FBI Photo B9

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

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

Official Description

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP) to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of a still image derived from a U.S. military system in 2025. The original imagery was altered with redactions before being submitted to AARO. An accompanying mission report was not provided. The operator reported that they were unable to positively identify the UAP. The date in the image is incorrect due to system date/time not being set. Narrative Description: The monochrome image displays a grainy texture with a central crosshair reticle. A small, dark, circular object is visible just below and to the left of the center of the reticle. The background appears to show an indistinct mountain range. This narrative description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.

UAP Insight Analysis— AI generated, not official

This document is a single still image frame from a U.S. military sensor system, submitted by the FBI to AARO in 2025 as part of a UAP report. The grainy monochrome image displays a central crosshair reticle with a small dark circular object visible just below and left of center, against what appears to be an indistinct mountain range background. All contextual data fields in the image overlay have been heavily redacted, and no accompanying mission report was provided.

Key Findings

→A small, dark, circular object is visible just below and to the left of the reticle center in the sensor image.
→The operator reported being unable to positively identify the UAP.
→The timestamp shown in the image (12/31/99 18:10:26) is acknowledged to be incorrect due to the system date/time not being properly set, removing reliable temporal metadata.
→All overlay data fields surrounding the crosshair reticle have been redacted, eliminating altitude, heading, location, and system identification information.
→No accompanying mission report was provided to AARO alongside the imagery, limiting contextual analysis.

Analyst Notes

Document has severe evidential limitations: all overlay data fields are redacted, removing location, altitude, heading, and system identification; the embedded timestamp is explicitly acknowledged as incorrect due to unconfigured system clock; no mission report was provided; the object is a single-pixel-scale dark dot with no discernible shape or size reference; single-sensor imagery only with no corroborating data; the FBI, not a military aviation unit, is the submitting agency, which is atypical.

Extracted Entities

Agencies & Organizations

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

Aircraft & Objects

Small, dark, circular object visible just below and left of reticle center in monochrome sensor image

Dates

12/31/1999 18:10:26 (timestamp displayed in image, acknowledged as incorrect)2025 (date of FBI submission to AARO)

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