Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, January 2024
- Date
- 2 Jan 2024
- Place
- Colorado, United States
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
1 minute 42 seconds of cell-phone rear-camera video from the same Colorado officer series (PR001-003), dated 2 January 2024. The officer narrates watching a stationary 'orb' about 300 feet up for roughly 15 minutes, states he checked radar and found no aircraft in the area, and reports the object moving closer before the recording is interrupted by unrelated radio traffic.
What officials concluded
Tentative explanation
AARO's autofocus/image-processing caveat applies as a general note; it does not address the officer's radar-negative check.
- 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
- Yes: 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
- No: Light only
- Yes: 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 The officer's radar-negative check is a concrete, if unverified, investigatory step distinguishing this from a routine unchecked light report, and a sustained stationary hover (self-reported) is unusual for most conventional aircraft; still a single hand-held camera, unsworn narration, no altitude confirmed by instrument, and no shape/behavior beyond 'orb' and 'moving closer.'
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- One local law enforcement officer (unnamed, redacted), firsthand, real-time narration, not sworn
- Sensors
- Cell-phone rear-facing camera
- Shape
- Orb (officer's own term)
- Motion
- Described as flying stationary for about 15 minutes, then moving closer to the officer's position
- Duration
- 1 minute 42 seconds
- Altitude or range
- Approximately 300 feet above ground (per officer's estimate)
Pentagon files
LLE-UAP-PR004, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, January 2024
Open the original on dvidshub.netLLE-UAP-D004, Transcript of an Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, January 2024
A transcript of a 1-minute-42-second video in which a law enforcement officer, dated and timestamped on 2 January 2024, narrates watching an 'orb' flying roughly 300 feet up and stationary for about 15 minutes; the officer states he checked radar and found no aircraft in the area, then reports the object flying closer before the transcript is interrupted by unrelated radio traffic.
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What the file claims
- Unverified
The officer states he checked radar and found no aircraft flying in the area at the time.
- Unverified
The officer states the object had been flying stationary for about 15 minutes before he began recording.
On the map
39.00° N, 105.50° W, plotted at the centre of the region named in the record
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