RELEASE 03 / DOW-UAP-D083

DOW-UAP-D083, Narrative Statement 5, Western United States Event, 2023

File ID: DOW-UAP-D083
Agency: Department of War
Release: Release 03, 12 Jun 2026
Event date: October, 2023 (read as Oct 2023; precision: month)
Location: Western United States
Type: PDF
Redactions: Yes, parts of the official copy are blacked out

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This memorandum presents the first-hand narrative from Witness 5 provided to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Witness 5 was one of several United States (U.S.) federal law enforcement special agents who reported observing unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) over a period of two days in October 2023 in the western United States.

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Tier A Jon T. Kosloski person
Named in page 5.
Director, All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (Aug 2024- ); former NSA physicist
Tier A All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) institution
Named in the official summary and pages 1, 5.
DoD office established 2022; author of the official AAWSAP history

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