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FBI UFO Photo B11: Western US Still Image, 2025

Official file: FBI Photo B011

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-D0360-1039

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 in the upper right quadrant of the frame. 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 OCR text layer), part of a sequential FBI photographic/photo-analysis exhibit set (b1 through b24) released in DOW/FBI UAP release_1. The rendered page follows a consistent template seen across this series: a black redaction bar across the top, film-grain grayscale background, several horizontal black redaction bars (each followed by a lighter partially-revealed strip), and a small measurement/reference scale or tick mark with a numeric label, consistent with a photogrammetric analysis or evidence-log worksheet accompanying a UAP photograph. No caption, agency letterhead, narrative text, date, or case identifier is present or extractable from this page. Given the heavy redaction and absence of readable text, the specific subject, location, or case this exhibit page relates to cannot be determined from the file alone; it appears to be a working photo-analysis/exhibit page (frame 11 of the b-series) rather than a narrative report.

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[PAGE 1] [Diagram: grayscale sensor/thermal camera still frame with a white crosshair reticle and tick-mark scale (labeled 5, 10, 15 on both sides of center) overlaid on a hazy sky/horizon background; a small dark dot (the reported object) appears just right of the crosshair center. Several on-screen data fields around the frame are covered by black redaction boxes. A timestamp burned into the bottom-left corner reads "12/31/99 18:11:06" (a placeholder/default camera date-time, not necessarily the actual capture date). No other legible running text is present.]

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