Seven Federal Agents, Four UAP Types, Western US 2023

Brief

Seven federal law enforcement special agents (USPER1–7), organized into three two-person teams, reported four categories of UAP encounters at dusk and pre-dawn across two days in the western U.S. in 2023. The encounters included orange orbs launching red sub-orbs at least five times, a large silent glowing orb near a rock formation later assessed by AARO to be 12–18 meters in diameter at roughly 1,050 meters distance, and two kite-shaped objects — one that evaded pursuit near ground level by moving laterally off a road, and one that appeared sufficiently transparent to reveal faint stars through its body when viewed through night vision goggles. AARO cites witness credibility and similarity to other filed reports as making this document among its most compelling current holdings, despite the absence of any technical sensor data.

Metadata

Agency

Department of War

Release

5/8/26

Incident

2023

Location

Western United States

Type

PDF • .pdf

Length

4 pages

Programs

AARO

Tags

orbs, sub-orb emission, kite-shaped, transparent UAP, western US, 2023, AARO, federal law enforcement witnesses, night vision, low-altitude, silent hovering, light anomaly

Key points

• Six agents (USPER1–6) in three independent two-person teams separately reported orange orbs emitting clusters of two to four red sub-orbs, with the sequence occurring at least five times over two evenings from varying vantage points.p.1
• The orange 'mother' orb was visible for only one to two seconds per appearance; emitted red orbs generally moved horizontally, with individual witnesses reporting upward-angled and downward-swooping deviations.p.1
• AARO's post-incident measurements placed the 'Large, Fiery Orb' at approximately 1,050 meters — roughly double the 500–600 meter witness estimate — and assessed its diameter at 12–18 meters, far larger than the witnesses' 'small helicopter cockpit' comparison.p.2
• The 'Large, Fiery Orb' produced no audible sound and appeared completely stationary; the sighting lasted approximately one minute.p.2
• The 'Dark Kite' was initially mistaken for a vehicle on a restricted road; when agents closed to within a few hundred feet, it moved laterally into open desert at 15–20 mph without changing its orientation to the observers.p.3
• USPER6 viewed the 'Dark Kite' through NVGs after it stopped and extinguished its lights, describing a very thin horizontal line roughly four feet wide; in later AARO discussions, the shape was characterized as triangular.p.3
• The 'Transparent Kite,' observed roughly 30 minutes later in the same area, appeared partially see-through when viewed through NVGs, with faint stars visible through the object's body; USPER7, present on scene, saw nothing.p.4
• During the 'Transparent Kite' encounter, a spotlight beam appeared to terminate approximately 50 yards away against no visible target, then resumed normal projection when re-aimed — suggesting a transient, invisible obstruction.p.4

Verbatim

• heading up at an angle

  p.1

• swoop down

  p.1

• similar to the Eye or [sic] Sauron from Lord of the Rings, except without the pupil, or maybe an orange Storm Electrify bowling ball

  p.2

• seemed to be hovering with zero resistance or movement, or to be suspended…

  p.2

• did almost appear it might have had a small spindle or something connecting it from underneath to the rock formation

  p.2

• it almost looked like an ill defined, dark kite shape that had some rounded width to the sides

  p.3

• vaguely see a bright star or two in the distance through the object, though somewhat more faint

  p.4

• at one point my beam went from shining far into the distance to stopping about 50 yards away on nothing in particular, it just was not projecting into the distance and then it was

  p.4

Most interesting

• AARO's post-incident distance measurement for the 'Large, Fiery Orb' was ~1,050 meters — almost double the 500–600 meter estimate made by the witnesses standing in front of it.
• USPER5 and USPER6 appear across three of the four encounter categories, making them the most multiply-witnessed witnesses in the document.
• The object described in later AARO discussions as triangular was perceived on scene as a kite with rounded sides by one agent and as simply a 'thin line' by the other — illustrating how observer angle and optical aid produce divergent shape reports of the same object.
• The 'Transparent Kite' was observed by two of three agents at the scene; USPER7, standing nearby, saw nothing at all.
• No radar, infrared, electromagnetic, or other technical data was captured during any of the four encounter categories; the entire evidentiary record is eyewitness testimony.
• The document cannot resolve whether a single orange 'mother' orb conducted all five observed sub-orb launches or whether multiple orange orbs were operating, because the sequential timing across different observer positions made cross-identification impossible.
• The spotlight anomaly — beam stopping at roughly 50 yards against nothing, then restoring normal projection on the next pass — appears in the document without any offered conventional explanation.