Narrative Statement 2, Western United States Event, 2023

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approximately 2300 hours we departed the area. There were no acoustics, interreference or
physiological effects experienced during the incident.
The objects appeared to move with purpose in a coordinated fashion, but it did not appear to be a
defensive countermeasure. It looked like a mix of mechanical deployment and biological
division; it appeared too smooth and agile to be mechanical, but too structured/coordinated to be
a biological division. To offer an obscure yet similar description, I find the characterization of
portals oddly comparable to the event I witnessed. The bright orb-like light was small, grew
larger, appeared to project objects out of it, and then it dimmed until it was no longer visible; not
dissimilar to the opening and closing of a portal through which objects travel and deploy
forward. I am not saying or suggesting that was what we observed but rather offering that as a
similar/applicable description.
Incident 2
In October 2023, my partner and I were tasked to survey an area for individuals launching
drones. My partner and I drove northwest on a rural highway and turned right onto a dirt road
heading north/northeast up a valley toward a mountain range. We drove for approximately 10
miles before parking a small hill at approximately 1800 hours. The weather was clear; we sat
[and] watched the sunset as dusk transitioned into darkness.  At approximately 1845 hours, I
observed two circular orb-like lights appearing to be headlights of a vehicle to the south
approximately five to seven miles away. The headlights sat still in the valley while we sat and
continued to observe the area. At approximately 1900 hours, I observed a row of red lights
appearing to hover approximately 15 degrees above the southern horizon (I do not recall how the
lights entered the area). The lights were consistent with the glow of a taillight and appeared to
be arranged in a triangular formation or attached to unobservable vehicle of some sort; they
appeared to cover the area of a football field, hovering over a significant portion of the horizon.
The object floated with an impossible, eerie stillness. At that same time, I observed the vehicle
to the south of our location flash its lights toward us; the flashing appeared to be consistent with
a white pulse. Soon after, what appeared to be headlights of a second vehicle approximately one
mile east of the first vehicle, still approximately five to seven miles from our location. The
second vehicle flashed their lights in the same manner as the first vehicle. The two vehicles
appeared to hover within, approximately, a six-mile by six-mile box between the southern tips
mountains ranges surrounding the valley. While the two vehicles moved in between the
mountain ranges, the row of red lights remained in place, appearing to still hover above the
southern horizon. At approximately 1915 hours, one of the vehicles appeared to move north
toward our location. We decided to drive toward the objects. One set of lights turned off but the
other remained in view. We drove with our headlights off only utilizing night vision equipment;
at one point reaching approximately 70 miles per hour.  At some point while driving toward it,
the headlights morphed into one bright white/orange orb-like light with a halo-like glow.
Around two or three miles north of the original highway we exited from, we appeared to be
gaining on the object; at approximately 50 yards away we thought were going to encounter it.
The object then accelerated instantly to the south, traveling at least one mile south in less than a
minute across the rugged terrain. We continued south toward the object for a short distance; the
object shifted east and continued eastward until it stopped at the base of the mountain range,
dimmed and turned off. The object’s travel was inconsistent with a vehicle’s travel over rugged
terrain; the object appeared to hover and floated smoothly across rugged terrain. We parked on
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