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FBI UFO Photo B9: Western US Still Image, 2025

Official file: FBI Photo B009

Published May 8, 2026 · Updated Jul 19, 2026

Incident date

Late 2025

Incident location

Western United States

Agency

FBI

Released in

R01 · 2026-05-08

File type

Document

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Key facts

Document type: Document
Agency: FBI
Released in: R01 · 2026-05-08
Incident date: Late 2025
Incident location: Western United States
Coordinates: 40, -113
Pages legible: 0/1
VIRIN: 260508-O-D0360-1037

Official description

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.

About this type of document

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.

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✦ AI summary

This is a single-page image-only PDF (no embedded text/OCR layer), part of a sequential FBI photographic exhibit set (b1 through b24) released in DOW/FBI UAP release_1. The rendered page shows a grayscale scanned photograph or negative with large black redaction bars obscuring most of the frame, alongside a horizontal measurement/reference scale bar with tick-mark graduations and visible numeric labels ('15', '10'), consistent with a photogrammetric size-reference scale used during photo analysis of a UAP image. No caption, agency letterhead, date, or descriptive text is present or extractable from this page. Given the heavy redaction and absence of text, the specific subject, location, date, or case this photo/exhibit relates to cannot be determined from the file alone; it appears to be a working photo-analysis exhibit page (frame b9 of the b-series) rather than a narrative report.

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[PAGE 1] [Diagram: FLIR/EO-style sensor display frame. Crosshair reticle at center with horizontal and vertical tick-mark measurement scales labeled 5/10/15 in both directions from center; a small dark dot/object sits just left of the vertical axis near the horizontal scale line. On-screen timestamp "12/31/99 18:10:26" in the bottom-left corner. Six black redaction bars overlay rows of (presumably telemetry/caption) text: one wide bar across the top of the frame, and two bars each at left and right edges stacked at roughly 1/3, 1/2 and 2/3 frame height. No other readable text is present on the page.]

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Source: U.S. Department of War / AARO — public domain · war.gov/ufo