FBI-UAP-D024, FD-302, “Airborne Lights and Triangle,” 2002, 2023-2024

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UAP Insight significance score

Location: Northeastern U.S.; Afghanistan
Incident date: 2002, 2023-2024
Duration: 45 minutes to two hours (individual light events); single pass (2002 triangle)
Witnesses: Multiple witnesses
Released: August 7, 2026

UAP Characteristics

▲ TriangleSilent flightLuminousErratic movementHovering

Evidence Types

TestimonyIR Video

Official Conclusion

Unresolved; witness stated no information was found to explain the 2002 Afghanistan sighting, and no conclusion is stated for the 2023-2024 light events.

Official Description

This document is an FBI FD-302, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record interviews. This FD-302 records a March 2024 interview with a former U.S. military pilot, in which the interviewee describes several incidents potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in 2023 and 2024. The interviewee also recalls a 2002 incident potentially involving UAP, while deployed as a military reservist in Afghanistan. An FBI digital rendering based upon the observer’s description accompanies this document, under the title FBI-UAP-D025.

Key Findings

→Beginning October 2023, multiple commercial pilots have been independently observing unexplained white lights between midnight and 3 AM, primarily in northern directions, with lights ranging from 1-4 (and sometimes 10 or more) visible simultaneously at altitudes estimated above 50,000 feet.
→The primary witness observed the lights approximately ten times across multiple flight routes, with individual events lasting 45 minutes to two hours, seen in directions spanning northeast, west coast, and mid-Atlantic coast but never south.
→In February 2024, the witness captured video on a Samsung Galaxy S22 from the cockpit approximately 150 miles northwest of Minneapolis, showing white lights moving in straight lines and varying in brightness, with the aircraft at approximately .80 Mach and 40-50 miles northeast of Sioux Falls.
→In June 2002 at approximately 4:30 AM over Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, the witness and a second pilot observed a large silent equilateral triangle object estimated at 500 feet in size, moving from west to east at approximately 150 knots with no lights, blocking out stars as it passed overhead.
→The witness stated he searched available data and found no information that could explain the 2002 Afghanistan triangle sighting, and noted that pilots are discussing the 2023-2024 light events but not openly.

UAP Insight Analysis— AI generated, not official

This FBI FD-302 documents a March 2024 interview with a redacted former U.S. military pilot (also a civilian pilot) who described multiple UAP encounters: recurring unexplained white lights observed by multiple pilots during transatlantic and domestic flights beginning October 2023, including a February 2024 event captured on video; and a June 2002 sighting of a large silent equilateral triangle object over Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, corroborated by a second pilot. The witness was referred to the FBI and interviewed by a Supervisory Special Agent and multiple Special Agents in March 2024.

Analyst Notes

All witness names and identifying information are redacted, limiting independent verification. The 2023-2024 light sightings are described by a single primary witness (though other pilots are mentioned as discussing the events, none are separately interviewed in this document). The February 2024 video exists but is not reproduced in the document itself. The 2002 Bagram triangle sighting has one corroborating witness (also redacted) but no sensor data or formal report. The witness himself acknowledged uncertainty about distances (estimated 200-500 miles away for the lights) and could not fully see the shape of the 2002 object. No official explanation is offered for either phenomenon.

Extracted Entities

People

Redacted interviewee (former U.S. military reservist and pilot)Redacted Supervisory Special AgentRedacted Special Agent (SA)Redacted SARedacted second pilot (corroborating witness to 2002 Afghanistan triangle)

Agencies & Organizations

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Locations

Boston, MADublin, IrelandGander, CanadaNorth DakotaSeattlePhoenixWest coast (U.S.)Mid-Atlantic coast (U.S.)Minneapolis, Minnesota (150 miles northwest of)Sioux Falls (40-50 miles southwest of witness position)KFSD airportBagram Air Base, Afghanistan

Aircraft & Objects

White lights observed above 50,000 feet altitude, cycling dim-to-bright over 10 seconds to one minute, 1-4 and sometimes 10 or more visible simultaneously, moving in straight lines and sometimes changing directionLarge silent equilateral triangle object approximately 500 feet in size, moving west to east at approximately 150 knots with no lights, visible only by occultation of stars over Bagram

Dates

October 2023 (first light sighting)February 2024 (video-captured event at 4:36 AM EST)June 2002 (Bagram triangle sighting at approximately 4:30 AM local)March 2024 (interview date)April 2024 (date of FD-302 entry)

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