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FBI UFO Photo B24: Western US Still Image, 2025

Official file: FBI Photo B024

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-D0360-1052

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, irregular-shaped object is visible just above the center of the reticle. 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. Faint OCR noise/marks are present but do not resolve to any legible words. 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 24 of the b-series) rather than a narrative report.

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[PAGE 1] [Diagram: a grayscale electro-optical/IR sensor display frame, not a text document — part of the same b1-b24 photo series as fbi-photo-b008, same template. A wide black redaction bar spans the full width across the top of the frame. A simple crosshair (vertical and horizontal lines) is centered in the frame, with a tick mark and the numeral "3" labeled on both the left and right ends of the horizontal line (no further scale divisions, unlike fbi-photo-b008's full ruler). A small dark, two-lobed/elongated blob (the tracked object) sits directly at the crosshair's center. Six black redaction bars overlay on-screen data/text readouts in two columns of three, left and right of the reticle (fully redacted). A burned-in timestamp reads "12/31/99 18:19:40" at the bottom left (a default/unset system clock value, not necessarily the actual capture date). No other legible text is present on the frame.]

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