FD 302 Multiple Red Lights 2026

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FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of entry

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was
inte rviewed by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent (SA)
SA
and
After being advised on
the identities of the inte rviewing agents, provided the following
information :
Prior t o h is cur rent r ole
previously worked for

had

le ft the
On 2026 , and
at
at approximately 7 : 45pm and were headed to a
l ocat i on on the central/northern portion of Weather condition at the
time was rainy with significant cloud cover. Approximately 30 minutes after
passing through the
(approximately
8 : 00pm- 8 : 30pm),
saw two unidentif ied lights in the sky,
pulled over to the side o f the r oad and ex ited the vehicle to investigate .
described the lights as "dash" shaped and dul l red in color t o t he
naked eye . The l ights moved along the ridgeline o f the mountains t o his
west . was equipped with Night Opt ica l Devices (NODs) and observed the
lights through said optics as well . relayed that, despite being "dash­
shaped" to the naked eye, the lights appeared "orb- like " or circular t h r ough
the NODs, with the characteristic "NOD halo " around them, which is typical
when l ooking at a l i ght source through NODs . stated that he is very
fami liar with using NODs, as he has been using them for 25+ yea rs and has
many hou rs of experience . stated that he has astigmatism and while the
objects appeared "dash- shaped" t o h im,
stated they appeared
tr iangular or diamond - shaped, which could possibly be attributed t o astigmatism .
Afte r approximately 20 minutes, both of the aforementioned unidentif ied
lights disappeared . Shortly thereafter observed , another, similar

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unidentified l i ght appear directly above their locat ion and was v i sible for
approximately 10 minutes , before i t, t oo , dis appeared .
Somet i me be t ween 1 0 : 00pm and 11 : 00pm , observed another, simi la r
unidentified l i ght appear approximately 600 meters (est i mated) t o the east
of their posit i on and appeared t o be approximately 500 fee t above their
vehicl e . Th e uni dent i fied lig h t appeared t o move t owa rd them and stopped
approximately 400 me ters away . A second unident if ied l i g ht appeared and
moved t oward, and then stopped in proximity o f, t h e first . Th e second l ight
appeared t o be approximat e ly 6 feet off the ground .
wat ched the two unident if ie d l i ghts t o t h e east , he not i ced light
As
i n h i s peri pheral v i sion descend from a lt itude and stop in a dry wash
approximate ly 100 me ter s behind them . Although could not d i rect l y see
the li ght source , he observe d the g l ow emanating f rom t he wash .
watche d the glow move through the wash .
entered their vehic le and drove up t o t he next
i ntersect i on in attempt to get a better view of t h e unidentified l ights to
t heir east . Upon arri val , the l ights were no l onger observed . - ­
returned to the ir ori gina l pos it ion, but were unable t o re - acqui r e
the unidentif i ed lights .
walked 1 0- 20 meters away from the vehicle to
l ook around the area ; remained near the vehicle.
At t h i s t i me , ad justed t h e fi lter on h i s NODs t o l ook at h i s watch ,
which displ ayed approximately 1 : 00am (estimated based on memory) . s
watch was a
Men's Au t oma tic Analog Watch . wa l ked back
t o t he vehi cle t o check h i s phone , which displayed 12 : 40am . noted the
discrepancy , compared the time displ ayed on h i s watch to the time displ ayed
o n h is phone and obse rved that the t ime o n h is watch was 25 minutes ahead o f
the time on his phone and the vehicl e ' s digital c l ock . re l ayed t h e
discrepancy t o ■■■■■, whose digital watch displayed the same t ime as the
phones and vehi cle c l ock .
stated that he had owned t hat watch for approximate ly 5 years , and i t
had never been off by more than 60 - 90 seconds . had la st checked the
t ime o n his watch at approximate ly 10 : 00pm, and i t was accurate at that
t ime . stated that h i s watch was the on l y mechanical/analog/non - d ig ital
clock in t h e v i cinity at that time and it was the o n ly clock that displ ayed
a di ffere nt time . d i d not adjust h i s wa t ch or reset t he time for 2 4
hours to see i f it continued to malfuncti on ; the wat ch cont i nued t o keep
accurate time bu t rema ined ~5 minutes fast .

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t old agents t h at he had spent a c onsiderabl e amount o f time at a facility looking up at t h e night sky, and was fami l iar with how
stars / satel li tes / mete o rs l ook t o bo th t h e naked eye and with NODs ­
stated that the lig h ts he observed and described were u n like anything h e had
seen before . stated that the l ights he observed o n did not
behave like sate lli tes, as sate lli tes track linea r acro ss the sky, whereas
these did no t . stated t he unidentified l ights moved a round and changed
direction , and a l s o appeared to be as low as 6 feet o ff the g r o und .

The low- e l evation lig h ts described
would have been backdro pped by the mountains and be low the r e l ative hori z o n
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h e o bserved was no t a UAS that he famil iar with . noted no exhaust o r
ta il when these ob j ects moved , and they exhibited no a udibl e sound
signature . attempted to observed t h e o bjects through t h ermal o ptics,
but was unsuccessful .
no ted no phys i ologica l effects from the events . stated that the
ob se rvations d id not induce a fe ar or agitati o n respon se - j us t c u r ios ity .
conversed abo ut thi s afterward, and g iven their
backgro unds , f ound it strange that they di d not fee l fear or threatened
during the ir o bservation s .
provided his contact in f o rmati on and was open t o furt h er contact from
agents .