Case study · CASE-015 · Military-base eyewitness encounter
Dylan Borland Langley AFB reported encounter
Not assessedWhere Langley Air Force Base, VirginiaWhen Summer 2012
Case
- Overview
- Former USAF specialist Dylan Borland testified in 2025 that he saw a large triangular object near base facilities in 2012.
- Investigative phases
- Summer 2012 reported sighting; September 2025 congressional testimony
- Reported phenomena
- Reported silent triangular object, unusual surface appearance, alleged phone interference and rapid ascent
- Public evidence status
- Public firsthand testimony; no independently authenticated contemporaneous sensor record identified
- Alternative explanations / caveats
- Single publicly prominent firsthand account; object distance, dimensions, timing and alleged electromagnetic effect lack independent validation
- Next research tasks
- Request contemporaneous duty logs, incident reports, other witnesses and nearby radar/flight records
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-29
Assessment
Not yet in the Case Assessment Matrix.
Evidence (1)
Documents gathered (1 line of evidence)
On the timeline (2)
- 2012 summer Langley: Borland reports close triangular object and phone interference Reported
- 2025-09-09 Nuccetelli, Wiggins and Borland testify at House UAP hearing Documented