FBI Photo B014

Agency
FBI
Format
Document, 1 page
Incident date
Late 2025
Released
Release 01, May 8, 2026
Source
war.gov
Topics

Description from war.gov

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP) to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of a still image derived from a U.S. military system in 2025. The original imagery was altered with redactions before being submitted to AARO. An accompanying mission report was not provided. The operator reported that they were unable to positively identify the UAP. The date in the image is incorrect due to system date/time not being set. Narrative Description: The monochrome image displays a grainy texture with a simplified central crosshair. Two small, dark, circular objects are visible near the center of the frame. A digital artifact or distortion is visible along the edge of the redaction box in the lower right quadrant. This narrative description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.

Redactions war.gov lists this record as redacted. Withheld material is blacked out in the file itself.

1 page, 6 words of text

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12/31/99 18:20:08

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Machine summary

Written by Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Anthropic) on May 22, 2026, from the record's text and war.gov's description. It is not part of the record and can contain errors; check it against the document.

FBI Photo B014 is a PDF released May 8, 2026, under the PURSUE Release 01 program. It consists of a single still image captured by a U.S. military system in late 2025 over the western United States and submitted by the FBI to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). The monochrome image shows two small dark circular objects near a central crosshair. The image was redacted prior to submission, and no accompanying mission report was provided. The operator could not positively identify the objects. The embedded timestamp reads 12/31/99 18:20:08, reflecting an unconfigured system clock rather than the actual date of capture.

The record is notable for several gaps: redactions were applied before AARO received the image, the mission report is absent, and the erroneous timestamp limits metadata analysis. No analytical conclusions are drawn in the document about the nature of the objects. The record represents a minimally documented UAP submission — imagery only, no sensor context, no operator details, and no resolution — fitting a pattern seen in other early AARO intake records where accompanying data is incomplete or withheld.

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