This document is an FBI report submitted to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), released May 8, 2026, concerning a UAP incident in the western United States in late 2025. It consists of a single still image captured by a U.S. military system, showing a monochrome, grainy frame with a central crosshair and one dark, irregular-shaped object positioned just above the reticle center. The operating crew reported they could not positively identify the object. No accompanying mission report was provided.
Several factors limit what can be determined from this record. The image was redacted before FBI submission to AARO, and the embedded timestamp reads 12/31/99 18:19:40, indicating the system clock was not properly set, making the exact date of capture unverifiable. The absence of a mission report removes context about platform type, altitude, speed, and environmental conditions. The redactions obscure unknown additional details. Together these gaps make independent corroboration or characterization of the observed object effectively impossible from this record alone.
Redactions present in this record. Black bars protect identities of eyewitnesses, locations of facilities, or non-UAP-related sensitive material.