FBI Photo B1

FBIPDFPhoto LogHeavy redaction4/10— niche or mildly interestingPURSUE Release 1

Location: Western United States
Incident date: Late 2025
Released: May 8, 2026

AI Analysis

A single still image derived from a U.S. military sensor system, submitted by the FBI to AARO in 2025, showing a small dark circular object in the upper right quadrant of a grayscale sensor frame with crosshair reticle overlay. The image contains heavy redactions obscuring all metadata labels, and the embedded timestamp (12/31/1999 18:11:19) is explicitly noted as incorrect due to system clock misconfiguration. No accompanying mission report was provided.

Key Findings

→A small, dark circular object is visible in the upper right quadrant near the center of the sensor frame.
→All identifying metadata fields in the image overlay (unit, platform, location data) have been redacted with black bars.
→The embedded date/time stamp of 12/31/1999 18:11:19 is unreliable as the system clock was not properly set.
→The operator reported being unable to positively identify the UAP.
→No accompanying mission report was submitted alongside the image, limiting contextual analysis.

Analyst Notes

Evidential value is severely limited: all metadata fields are redacted, the embedded timestamp is explicitly incorrect due to system misconfiguration, no mission report accompanies the image, and the object is a single small dark dot with no size, speed, altitude, or sensor modality context available. Single-sensor, no corroborating data. The grainy image quality prevents meaningful object characterization.

Extracted Entities

Agencies & Organizations

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)U.S. military (unnamed unit, system operator)

Aircraft & Objects

Small dark circular object visible in upper right quadrant of sensor frameIndistinct mountain range or cloud formation visible in lower background

Dates

12/31/1999 18:11:19 (displayed timestamp, noted as incorrect)2025 (year of submission to AARO)

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