Declassified UAP case filesFBI-UAP-D030DECLASSIFIED · R05Contains redactions

FBI-UAP-D030, FD-302, “Large Triangle with Red Lights,” 2023

Incident date
2023
Incident location
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Agency
FBI
File type
Document
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Official description

This document is an FBI FD-302, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record interviews. This FD-302 records an October 2025 interview with a U.S. Person, in which the interviewee describes an incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in October 2023. An FBI digital rendering based upon the observer’s description accompanies this document, under the title FBI-UAP-D031.

AI summary

This 3-page FD-302 documents an FBI interview conducted in October 2025 by a Supervisory Special Agent, a Special Agent, and a Task Force Officer, in which the witness described an event that occurred on an October date in 2023, between 8:00 and 9:30 PM, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, while he was outside observing the stars. He reported noticing a bright star, then peripheral movement that resolved into a stationary, distorted dark-gray cloud, from which a solid black, equilateral-triangle-shaped object emerged, with a constant diffuse red light at each of its three corners, heading south-southeast. He estimated the object was as large as the parking lot where he stood and three to five stories thick, initially moving at a steady, helicopter-like speed at an altitude of roughly 3,000-5,000 feet before nearly instantaneously accelerating to an estimated Mach 1-2, with wave-like distortion radiating from it similar to a heat mirage; it was silent, showed no visible propulsion, and produced no odor. The object then banked 90 degrees to the left — opposite the direction a conventional aircraft would bank while turning — leveled off, and disappeared to the south, after which the witness noticed the cloud had vanished; about 60 seconds later, he called his wife, who described his voice as sounding robotic, as if affected by electronic interference.

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[PAGE 1] -1 of 3- FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of entry 10 jm 2025 On October a. 2025 P was interviewed PO by Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Po Special Agent (SA) | | , and Task Force Officer (TFO) PY After being advised of the identity of the interviewing agents and the nature of the interview, provided the following information: WR frequently watches aircraft, military, commercial and civilian fly in the airspace above and around Colorado Springs. On October | oF 2023 between 8-9:30PM, J was working Colorado Springs, Colorado. [x and began looking up, admiring the stars on a clear night. _t Ss F looked up, he noticed a very bright star in the sky, which initially drew his attention. [JJ was observing the star for about 5-10 seconds when he noticed movement in his left peripheral vision. | | looked further up and to his left and saw what appeared to be a dark-gray iwvesignion on 10/9/2025 1 TT WME, United states i by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. [t is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. [PAGE 2] FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) Continuation of FD-302 of J Interview of yy ,On 10MM/2025 page 2 Of 3 colored cloud phasing into his sight. The cloud was stationary in the sky, and J stated it looked very strange, as if it was pixelated or distorted in some other manner. As he watched the cloud, he saw a constant, diffuse red light on the bottom front point of a solid black triangular shaped object coming out of the cloud towards the south, southeast. The object behind the point became wider and larger as it exited the cloud until | | Saw the entire equilateral triangular object with a red light in each of the three corners. f | estimated the triangle UAP was very large and could have been as large as the parking lot in which he was standing. He estimated the UAP was the equivalent of 3-5 stories in thickness. Based upon P| memory, at arm’s length, each of the three lights on the triangle UAP was the size of a fingernail. Initially the UAP was moving south and slightly east at a steady speed comparable to a helicopter. | | believed the UAP was at an altitude of 3000-5000 feet, comparable to small civilian aircraft in training flights. It then almost instantaneously accelerated to possibly Mach 1 or 2 and turned slightly, heading directly south or sightly southwest. f | noticed there appeared to be waves surrounding and radiating from the object. He compared the waves to the mirage effect that can be observed when you look down a hot road into the distance. | did not hear the object make any noise, could not see any form of propulsion, and did not smell anything out of the ordinary. | | believed the object was almost directly over his position, possibly over the ii __ 777 _ as GNSC(Gs«As: the object moved, it abruptly banked 90 degrees on its left side with its three lights still visible while veering towards the right, and then it quickly banked back down to level flight. The banking motion was opposite of a conventional aircraft would bank in the direction it was turning. f lost sight of the object as it went over the Pe from his perspective, towards the south. [J looked back to where it originally came into view and noticed that the dark-gray cloud had disappeared. He called his wife about 60 seconds later to tell her about the event, and she said that his voice sounded robotic, as if there was electronic interference occurring with the call. FP cell phone service provider was [! [ee [PAGE 3] FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) Continuation of FD-302 of J Interview of ,On 10/4/2025 page 3 of 3

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