FBI Photo B008

FBI Photo B008 is a PDF released on May 8, 2026, under the PURSUE Release 01 program. It contains a single still image captured by a U.S. military system in late 2025 over the western United States, submitted by the FBI to AARO. The image, rendered in monochrome, shows a grainy frame with a central crosshair reticle and a small, dark, circular object positioned just right of center in the upper right quadrant, with an indistinct mountain range in the background. The operator was unable to positively identify the object.

The record has notable evidentiary limitations: the image was redacted before submission, no accompanying mission report was provided, and the embedded timestamp reads 12/31/99 18:10:18, reflecting an unconfigured system clock rather than the actual capture time. The absence of mission context, the pre-submission alterations, and the corrupted timestamp collectively limit what can be assessed about the object or the circumstances of observation. No analytical conclusions about the object's nature have been drawn by the submitting agency.