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This Federal Bureau of Investigation FD-302 interview report from 2026 records a witness account, with names and locations redacted, of multiple unidentified dull red lights seen at night in 2026. The witness watched them through night optical devices as they moved along a mountain ridgeline, hovered overhead and came as low as about 6 feet off the ground. The witness also said his analog watch ran 25 minutes fast afterward. The form states that it contains no FBI recommendations or conclusions.
From the source: Release of 2026-08-07 Incident: 2026, Western United States. Released with redactions. This document is an FBI FD-302, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record interviews. This FD-302 records a 2026 interview with a U.S. person, in which the interviewee describes three incidents potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in the western United States occurring within a 5-hour period in 2026. A second individual who was present at the time also provided an interview, recorded in this collection as “FBI-UAP-D040.” Two FBI digital renderings based upon the observer’s descriptions accompany this document, under the titles FBI-UAP-D038 and FBI-UAP-D039.
FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) Continuation ofFD-302 of _______ , On ~ ,Page 2 of 3 unidentified l i ght appear directly above their location and was v i sible for approximately 10 minutes , before i t, t oo , dis appeared . Somet i me be t ween 1 0 : 00pm and 11 : 00pm , - observed another, simi la r unidentified l i ght appear approximately 600 meters (est i mated) t o the east of their posit i on and appeared t o be approximately 500 fee t above their vehicl e . Th e uni dent i fied lig h t appeared t o move t oward them and stopped approximately 400 meters away . A second unidentified l i g ht appeared and moved t oward, and then stopped in proximity o f, t h e first . Th e second l ight appeared t o be approximat e ly 6 feet off the ground . As wat ched the two unident ifie d l i ghts t o t h e east , he not i ced light i n h i s peri pheral v i sion descend from a lt itude and stop in a dry wash approximately 100 meter s behind them . Although - could not d i rect l y see the light source , he observe d the g l ow emanating f rom t he wash . watche d the glow move through the wash . entered their vehicle and drove up t o t he next i ntersect i on in attempt to get a better view of t h e unidentified l ights to t heir east . Upon arri val , the l ights were no l onger observed . - - returned to their ori gina l position, but were unable t o re - acqui r e the unidentif i ed lights . walked 1 0- 20 meters away from the vehicle to l ook around the area ; - remained near the vehicle. At t h i s t i me , - adjusted t h e filter on h i s NODs t o l ook at h i s watch , which displ ayed approximately 1 : 00am (estimated based on memory) . - s watch was a Men's Au t omatic Analog Watch . - wa l ked back t o t he vehi cle t o check h i s phone , which displayed 12 : 40am . - noted the discrepancy , compared the time displ ayed on h i s watch to the time displ ayed o n his phone and observed that the t ime o n his watch was 25 minutes ahead o f the time on his phone and the vehicl e ' s digital c l ock . - re l ayed t h e discrepancy t o ■■■■■ , whose digital watch displayed the same t ime as the phones and vehi cle c l ock . - stated that he had owned t hat watch for approximately 5 years , and i t had never been off by more than 60 - 90 seconds . - had last checked the t ime o n his watch at approximately 10 : 00pm, and i t was accurate at that t ime . - stated that h i s watch was the on l y mechanical/analog/non - d igital clock in t h e v i cinity at that time and it was the o nly clock that displ ayed a different time . - d i d not adjust h i s wa t ch or reset t he time for 2 4 hours to see i f it continued to malfuncti on ; the wat ch cont i nued t o keep accurate time bu t remained ~5 minutes fast .
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