Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, 2023
- Date
- Oct 2023
- Place
- Colorado, United States
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
1 minute 19 seconds of cell-phone rear-camera video from a local law enforcement officer in Colorado, October 2023, one of four clips from the same officer (LLE-UAP-PR001-004). The officer described the phenomenon as silent, with red, blue and green flashing lights. AARO's transcript of the (audio-stripped) video captures only two brief exclamations. AARO's own comment attributes possible distortion to cell-phone autofocus.
What officials concluded
Tentative explanation
AARO notes that the type of cellular device used employs autofocus and other automated image-processing functions that can distort the apparent shape and motion of a distant subject, especially at high zoom.
- Agency
- Local Law Enforcement
- Released in
- 123456
AARO comment
Cellular devices of the type used to capture this footage employ autofocus and other automated image-processing functions that may distort the apparent morphological and kinematic characteristics of distant subjects, particularly at high magnification.
Evidence profile
- Yes: Visual
- No: Infrared
- No: Radar
- Yes: Video
- No: Photo
- No: Film
- Yes: Audio
- No: Night vision
- No: Other sensor
- No: Civilian
- No: Military aircrew
- No: Military ground
- No: Airline crew
- No: Sensor operator
- Yes: Law enforcement
- No: Scientist
- No: Astronaut
- No: Intelligence official
- No: Other
- Yes: Light only
- No: Orb or sphere
- No: Disc
- No: Triangle
- No: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- No: Other shape
- No: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Why this rating Single hand-held cell-phone camera, no sworn statement, minimal verbal content in the transcript (two exclamations), and AARO's own comment offers a plausible instrument explanation (autofocus/image-processing distortion) for any apparent shape change at zoom.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- One local law enforcement officer (unnamed, redacted), firsthand, not sworn; a second speaker briefly present ('come here')
- Sensors
- Cell-phone rear-facing camera
- Lights and colour
- Red, blue, and green flashing lights (per officer's own description)
- Motion
- Not described in the transcript beyond the camera's own zoom changes
- Duration
- 1 minute 19 seconds
Pentagon files
LLE-UAP-PR001, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, 2023
Open the original on dvidshub.netLLE-UAP-D001, Transcript of an Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, October 2023
A heavily redacted transcript of a 1-minute-19-second silent (audio removed by AARO) video captured by a Colorado law enforcement officer in October 2023. Only two speaker lines survive redaction: an officer calling something to 'come here' twice, and a second speaker's startled exclamation ('me' with an expletive redacted). No description of what was seen is present in the surviving transcript text.
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What the file claims
- Unverified
The reporting officer described the observed phenomenon as silent and featuring red, blue and green flashing lights.
- Unverified
AARO's transcript of the audio-stripped video records only two brief exclamations ('come here'; an expletive), with no descriptive narration.
On the map
39.00° N, 105.50° W, plotted at the centre of the region named in the record
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