★Historically significant

This is a rare FBI FD-1057 forensic sketch interview record documenting a UAP sighting reported by a former U.S. Army intelligence officer and four fellow unit members near Cheyenne Mountain, a sensitive U.S. military installation, with the FBI's Operational Projects Unit formally engaged to produce a forensic recreation of the object.

FBI-UAP-D002, FD-1057, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado Springs, 2022

FBIPDFIncident ReportUNCLASSIFIEDModerate redactionPURSUE Release 3

6/10

solid newsworthy item

UAP Insight significance score

Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Incident date: 2022
Duration: approximately two minutes
Witnesses: Multiple witnesses
Released: June 12, 2026

UAP Characteristics

? Unknown shapeHoveringLuminousColor change

Evidence Types

Testimony

Government Programs Referenced

Operational Projects Unit (OPU)

Official Conclusion

Unresolved — forensic sketch product in progress, no conclusion stated

Official Description

This document is an FBI FD-1057, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record investigative activity. This FD-1057 contains a first-hand narrative description of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) reported near Colorado Springs, Colorado. The interviewee provided this statement to FBI special agents to aid in producing a digital artistic interpretation of the incident.

Key Findings

→A former U.S. Army intelligence officer and four other members of his unit simultaneously observed a UAP over the Cheyenne Mountains upon exiting their office building.
→The object was described as 'potato' shaped with distinct edges, creamy/whitish opalescent color, somewhat translucent with a slight shimmer.
→The object's surface appeared to consist of articulating, non-symmetrical, non-overlapping, irregular fish scale-like panels that shifted in slow waves from different points of origin simultaneously.
→The object was perfectly stationary for approximately two minutes before vanishing ('cloaking') near-instantaneously with no shadow observed.
→The FBI's Operational Projects Unit (OPU) forensic artist was engaged to produce a sketch based on the witness's description, with an initial draft attached to this communication.

UAP Insight Analysis— AI generated, not official

This FBI FD-1057 Electronic Communication dated July 2024 documents a forensic sketch interview conducted at 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY, with a former U.S. Army intelligence officer who, along with four unit members, observed a UAP over the Cheyenne Mountains in February of an unspecified year (incident date noted as approximately 2022). The document records a detailed physical description of the observed object to assist in producing a forensic artistic recreation of the UAP.

Analyst Notes

This is a single-witness testimony (though reportedly five military personnel witnessed the event, only one was interviewed here); no sensor, radar, photographic, or physical evidence is referenced. The incident date year is redacted, making independent verification difficult. The forensic sketch is described as attached but not included in this release. The document title references 2022 but the incident date within the document is only partially visible. All identifying information for the witness and agents is redacted, limiting full corroboration.

Extracted Entities

People

Former U.S. Army intelligence officer (redacted)FBI Special Agent (redacted)OPU Forensic Artist (redacted)A/SSA (redacted, approving official)

Agencies & Organizations

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)Operational Projects Unit (OPU)U.S. Army

Locations

Cheyenne Mountains, Colorado26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278

Aircraft & Objects

UAP described as 'potato' shaped, creamy/whitish opalescent, translucent with shimmer, covered in articulating fish scale-like panels, perfectly still then vanishing instantly

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