The Western United States Event 2023 — AARO's Most Complete UAP Case File Yet

Why this matters: No prior PURSUE case has been triangulated this thoroughly. A reader can now cross-reference AARO's unresolved-case analysis, an incident map, five separate operator narrative statements, FBI 3D renderings of the objects, and a digital video reconstruction — all of the same event, all in the same release.

What the case file contains

• DOW-UAP-D077 — AARO's "Unresolved Case Analysis Update" for the Western US Event
• DOW-UAP-D078 — a notional map of the incident locations
• DOW-UAP-D079 through D083 — five separate operator narrative statements covering two distinct 2023 incidents
• FBI-UAP-D014 through D023 — ten digital renderings of the objects observed in each incident sub-event
• FBI-UAP-D021 — an additional rendering for Incident 1, sub-event 3
• FBI-UAP-PR005, PR006 — two digital video recreations of the narrative statements

Two incidents, multiple observers

The file structure points to two separate UAP encounters in the western United States during 2023, with multiple military observers filing statements after each one. The fact that AARO labels the case "unresolved" after a multi-witness, multi-agency review is the single most important data point in Release 03.

What the released files don't say

AARO's "unresolved" label means the investigation could neither confirm a conventional explanation nor identify the objects. The narrative statements and digital renderings show what the observers saw and the FBI's best reconstruction — but the agencies stop short of any interpretive framing. Where the videos were taken, what sensors recorded the incidents, and the operational context are all redacted in the public release.

For the full Release 03 inventory, see the SkyLens overview of Release 03. Original files are linked on war.gov/ufo.