Cheyenne Mountain / Fort Carson sighting, Colorado Springs, February 2022
February 2022 · Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Summary
Five U.S. Army service members at Fort Carson, Colorado, reported an object over Cheyenne Mountain in February 2022. An FBI interview record says the sighting happened on a workday in early February 2022, at about 1:00 or 2:00 PM. A separate FBI communication gives approximately 11:25 am and says the witness was a former Army intelligence officer. An intelligence community analysis gives 0935 MNT on 15 February 2022.
The FBI interview record, from a Microsoft Teams interview in March 2025, says all five men saw a very strange object hovering in a saddle of the mountain. The witness described it as matte white, oval and "bean-shaped". They watched it for approximately 3-5 minutes. It vanished when they looked away to decide whether to fetch a phone. The group considered a blimp or a weather balloon. The witness said AARO contacted him in early 2024 but never interviewed him.
A second FBI document records a forensic sketch interview on 26 Federal Plaza, New York, in June 2024. It describes a "potato" shaped object with panels that shifted in slow waves. It says the object vanished after approximately two minutes. The sketch draft was listed as an enclosure.
The intelligence community analysis assessed that the object was possibly backscattering of sunlight, with low confidence. It proposed that sunlight reflecting off snow-covered ground lit low-level clouds. The analyst recorded that the witnesses reported clear skies, while multiple weather reports indicated partly to mostly cloudy conditions. The analysis stated that no aircraft or balloons were noted active near the mountain at the time. It also said no anomalous data or characteristics were recorded or assessed.
Where the files disagree
Two documents give different accounts of the same detail. Both are quoted as written; we don't say which is right.
Time of day of the sighting
Duration of the sighting
Sky conditions
What the files say
Explanations in the record
What the documents themselves say the event was, as recorded. Not our assessment.
- Possible backscattering of sunlight off snow-covered ground illuminating low-level clouds, assessed with low confidence. — Colorado Springs UAP incident analysis (2022): Army personnel sighting, page 3
- The witnesses considered alternatives such as a blimp or a weather balloon after the sighting. — Colorado Springs UAP sighting: FBI interview report (2022), page 2