2025: declassified UAP incidents — timeline.
44 UAP cases
2025 accounts for 44 UAP cases in this archive — 7 videos, 29 documents, and 8 images — released by Department of War, FBI, and Office of the Director of National Intelligence under the PURSUE program. Reported locations for the year include Western United States, Middle East, and Yellow Sea, among others. This page is part of the 2020s on the UAP Browser timeline; browse the full decade for more context on the years around it.
UFO mission report, Middle East, October 2025 (ISR)
This declassified USCENTCOM mission report (Misrep prod-dod-11937169), filed under Operation Inherent Resolve, covers an ISR sortie by a single aircraft of the 11 ATKS / 432 AEW (ACC), taking off at 281953Z October 2025 and landing at 29160
UFO mission report: six spheres, Middle East, July 2025
This declassified mission report (Misrep prod-dod-11604218) comes from originator 65 SOS (1 SOW; MAJCOM AFSOC; operations center 609th; COCOM USCENTCOM) under Operation Inherent Resolve, air domain. The narrative says the aircraft took off
▶ 298sUFO video: Middle East 2024, infrared, 5 min
Grayscale infrared aerial footage with black redaction bars along the top and corners. A crosshair reticle with bracket corners and an "N" orientation marker sits center-frame, tracking a small bright point against a flat gray sky. Later se
▶ 60sUFO video: Middle East 2025, infrared, 1 min
Grayscale infrared footage, initially at a wide field of view showing a lattice communications tower on a small island or coastal spit, with a crosshair reticle and "N" marker centered. As the sensor zooms out and the image grows brighter a
▶ VIDEOUFO video: Middle East 2025, EO/IR, 2 min
Grayscale infrared aerial imagery looking down on a built-up area with streets, buildings, and a wide river bend running through the frame, plus a cluster of bright hot spots along a road in the lower left. A green crosshair reticle with tr
▶ VIDEOUFO video: Middle East 2025, infrared, 14 s
Grayscale infrared footage with low contrast and a hazy, washed-out sky, framing a coastline or shoreline with breaking waves in the foreground and what appear to be two thin vertical mast- or tower-like structures near the shore. A green c
▶ 16sUFO infrared video, Yellow Sea, 2025
Grayscale infrared/FLIR sensor footage over a flat horizon, likely open sea. A small dark object sits centered in a cyan tracking reticle, radiating faint star-like diffraction spikes. HUD overlays and black data-masking blocks frame the lo
▶ 300sUFO infrared video, East China Sea, 2025
Grayscale electro-optical/IR sensor footage amid thick layered cloud cover. A central cyan crosshair reticle tracks the sky; a small bright oblong object appears in the upper portion of one frame. HUD corner markers and black data-masking b
▶ 49sUFO video: bright orb in a backyard, Northeast US, 2025
Color smartphone-style night video looking up through tree silhouettes at a dark, dusky blue sky. Two small reddish-orange, star-like points of light are visible between the branches, one above the other; in a later frame a single red light
UFO sightings and thuds in the West: US official, 2025
A first-person narrative (2 pages, complete document) released by ODNI in the PURSUE collection, written by an unnamed "senior U.S. intelligence officer" (the file name marks it as a USPER narrative) about a multi-hour helicopter mission ov
UFO email correspondence, INDOPACOM, 2025
This two-page email chain (banner SECRET//NOFORN, struck through) concerns confirming that two UAP incident tearlines can be released at the UNCLASSIFIED level. One email, signed by a PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician Team Lead (12 AF /
FBI UFO Photo A1: Redacted Still Image (AARO)
Grayscale sensor capture with a white crosshair reticle and tick-mark scale across the center. The background is a flat, lightly textured surface. A small dark dot sits just right of the crosshair centre. Heavy black redaction bars cover th
FBI UFO Photo A2: Redacted Still Image (AARO)
Grayscale sensor frame showing mottled terrain with a white crosshair reticle and horizontal tick scale. A small dark round object appears just below and right of the crosshair centre. Black redaction blocks mask the top and both flanks of
FBI UFO Photo A3: Redacted Still Image (AARO)
Grayscale sensor image with a large white crosshair and graduated tick marks over a faintly textured surface. A distinct dark round dot sits immediately right of the crosshair intersection. Multiple black redaction bars run across the top,
FBI UFO Photo A4: Redacted Still Image (AARO)
Grayscale sensor capture, heavily cropped and surrounded by black. A white crosshair with tick scale sits at centre over diagonal banded terrain, with a small dark dot just right of centre. Black redaction blocks cover the upper edge and bo
FBI UFO Photo A5: Redacted Still Image (AARO)
Grayscale sensor frame with a white crosshair and tick-mark scale over pale mottled ground. A small dark dot appears below and right of the crosshair, and a tiny circular marker sits near the upper redaction block. Large black bars mask the
FBI UFO Photo A6: Redacted Still Image (AARO)
Grayscale sensor image with a white crosshair over lightly textured terrain. A dark round dot sits left of the crosshair centre. A very large black redaction block covers the upper-left quadrant, with further bars along the sides and bottom
FBI UFO Photo A7: Redacted Still Image (AARO)
Grayscale sensor capture with a white crosshair and tick scale centred on a smooth pale background. A small light-grey blob with soft edges sits directly below the crosshair. Black redaction bars cover the top and both sides of the frame.
FBI UFO Photo A8: Redacted Still Image (AARO)
Grayscale sensor frame with a white crosshair and graduated tick marks over faintly banded terrain. A very small dark dot sits just right of the crosshair intersection. Black redaction bars mask the top edge and both sides.
FBI UFO Photo B1: Western US Still Image, 2025
This is a single-page image: a grayscale video-frame still with a central crosshair and horizontal and vertical scale marks (0 to 15 on each side of the horizontal axis), a faint hazy mountain silhouette at the lower right, and a timestamp
FBI UFO Photo B2: Western US Still Image, 2025
FBI Photo B2 is a single-page image from the declassified UAP release. It shows a grayscale sensor frame overlaid with a graduated crosshair reticle (scale 15-10-5-0-5-10-15) and a small dark dot near the center. Several header and side-lab
FBI UFO Photo B3: Western US Still Image, 2025
FBI Photo B3 is a single-page photographic exhibit from the declassified UAP release, a grayscale infrared-style frame overlaid with a measurement reticle (a horizontal scale running 15-10-5-0-5-10-15 on each side of center, plus a vertical
FBI UFO Photo B4: Western US Still Image, 2025
FBI Photo B4 is a single-page image from the FBI-sourced photograph series of the declassified UAP release. The transcript records no caption, date, location or description. The image is an infrared or video frame with a central crosshair a
FBI UFO Photo B5: Western US Still Image, 2025
FBI Photo B5 is a single-page image from the FBI-sourced photograph series of the declassified UAP release. The transcript records no caption, date, location or description, and the page has no legible text other than a timestamp reading 12
FBI UFO Photo B6: Western US Still Image, 2025
FBI Photo B6 is a single-page image from the declassified UAP release. It shows an infrared-style sensor still with a reticle crosshair scaled from 0 to 15 in each direction, a small dark object near the top center, redacted blocks across t
FBI UFO Photo B7: Western US Still Image, 2025
FBI Photo B7 is a single-page image from the FBI-sourced photograph series of the declassified UAP release. It shows a grayscale sensor image with a centered crosshair reticle and a horizontal scale marked 15 to 0 to 15. A small dark object
FBI UFO Photo B8: Western US Still Image, 2025
FBI Photo B8 is a single-page image PDF from the Department of War declassified UAP release series, catalogued as an FBI-sourced UAP-related photograph. The PDF contains no meaningful embedded OCR text layer (image only, with only stray non
FBI UFO Photo B9: Western US Still Image, 2025
This is a single-page image-only PDF (no embedded text/OCR layer), part of a sequential FBI photographic exhibit set (b1 through b24) released in DOW/FBI UAP release_1. The rendered page shows a grayscale scanned photograph or negative with
FBI UFO Photo B10: Western US Still Image, 2025
A single-page image-only PDF (no embedded text), one of a numbered series of FBI photo files (b010). The page is a grayscale infrared- or sensor-style still frame with a white crosshair reticle and ruler-style tick marks labeled 5, 10 and 1
FBI UFO Photo B11: Western US Still Image, 2025
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 acr
FBI UFO Photo B12: Western US Still Image, 2025
A single-page image: a grainy grayscale sensor frame with a central crosshair reticle, with a scale ticked and numbered 5, 10 and 15 to each side of center along the horizontal axis. A single small dark dot appears above and slightly to the
FBI UFO Photo B13: Western US Still Image, 2025
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 acr
FBI UFO Photo B14: Western US Still Image, 2025
This is a single-page document consisting of a grayscale sensor image. A crosshair is centered in the frame, with two small dark spots just to the right of and above the crosshair center. Black redaction boxes cover areas across the top and
FBI UFO Photo B15: Western US Still Image, 2025
This is a single-page image-only exhibit from the FBI photo series (item b015). The page is a grayscale, film-grain frame with a black redaction bar across the top and four further black redaction bars, two along the left edge and two along
FBI UFO Photo B16: Western US Still Image, 2025
This is a single-page image. The transcript describes it as a grayscale image with a crosshair reticle and a small dark object near the center, with heavy black redaction bars across the top and at both sides. A timestamp reads 12/31/99 18:
FBI UFO Photo B17: Western US Still Image, 2025
FBI Photo B17 is a single-page photographic exhibit: a grayscale, sensor/thermal-style image heavily redacted with solid black bars (one large bar across the top and two smaller bars at each of the four corners or edges). A white crosshair
FBI UFO Photo B18: Western US Still Image, 2025
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 acr
FBI UFO Photo B19: Western US Still Image, 2025
FBI Photo B19 is a single-page image from the FBI-sourced photograph series of the declassified UAP release. The transcript records no caption, date, location or description. The image is a grayscale sensor-style still frame with a white cr
FBI UFO Photo B20: Western US Still Image, 2025
A single-page image-only PDF (no embedded text), one of a numbered series of FBI photo files (b020). The page is a grayscale sensor-style frame with a graduated crosshair reticle (scale 15-10-5-0-5-10-15) and a small dark dot near the cente
FBI UFO Photo B21: Western US Still Image, 2025
FBI Photo B21 is a single-page image from the declassified UAP release. It shows a grayscale, infrared-style frame with a measurement reticle (horizontal scale 15-10-5-0-5-10-15 on each side, plus a vertical scale) and one small, dark, elon
FBI UFO Photo B22: Western US Still Image, 2025
This is a single-page image. The transcript describes it as a noisy grayscale video frame with a white crosshair and a horizontal scale labelled "3" at each end, with two small dark blobs just above and to the right of the center. A black r
FBI UFO Photo B23: Western US Still Image, 2025
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 elo
FBI UFO Photo B24: Western US Still Image, 2025
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 acr
FBI Statement on UFO Orbs at a US Military Site, 2025
A SECRET//NOFORN statement (2025; the date is redacted) in which a senior US intelligence official (Witness 1) recounts a night helicopter search involving a second senior US intelligence official (Witness 2), federal partner personnel, and