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Department of War UFO File: Western US Event

Western US Event is a PDF record from Department of War in UFO Release 01. Incident date: 2023. Location: Western United States. View the summary, metadata, and official source links.

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File interpretation

This document is a summary of statements by seven US PERSONs employed by the federal government who separately reported observing several unidentified anomalous phenomena in the western United States over the course of two days in 2023. The summary notes the US PERSONS reported four distinct categories of experiences, including observing “orbs launching other orbs” at a distance, observing a large stationary glowing orb at close estimated range, pursuing a large phenomenon near the ground, and observing a large, seemingly transparent phenomenon, reported to being akin to a “translucent kite.” Although there is no technical data directly associated with this report, contextual factors — such as these events sharing features with others reported to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), the reporters’ credibility, and the potentially anomalous nature of the events themselves — combine to make this report among the most compelling within AARO’s current holdings.

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Metadata

Agency
Department of War
File type
PDF
Release date
5/8/26
Incident date
2023
Location
Western United States
OCR pages
4
Text layer
6,784 chars
File name
western_us_event_slides_5.08.2026.pdf