DOW-UAP-D51, Email Correspondence, Pacific Time Zone, March 2023

Summary

This document is an email exchange between officials at the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security and Air Force OSI, working to downgrade a report from Secret/NOFORN to Unclassified so it can be shared. The underlying report describes a civilian's sighting of a large blue triangular object near a national security facility in the Pacific Time Zone in March 2023.

Key Findings

• 1A civilian reported watching a large, featureless blue triangular object hovering near a national security facility for approximately three minutes before it moved, with the total observation lasting about eight minutes.
• 2The object emitted strong 'whitish blue' light from multiple points along its edges and moved in a jerking or jumping manner that the witness described as inconsistent with jet propulsion.
• 3The witness stated they did not believe the object was a drone, could not identify any means of propulsion, and could not determine which end was the front or rear.
• 4The original report was classified Secret/NOFORN, and this email thread documents AFOSI officials approving a derivative classification review to allow an unclassified summary to be used in a separate product.
• 5The sighting was recorded on a personal cell phone by the civilian witness, at night, with altitude and speed not reported.