FBI September 2023 Sighting - Serial 003

FBIPDFTestimonyHeavy redactionPURSUE Release 1

4/10

niche or mildly interesting

UAP Insight significance score

Location: United States
Incident date: 9/1/23
Duration: approximately ten seconds
Witnesses: Multiple witnesses
Released: May 8, 2026

UAP Characteristics

? Unknown shapeHoveringLuminous

Evidence Types

Testimony

Official Conclusion

Unresolved; witness speculated possible meteor

Official Description

This is an FBI 302 interview conducted with a US citizen regarding their first-hand account of a UAP encounter at a US test site. USPER described an object "metallic bronze in color."

Key Findings

→A bright white light was observed stationary over the horizon before moving to the right and disappearing within approximately ten seconds.
→The witness estimated the light was ten to twenty miles away and remained the same size throughout the incident.
→The sighting occurred while witnesses were traveling to a test site to acquire data for LiDAR testing.
→At least two additional individuals at the first test site confirmed they also saw the light.
→The witness speculated the light might have been a meteor coming straight toward them and burning up in the atmosphere.

UAP Insight Analysis— AI generated, not official

This is an FBI FD-302 witness interview report documenting a UAP sighting that occurred in September 2023 at approximately 9:00 AM near a test site. An FBI Special Agent and others interviewed a witness via FaceTime video who reported observing a bright white stationary light over the horizon that moved to the right and then disappeared within ten seconds. The witness speculated the light may have been a meteor burning up in the atmosphere.

Analyst Notes

Document is heavily redacted with all witness names, specific dates, and locations obscured. The primary witness offered a mundane explanation — a meteor burning up in the atmosphere. The observation lasted only approximately ten seconds. While multiple witnesses corroborated the sighting, there is no sensor data, physical evidence, or radar confirmation referenced. The official description references a 'metallic bronze' object, but this detail does not appear in the visible text of the document itself.

Extracted Entities

People

FBI Special Agent (redacted)Multiple redacted witnesses/interviewees

Agencies & Organizations

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Locations

United States (test site, specific location redacted)

Aircraft & Objects

Bright white stationary light over the horizon, visible for ten seconds, same size throughout

Dates

September 2023 (specific date partially redacted)October 2023 (date of entry and date drafted)09/[redacted]/2023 (investigation date)

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AI analysis by claude-sonnet-4-6 · May 20, 2026