Visible in the sensor footage

During the first two seconds, AARO digitally altered the lower half to protect privacy or other protected interests. 00:00-00:35: The camera remains focused on an apparent light source near the center. 00:36-01:04: An approaching vehicle influences the camera’s automatic image-processing filters, including autofocus. 01:05-01:27: The camera remains focused on the light source. 01:28-01:37: A second approaching vehicle again influences automatic processing. 01:38-01:42: The camera pans down.

Release 06 · Official Video Record

LLE-UAP-PR004 — Colorado Light-Source Record with Vehicle Interference

Official Release 06 law-enforcement recording in which approaching vehicles affect the camera’s automatic image processing.

This Release 06 law-enforcement record contains 1 minute and 42 seconds from a commercially available cellular device camera in Colorado.

LLE-UAP-PR004 is an official Release 06 VID record titled “LLE-UAP-PR004, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, October 2023.” This Release 06 law-enforcement record contains 1 minute and 42 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. 00:00-00:35: The camera remains focused on an apparent light source near the center. 00:36-01:04: An approaching vehicle influences the camera’s automatic image-processing filters, including autofocus. 01:05-01:27: The camera remains focused on the light source. 01:28-01:37: A second approaching vehicle again influences automatic processing. 01:38-01:42: The camera pans down. This media item is linked to LLE-UAP-D001, LLE-UAP-D001, Transcript of an Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, October 2023. The linked report context is separate from the primary media record and should not be treated as directly recorded in the primary media unless supported by the media description. 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. The linked transcript is separate source context.

Official source context

The primary source record is LLE-UAP-PR004, an official Local Law Enforcement video record titled “LLE-UAP-PR004, 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 1 minute and 42 seconds of video footage from a commercially available cellular device’s rear-facing camera in January 2024. 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. 00:00-00:35: The camera focuses on an apparent light source, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 00:36-01:04: An approaching vehicle influences the camera’s automatic image-processing filters, including autofocus. The camera remains focused on the apparent light source. 01:05-1:27: The camera remains focused on the apparent light source. 01:28-01:37: An approaching vehicle influences the camera’s automatic image-processing filters, including autofocus. The camera remains focused on the apparent light source. 01:38-01:42: The camera pans down. 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-VID016

Original filename

DOD_111985855.mp4

Primary asset type

VID

Official record ID

LLE-UAP-PR004

Primary official title

LLE-UAP-PR004, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, October 2023

Agency / source

Local Law Enforcement

Incident date

October 2023

Incident location

Colorado

YouTube video ID

__R3w6SlGtI

YouTube URL

https://youtube.com/shorts/__R3w6SlGtI

Upload / publication status

draft

Needs human review

NO

Linked report ID

LLE-UAP-D001

Linked report title

LLE-UAP-D001, Transcript of an Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, October 2023

Notes

Primary asset context comes from LLE-UAP-PR004. Linked report context comes from LLE-UAP-D001; website copy keeps both source contexts separate.

Linked source records

This media item is linked to LLE-UAP-D001, LLE-UAP-D001, Transcript of an Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado, October 2023. The linked report context is separate from the primary media record and should not be treated as directly recorded in the primary media unless supported by the media description.

This record matters because the source explicitly documents two intervals where approaching vehicles influence the cellphone camera’s automatic processing, alongside a separately linked witness transcript.

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. The linked transcript is separate source context.