LLE-UAP-D004, Transcript of an Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, January 2024
Colorado police officer UFO transcript, hovering orb (2024)
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UAP Insight significance score
- Location
- Colorado
- Incident date
- January, 2024
- Duration
- Approximately 15 minutes of stationary flight reported; video is 1 minute 42 seconds
- Witnesses
- Single witness
- Released
- September 18, 2026
UAP Characteristics
Evidence Types
Government Programs Referenced
Official Conclusion
Unresolved
Official Description
This document is a transcript of a 1-minute, 42-second video recording contained in this collection under the title LLE-UAP-PR004, captured by a law enforcement officer in Colorado in January 2024. AARO removed the audio from the original recording to protect information whose release could reasonably be expected to affect the privacy or other protected interests of a U.S. person or commercial entity. This transcript is also redacted to protect the identity of the reporter and sensitive law enforcement information. All descriptive and estimative language in this transcript reflects the reporter’s subjective interpretation at the time of the event. Such characterizations should not be interpreted as a conclusive indication of the presence or absence of any intrinsic object features or performance characteristics.
Key Findings
- →Officer recorded on January 2, 2024 while on a westbound interstate in Colorado, with time, mile marker and highway number redacted.
- →Officer describes 'another orb' at approximately 300 feet above ground level, implying a prior orb sighting.
- →Officer states radar was checked and no aircraft were flying in the area.
- →Object reportedly stationary for about 15 minutes before the officer stated it was flying closer at 01:04.
- →Original audio was removed by AARO for privacy; the transcript reflects the reporter's subjective interpretation only.
Transcript of a 1-minute, 42-second video recorded by a law enforcement officer on a westbound interstate in Colorado on January 2, 2024. The officer describes an 'orb' hovering stationary roughly 300 feet above the ground for about 15 minutes, notes that radar showed no aircraft in the area, and says the object later moved closer. Audio was removed by AARO and the transcript is lightly redacted for privacy and law enforcement sensitivity.
Analyst Notes
Single-witness account with audio removed and key details (time, location) redacted. The radar check is only verbally asserted with no data provided, and the observer's descriptions are explicitly labeled subjective. No size, shape detail or imagery description is given, and mundane explanations such as drones, balloons or lights are not addressed.
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Full transcript · 1 page
Machine transcription by Claude Haiku 5.5 — it may contain errors; check the original. Redacted text stays redacted.
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OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF WAR 5000 DEFENSE PENTAGON WASHINGTON, DC 20301-5000 INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY Transcript of an Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, January 2024 This document is a transcript of a 1-minute, 42-second video recording contained in this collection under the title LLE-UAP-PR004, captured by a law enforcement officer in Colorado in January 2024. AARO removed the audio from the original recording to protect information whose release could reasonably be expected to affect the privacy or other protected interests of a U.S. person or commercial entity. This transcript is also redacted to protect the identity of the reporter and sensitive law enforcement information. All descriptive and estimative language in this transcript reflects the reporter's subjective interpretation at the time of the event. Such characterizations should not be interpreted as a conclusive indication of the presence or absence of any intrinsic object features or performance characteristics. Beginning of transcript. 00:01: Speaker: Okay, it is January 2, 2024, approximately [REDACTED] I am at mile marker [REDACTED] I-[REDACTED] westbound direction. 00:13: Speaker: I am watching another orb that is flying approximately… (indistinct radio chatter) 300 feet up off the ground. 00:25: Speaker: I did check radar. There is no aircraft flying in the area (unintelligible due to radio crosstalk). 00:32: Speaker: This has been flying stationary for about 15 minutes. 00:53: (Sound of vehicle approaching.) 01:04: Speaker: Okay, the craft is flying closer to me now. I can see it. 01:26-01:42: (Unrelated law enforcement radio chatter.) End of transcript; nothing follows.
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