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2023 · Colorado Springs, Colorado (residence redacted)

Colorado Springs: low, silent, "almost see-through" triangle over a back porch (October 2023)

On the record
Strength C · 6/10 · 1 independent
Evidence 3/4 · Witnesses 2/3 · Backing 1/3

A released FBI interview records a firsthand sighting by a former Department of War employee, and his wife saw it too.

Plausibility High
Score 13 · 8 factors for, 0 against

A former Department of War employee and his wife both saw a low triangle; a second Colorado Springs triangle was reported the same month.

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Unresolved
FBI-UAP-D026 · page 1 of 3 · war.gov file, via the ufotransparency.com mirror
WhenOctober 2023 (day redacted), about 10:50 PM
WhereColorado Springs, Colorado (residence redacted)
Backing1 independent
Witnesses1 named

In January 2026 the FBI interviewed a man, a former Department of War employee per the rendering's description. He said that in October 2023, at about 10:50 PM, he and his wife were sitting on their back porch in Colorado Springs when a triangle passed low over the house from the northeast and moved off to the southwest. He put it possibly as low as 300 ft and about the size of a large SUV. It looked hazy, as if seen through mist or water, with rounded corners and a band of silverish-blue light along its trailing edge. It was completely silent and visible for about four seconds. Just before it vanished, its left side banked up almost vertically without changing course. His wife also saw it and recalled a dark seam around its edge. The FBI made a digital rendering (FBI-UAP-D027) for the PURSUE release. This is a separate event from the "large triangle with red lights" reported in Colorado Springs the same month (colorado-springs-red-light-triangle-2023). The witnesses, times and descriptions differ. *Method note: war.gov blocks this server. The FD-302 PDF was read directly from the original via the ufotransparency.com mirror. Names, dates and some locations are redacted in the original. The rendering file was not described beyond its official description.*

Evidence, in date order (1)

  1. Oct 2023The witness's wife (name redacted)witness
    also saw the triangle and recalled a dark seam around its edge FBI-UAP-D026

How plausible · High

A former Department of War employee and his wife both saw a low triangle; a second Colorado Springs triangle was reported the same month.

  • ●●
    Access Directly overhead, low.
  • ●●
    No gain sought Told to the FBI.
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    Character record Former Department of War employee.
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    Independent convergence His wife saw it too; another triangle reported nearby the same month.
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    Checkable details check out FD-302 released.
  • ●○
    Restraint Separates what he saw from his propulsion guess.

Plausibility weighs how well an account fits where secrecy hides the documents by design, so missing records never count against it. Strength measures what is documented. Assessed 2026-10-23.

On the record

  • FD-302, interview "On January [redacted], 2026" by FBI special agents; entry dated 01/[redacted]/2026. (FBI-UAP-D026, p.1)
  • "On October [redacted], 2023 at approximately 10:50 PM, [redacted] and his wife were sitting on the back porch of their residence located at [redacted] Colorado Springs, Colorado. The porch faces toward the southwest". (FBI-UAP-D026, p.1)
  • "something had flown over his house from behind him, coming from the northeast, and was moving away from him towards the southwest. The UAP appeared low in elevation, possibly as low as 300 feet. He estimated it was roughly the size of a large SUV". At arm's length it spanned about "5 inches". (FBI-UAP-D026, p.2)
  • "he thought it appeared almost see-through, and it had what appeared to be a haze or distortion around it ... ripples like you were looking at an object that is underwater." (FBI-UAP-D026, p.2)
  • "The UAP looked like a perfect triangle ... could have been either dark gray or silver ... rounded edges and corners ... along the trailing, flat, back edge, it had what appeared to be a band of silverish blue light." (FBI-UAP-D026, p.2)A triangle over Afghanistan
  • "Just before they lost sight of the UAP, the left side of the triangle banked up quickly to an almost vertical orientation, but it did not change path or elevation. The UAP was completely silent". Duration: "a total of four seconds". No photo or video was taken. (FBI-UAP-D026, p.2)A triangle over Afghanistan

Claims

A silent, low, translucent-looking triangle with a silver-blue trailing light passed over the house in about four seconds.A triangle over AfghanistanfirsthandSourced, unconfirmedthe husband (redacted; anonymous), told to the FBI about 27 months later.
A dark seam ran around its edge.firsthandSourced, unconfirmedthe wife (redacted; anonymous), as relayed in the same FD-302.
The blue light "could have been caused by the mode of propulsion".speculationSourced, unconfirmedthe husband.
It matched no USAF aircraft or drone he knew. (firsthand opinion)firsthandSourced, unconfirmedthe husband.

Where

Colorado Springs, Colorado (residence redacted)
38.8°N 104.8°W
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