Email Correspondence, Pacific Time Zone, March 2023
- Date
- Mar 2023
- Place
- Pacific Time Zone (western United States, unspecified)
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
A six-page AFOSI/OUSD(I&S) email chain processing a civilian Intelligence Information Report (IIR) for declassification review, ultimately approved for release at the UNCLASSIFIED level as a derivative classification review. The attached civilian report describes a large, blue, featureless, triangular object with a solid unwavering silhouette emitting powerful light from multiple points, hovering stationary above or near a sensitive national security facility for about three minutes, then moving higher; its motion is described as 'backing up' in a jerking or jumping manner inconsistent with smooth jet propulsion. Total observation was about 8 minutes at night, obtained via personal cellular device.
What officials concluded
No conclusion stated
The file gives no official explanation.
- Agency
- Department of War
- Released in
- 123456
Evidence profile
- No: Visual
- No: Infrared
- No: Radar
- Yes: Video
- Yes: Photo
- No: Film
- No: Audio
- No: Night vision
- No: Other sensor
- Yes: Civilian
- No: Military aircrew
- No: Military ground
- No: Airline crew
- No: Sensor operator
- No: Law enforcement
- No: Scientist
- No: Astronaut
- No: Intelligence official
- No: Other
- No: Light only
- No: Orb or sphere
- No: Disc
- Yes: Triangle
- No: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- No: Other shape
- No: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Why this rating Single untrained civilian witness at night, no confirmed photo or video evidence in the released material (only 'obtained by personal cellular device' is stated, not that footage was captured or reviewed), no instrument corroboration; the described motion (jerking, backing up) is a distinctive perceptual claim but rests entirely on one person's account.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- One civilian
- Sensors
- Personal cellular device (unclear if photo, video, or only used for reference/timing)
- Shape
- Large, featureless, triangular
- Size
- Large
- Lights and colour
- Blue, with powerful whitish-blue light from multiple points along its perimeter
- Motion
- Hovering stationary, then 'backing up' in a jerking/jumping manner, inconsistent with smooth jet propulsion per the observer
- Duration
- Approx. 8 minutes total (approx. 3 minutes stationary)
- Altitude or range
- Not reported
Pentagon files
DOW-UAP-D051, Email Correspondence, Pacific Time Zone, March 2023
Open the original on war.gov
What the file claims
- Unverified
A civilian reported a large, blue, featureless triangular object with an unwavering silhouette, emitting light from multiple points, hovering near a national security facility for about three minutes before moving higher.
- Unverified
The reporter characterized the object's motion as backing up in a jerking or jumping manner inconsistent with smooth jet propulsion, and said they did not think it was a drone.
On the map
39.50° N, 119.00° W, plotted at the centre of the region named in the record
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