at the time, but said they
would look into it and notified us ■■■ I had left
7. SA■■■ I told him what we saw and .. volunteered to return to our sighting location and
search.
8. We returned to our sighting location and maneuvered the vehicle around trying to shine the
headlights to stir something. We also looked through NVG and ■■■■ looked through the
thermal binoculars. He found a few "cold" spots to search, but they turned out to be ■--.
9. It may have been about 0530 when SA-was using the NVG and said "I see it!" and
added something about a cobweb that made me notice a cobweb. There was an identical cob
web floating nearby, but floating and flowing down towards the earth. The second was moving
up, but not with a natural flow. That's when I could see a shape, not perfectly outlined, but faint
lights in a perfect formation that moved together (See Image 2). While SA■■■■ was
watching it in the NVG at the same time I saw it with my naked eye. It seemed to be moving up
and slightly side to side. This gave the perception of trying to evade being noticed, or blend into
the stars as it was now more than 20 ft in the air. I could not judge how far away. I tried to look
at a reference point to describe it and looked at a bright light in the distance, which cause my
eyes to adjust differently and I lost the formation of faint lights. When my eyes readjusted, a few
seconds later, I saw the exact formation of faint lights again but at the opposite angle and at the
same height and location (See Image 3). I could not see it much longer as the lights grew fainter.
10. We continued to test maneuvering the truck and shining lights to see any movement, but we
could not identify anything. We drove around for a short time while the sun was approaching
sunrise, and drove up the road and hill on the opposite side that the initial sighting was near.
11. Here we noticed the truck location parked by-and the- as a marker for more
investigation at a later time (placed earlier that morning around 0345 at their speculated
sighting). I noted that the tire tracks of this truck led back to the road and location that we saw
the red and white pair of lights at about 0430.
12. I rested from 0700-1030 and then returned to the field ·of the 0430 sighting with the other
agents to look for anomalies.
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