Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, October 2023
- Date
- Oct 2023
- Place
- Colorado, United States
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
27 seconds of cell-phone rear-camera video from the same Colorado officer series (PR001/002/004). The camera zooms in and holds on an apparent light source in the upper third of frame. AARO's transcript records no discernible dialogue, only background noise. Same AARO autofocus comment applies.
What officials concluded
Tentative explanation
AARO's autofocus/image-processing caveat applies as a general note, though this clip contains no verbal claim of anomalous behavior to explain.
- 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
- No: 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 camera, no verbal witness content at all (confirmed by AARO's own transcript), brief clip of an undifferentiated light source, and AARO's autofocus comment offers a plausible instrument explanation for any apparent shape distortion.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- One local law enforcement officer (unnamed, redacted), firsthand, no verbal narration in this clip
- Sensors
- Cell-phone rear-facing camera
- Lights and colour
- Apparent light source
- Motion
- Camera increases magnification and holds the light near the top third of frame
- Duration
- 27 seconds
Pentagon files
LLE-UAP-PR003, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, October 2023
Open the original on dvidshub.netLLE-UAP-D003, Transcript of an Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, October 2023
A transcript stating outright that the underlying 27-second silent video contains only indistinct background noise and no discernible dialogue; there is no narrative or descriptive content of any kind in this file beyond that one statement.
Open the original on war.gov
What the file claims
- Unverified
AARO's transcript states the video contains only indistinct background noise and no discernible dialogue.
On the map
39.00° N, 105.50° W, plotted at the centre of the region named in the record
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