FBI Photo B14

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 small, dark, circular objects are visible near the center of the frame. A digital artifact or distortion is visible along the edge of the redaction box in the lower 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

This document is a single still image captured from a U.S. military sensor system, timestamped 12/31/99 18:20:08, submitted by the FBI to AARO in 2025 as part of a UAP report. The image shows two small dark circular objects near the center of the frame under a crosshair reticle, with heavy redactions obscuring contextual data. The accompanying mission report was not provided, and the on-screen date is noted to be incorrect due to an unconfigured system clock.

Key Findings

→Two small, dark, circular objects are visible near the center of the crosshair reticle in the sensor image.
→The image was captured by a U.S. military system and submitted to AARO by the FBI in 2025.
→The operator was unable to positively identify the UAP depicted in the image.
→The displayed timestamp (12/31/99 18:20:08) is acknowledged to be incorrect due to the system date/time not being properly set.
→All contextual data fields in the image overlay have been redacted, and no accompanying mission report was provided.

Analyst Notes

Evidential value is severely limited: the on-screen timestamp is explicitly noted as incorrect, no mission report was provided, all contextual overlay data has been redacted, the image is a single grainy monochrome frame with no sensor metadata visible, and no witness accounts or corroborating data accompany the submission. The two objects could be sensor noise, artifacts, or physical objects; no determination is possible from this image alone.

Extracted Entities

Agencies & Organizations

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

Aircraft & Objects

Two small dark circular objects visible near center of framePossible digital artifact or distortion along redaction box edge in lower right quadrant

Dates

12/31/1999 18:20:08 (displayed timestamp, acknowledged as incorrect)2025 (date of FBI submission to AARO)

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