Colorado law enforcement UAP videos, October 2023
October 2023 · Colorado
Summary
A local law enforcement officer in Colorado submitted several cellphone videos to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) covering an October 2023 sighting. The files are LLE-UAP-PR001 (1 minute 19 seconds), PR002 (15 minutes), PR003 (27 seconds) and PR004 (1 minute 42 seconds). Each is described as a silent light source with red, blue and green flashing lights. The catalogue records PR004 as submitted in January 2024, for a sighting in October 2023.
AARO blurred the bottom half of the footage in the videos for privacy. It added a comment that cellular autofocus and image processing can distort the apparent characteristics of distant subjects at high magnification. The collection also holds transcripts of the audio, which AARO removed from the originals. Two of them carry little content. The transcript for PR001 has three short utterances, two partly redacted. The transcript for PR003 states that the video contains only indistinct background noise.
The transcript for the 15-minute video, PR002, carries the officer's narration. He said it was the second night in a row and that the light was gaining altitude above a power line. At 03:52 he said the light was getting bigger. He described a prior-night encounter in which an object shined a very bright red and blue beam into his patrol truck. At 09:03 he said the light might be separating into two distinct lights. Near the end he said it was moving to the west and toward him.
The transcript cover pages state that descriptive language reflects the reporter's subjective interpretation. The officer said he had seen objects disappear in an instant, but the PR002 transcript records no such event. All four videos are catalogued with an official conclusion of unresolved. The documents give no cause for the lights.
What the files say
“It's the second night in a row.”
Page 1 →“So, I can definitely tell that it's flying towards me because the light is getting bigger.”
Page 1 →“So yesterday, one of these things shined a very, um, bright red and blue beam into my truck, a patrol vehicle.”
Page 2 →“It's like two distinct lights in that orb.”
Page 2 →“Okay, it's moving to the west... at a pretty decent speed.”
Page 2 →“This video contains only indistinct background noise and does not feature any discernible dialogue.”
Page 1 →
Explanations in the record
What the documents themselves say the event was, as recorded. Not our assessment.
- AARO commented that cellular autofocus and image processing can distort the apparent shape and motion of distant subjects at high magnification. This is a caution about the footage, not an identification. — Colorado police officer UAP video, flashing lights (2023)