← Declassified UAP case filesFBI-UAP-D017DECLASSIFIED · R03

FBI-UAP-D017, Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-2, Western United States Event, 2023

Incident date

October, 2023

Incident location

Western United States

Agency

FBI

Released in

R03 · 2026-06-12

File type

Image

Rendering of two figures watching an object in the sky.

IMG · ANALYSIS

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Key facts

Official file ID: FBI-UAP-D17 (cited as FBI-UAP-D017 in this file)
Document type: Image
Agency: FBI
Released in: R03 · 2026-06-12
Incident date: October, 2023
Incident location: Western United States
Coordinates: 40, -113
VIRIN: 260508-O-D0360-1113

Official description

80. The Federal Bureau of Investigation prepared this digital rendering at the request of the Department of War in 2026.

About this type of document

This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) over a period of two days in October 2023. This image is based upon a first-hand description provided by a federal law enforcement special agent, as described in DOW-UAP-D0

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✦ AI visual analysis

Night reconstruction with two silhouetted observers on a desert rise watching a bright yellow-white orb in a starry blue sky. The orb sits to the right of the figures, well above a dark eroded ridgeline. Faint stars are scattered across the upper sky.

digital renderingnightstarsyellow orbsilhouetteswitnessesdesertridgelinebright lightreconstruction

Generated with AI from the official file — may contain errors.

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