Department of War PURSUE File
DOW-UAP-D077, AARO Unresolved Case Analysis Update: Western United States Event
Western United States·2023
Editorial summary
This June 5, 2026 memorandum from the Office of the Under Secretary of War summarizes AARO's ongoing analysis of an October 2023 incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States. Over two days, six federal law enforcement agents reported seeing orange mother orbs that repeatedly released clusters of smaller red orbs, described as silent and showing coordinated motion. AARO ruled out misidentified aircraft exhaust and found drones unlikely, while treating military flares as partially plausible. About 40 percent of the reported phenomena remain unresolved.
Editorial summary written by govweird from the declassified document text. The official government description follows below.
Government description
This memorandum summarizes the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office’s (AARO) ongoing analysis of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) over a period of two days in 2023. As of June 2026, the case remains unresolved.
Caption issued by the U.S. Department of War on war.gov/ufo. Verbatim, unedited.
Originating agency
Department of War
Record type
Incident date
2023
Incident location
Western United States
Release tranche
Release 03 (May 8, 2026)
Distribution
Cleared for public release