FBI Photo B12 is a single-page PDF released May 8, 2026, containing a still image captured by a U.S. military system in late 2025 over the western United States. The image was submitted by the FBI to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). It shows a monochrome, grainy frame with a central crosshair reticle and a small, dark, circular object in the upper right quadrant, with an indistinct mountain range in the background. The operator could not positively identify the object. No accompanying mission report was provided, and the image timestamp reads 12/31/99 18:11:12 due to an unconfigured system clock.
The record is limited in analytical value: the imagery was redacted before submission, no mission context was included, and the corrupted timestamp makes independent date verification impossible. The circular object is uncharacterized. The absence of a mission report and the pre-submission alterations restrict what researchers can determine about the observation's circumstances, sensor type, or the object's size, distance, or behavior.
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