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FBI UFO Photo B23: Western US Still Image, 2025

Official file: FBI Photo B023

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-D0360-1051

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 simplified central crosshair. A single dark, elongated object is visible near the edge of the reticle to the right of center. 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

A single-page image-only PDF (no embedded text), one of a numbered series of FBI photo files (b023). The page is a grayscale, infrared-style video frame with a white crosshair and a horizontal scale labeled "3" at each end; a small dark elongated object sits just right of center on the horizontal axis. A timestamp reads 12/31/99 18:19:33, and seven black redaction boxes cover the top banner and the side data fields. There is no caption, letterhead, narrative text, or case identifier, so the subject, location, and circumstances of the frame cannot be determined from the file, and the object is not identified.

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[PAGE 1] [Diagram: grayscale infrared-style frame with a white crosshair and a horizontal scale labeled 3 at each end; a small dark elongated object sits just right of center on the horizontal axis; seven black redaction boxes cover the top banner and the side data fields] 12/31/99 18:19:33

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