FBI Photo B16

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 simplified central crosshair. Two dark, irregular-shaped objects are visible just right of the center in the upper right quadrant. 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

A single monochrome still image captured from a U.S. military sensor system, submitted by the FBI to AARO in 2025. The image, dated 12/31/99 18:20:41 (noted as incorrect due to system clock error), shows two dark, irregular-shaped objects slightly right of center in the upper right quadrant of a crosshair-overlaid frame. The image carries heavy redactions obscuring contextual data fields, and no accompanying mission report was provided.

Key Findings

→Two dark, irregular-shaped objects are visible just right of the center crosshair in the upper right quadrant of the sensor image.
→The displayed timestamp of 12/31/1999 18:20:41 is acknowledged as incorrect due to the system date/time not being set, making the actual date of the observation unknown.
→The operator was unable to positively identify the UAP depicted in the image.
→The image was submitted to AARO by the FBI in 2025 and was derived from a U.S. military sensor system.
→Multiple data fields in the image overlay have been redacted prior to submission, obscuring platform, location, and other contextual metadata.

Analyst Notes

The actual date of the observation is unknown because the system clock was not properly set. No accompanying mission report was provided, eliminating key contextual data. Heavy redactions obscure platform identity, geographic location, altitude, and other sensor parameters critical to analysis. The image is a single still frame with no motion data, and the objects are small and indistinct. The operator could not positively identify the objects, but no alternative explanations were ruled out either. Evidential value is significantly limited by the absence of metadata and mission context.

Extracted Entities

Agencies & Organizations

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)

Aircraft & Objects

Two dark, irregular-shaped objects visible near crosshair center in monochrome sensor image

Dates

12/31/1999 18:20:41 (displayed timestamp, noted as incorrect)2025 (year of submission to AARO)

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