Bottle Hollow Reservoir: Blue Orb Enters Lake, Three Military Helicopters Respond
During a late-night security patrol near Bottle Hollow Reservoir on the Ute Indian Reservation in northeastern Utah, security officer Clayton Diaz observed a basketball-sized cobalt-blue luminous sphere at telephone-pole height, tracing an arc toward the lake before apparently submerging into the water.
Approximately thirty minutes later, three unmarked gray military-style helicopters arrived at low altitude, conducting what appeared to be a search pattern over the reservoir. After the helicopters departed, the blue sphere re-emerged from the lake, circled briefly, and departed at speed in the direction of Skinwalker Ranch, approximately seven miles to the south.
The incident occurred during the AAWSAP contract period (estimated early 2009 based on interview chronology) and was documented through BAASS investigator interviews with reservation residents. The combination of an anomalous aerial object demonstrating transmedium capability (air-to-water-to-air) with apparent military tracking response places this among the more operationally significant incidents recorded in the Uinta Basin during this period.
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Background
In 2009, during a BAASS field investigation near the Uintah Basin in Utah, investigators observed a luminous blue orb descend from the sky and enter Bottle Hollow Reservoir on the Ute tribal reservation. Within approximately 20 minutes, three unmarked military-style helicopters arrived and began circling the reservoir.