Visible in the sensor footage

During the first two seconds, AARO digitally altered the lower half to protect privacy or other protected interests. 00:00-00:27: The camera increases magnification and remains focused on an apparent light source, keeping it generally centered within the upper third of the frame.

Release 06 · Official Video Record

LLE-UAP-PR003 — Colorado Magnified Light-Source Record

Official Release 06 law-enforcement recording with increasing magnification and AARO cellphone-processing cautions.

This Release 06 local-law-enforcement record contains 27 seconds from a commercially available cellular device camera in Colorado.

LLE-UAP-PR003 is an official Release 06 VID record titled “LLE-UAP-PR003, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, October 2023.” This Release 06 local-law-enforcement record contains 27 seconds from a commercially available cellular device camera in Colorado. During the first two seconds, AARO digitally altered the lower half to protect privacy or other protected interests. 00:00-00:27: The camera increases magnification and remains focused on an apparent light source, keeping it generally centered within the upper third of the frame. No linked PDF report row was matched in the current source-context data. The available website context comes from the primary official media record. AARO states that cellphone autofocus and other automated image-processing functions may distort the apparent morphology and motion characteristics of distant subjects, particularly at high magnification. The lower half was digitally blurred for privacy or other protected interests.

Official source context

The primary source record is LLE-UAP-PR003, an official Local Law Enforcement video record titled “LLE-UAP-PR003, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, October 2023.” According to the official source description: A local law enforcement officer submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office consisting of 27 seconds of video footage from a commercially available cellular device’s rear-facing camera in October 2023. The reporting officer described the phenomenon as “silent” and as featuring “red, blue, and green flashing lights.” Video Description: In the first 2 seconds of this video, AARO digitally altered this footage by blurring the bottom half to obscure information whose release could be reasonably expected to affect the privacy or other protected interest of a U.S. person or commercial entity. 00:00-00:27: The camera increases its level of magnification and focuses on an apparent light source for the duration of the video, keeping it generally centered and within the top third of the frame. AARO Comment: Cellular devices of the type used to capture this footage employ autofocus and other automated image-processing functions that may distort the apparent morphological and kinematic characteristics of distant subjects, particularly at high magnification.

Asset ID

FD-R06-VID015

Original filename

DOD_111985850.mp4

Primary asset type

VID

Official record ID

LLE-UAP-PR003

Primary official title

LLE-UAP-PR003, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, October 2023

Agency / source

Local Law Enforcement

Incident date

October 2023

Incident location

Colorado

YouTube video ID

8q41hH5-kp0

YouTube URL

https://youtube.com/shorts/8q41hH5-kp0

Upload / publication status

draft

Needs human review

NO

Linked report ID

Not available

Linked report title

Not available

Notes

Primary asset context comes from LLE-UAP-PR003. Website copy is based on the primary media source context.

Linked source records

No linked PDF report row was matched in the current source-context data. The available website context comes from the primary official media record.

This record matters because it provides a short Colorado cellphone sequence in which changing magnification is explicitly documented alongside AARO’s image-processing caution.

Limitations and interpretation

AARO states that cellphone autofocus and other automated image-processing functions may distort the apparent morphology and motion characteristics of distant subjects, particularly at high magnification. The lower half was digitally blurred for privacy or other protected interests.