FBI-UAP-D030

FD-302, “Large Triangle with Red Lights,” 2023

Agency
FBI
Format
Document, 3 pages
Incident date
2023
Released
Release 05, August 7, 2026
Source
war.gov

Description from war.gov

This document is an FBI FD-302, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record interviews. This FD-302 records an October 2025 interview with a U.S. Person, in which the interviewee describes an incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in October 2023. An FBI digital rendering based upon the observer’s description accompanies this document, under the title FBI-UAP-D031.

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

3 pages, 658 words of text

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FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) -1 of 3- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION OFFICIAL RECORD Doournant paringants have diglaly signat All sonatures have boon vested by a cortied FBi infaration system. Date of entry 101/2025 On October , 2025 was interviewed by Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Special Agent (SA) , and Task Force Officer (TFO) After being advised of the identity of the interviewing agents and the nature of the interview, provided the following information: frequently watches aircraft, military, commercial and civilian fly in the airspace above and around Colorado Springs. On October , 2023 between 8-9:30PM, was working Colorado Springs, Colorado. walked over to his co-worker named and began looking up, admiring the stars on a clear night. As looked up, he noticed a very bright star in the sky, which initially drew his attention. was observing the star for about 5-10 seconds when he noticed movement in his left peripheral vision. looked further up and to his left and saw what appeared to be a dark-gray Investigation on 10/ / 2025 at United States File # Date drafted 10/ /2025 by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) Continuation of FD-302 of Interview of , On 10/ /2025 _, Page 2 of 3 colored cloud phasing into his sight. The cloud was stationary in the sky, and stated it looked very strange, as if it was pixelated or distorted in some other manner. As he watched the cloud, he saw a constant, diffuse red light on the bottom front point of a solid black triangular shaped object coming out of the cloud towards the south, southeast. The object behind the point became wider and larger as it exited the cloud until saw the entire equilateral triangular object with a red light in each of the three corners. estimated the triangle UAP was very large and could have been as large as the parking lot in which he was standing. He estimated the UAP was the equivalent of 3-5 stories in thickness. Based upon memory, at arm's length, each of the three lights on the triangle UAP was the size of a fingernail. Initially the UAP was moving south and slightly east at a steady speed comparable to a helicopter. believed the UAP was at an altitude of 3000-5000 feet, comparable to small civilian aircraft in training flights. It then almost instantaneously accelerated to possibly Mach 1 or 2 and turned slightly, heading directly south or sightly southwest. noticed there appeared to be waves surrounding and radiating from the object. He compared the waves to the mirage effect that can be observed when you look down a hot road into the distance. did not hear the object make any noise, could not see any form of propulsion, and did not smell anything out of the ordinary. believed the object was almost directly over his position, possibly over the As the object moved, it abruptly banked 90 degrees on its left side with its three lights still visible while veering towards the right, and then it quickly banked back down to level flight. The banking motion was opposite of a conventional aircraft would bank in the direction it was turning. lost sight of the object as it went over the from his perspective, towards the south. looked back to where it originally came into view and noticed that the dark-gray cloud had disappeared. He called his wife about 60 seconds later to tell her about the event, and she said that his voice sounded robotic, as if there was electronic interference occurring with the call. cell phone service provider was

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) Continuation of FD-302 of Interview of _, On 10/ /2025 _, Page 3 of 3

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Written by Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Anthropic) on August 20, 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.

This document is a three-page FBI FD-302 interview record dated October 2025, conducted by a Supervisory Special Agent, a Special Agent, and a Task Force Officer. The interviewee, whose name is redacted, describes witnessing a large, solid black equilateral triangle with red lights at each corner over Colorado Springs, Colorado, in October 2023. The object emerged from a stationary, apparently pixelated dark-gray cloud, moved at helicopter speed, then accelerated near-instantaneously to an estimated Mach 1–2, executed an unconventional 90-degree bank, and departed southward without audible propulsion. The witness estimated the object matched the footprint of his parking lot and was 3–5 stories thick.

Notable features include reported near-instantaneous acceleration, anomalous banking behavior opposite to conventional aircraft, visible wave distortion surrounding the object, and apparent electronic interference with the witness's phone call immediately after the event. The specific date, witness name, location details, and cell phone carrier are redacted throughout. A companion FBI digital rendering (FBI-UAP-D031) was produced from the witness description. Page 3 appears blank or fully redacted in the release.

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