FBI-UAP-D043

FD-302, Unidentified Aerial Object Observation Report, 2026

Agency: FBI
Format: Document, 11 pages
Incident date: June, 2026
Place: Western United States
Released: Release 07, October 23, 2026
Source: war.gov
Topics: Triangles, Infrared / FLIR, FBI interviews (FD-302)

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 a 2026 interview with two Federal Special Agents, in which the interviewees describe an incident reported as involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) at a national security site in 2026.

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

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-1 of 2- OFFICIAL RECORD FD-302 (Rer. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of entry 2026 On or about received from 2026, FBI Special Agent a written statement co-signed by Special Agent The statement will be attached to this FD-302 and is provided verbatim below for ease of reading: "Unidentified Aerial Object Observation Report evening of 26 "On 2026, at approximately 1923 hours, Special Agent stationed at called out a detection for a thermally elevated aerial object located west of his position at an estimated bearing of 251 degrees. I, Special Agent and Special Agent stationed several miles to the west at Based on this notification, I, accompanied by ran from the eastern side of our observation post to the western side in an attempt to collect further data related to the detection from Observation Post 6. We initiated a visual survey of the western horizon and almost immediately observed a substantial, nonreflective, dark black triangular object most resembling a delta wing drone. We estimated the object's wingspan at approximately nine to fifteen feet, its depth at six to nine feet, and its thickness at one to two feet. I viewed the object through a handheld thermal device and noted it appeared hotter than ambient temperature with a completely consistent thermal signature across the entire airframe and no visible exhaust gases, while tracked the object unaided for the duration of the sighting. "We both observed the object ascend vertically over a ridge line situated approzimately 3.2 miles west of our location on a heading of about 268 degrees. The object climbed to approzimately 200 feet above the ridge line, Investigation on /2026 at United States File = Date drafted 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 ageney.

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FD-302a (Rer. 5-8-10) Statement of SA and Conrinuation of FD-302 of - On '2026 Page 2 of 2 then transitioned from vertical to horizontal flight at a very significant velocity, approaching our position, then descending southeast into the along l We lost visual contact while the object was flying along this at an estimated range of about 1.5 miles from our position. The total duration of the sighting was approximately three seconds. Throughout the observation, neither nor I detected any auditory output from the unmanned aerial system. "Co-signed SA and

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Written by Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Anthropic) on October 23, 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 record is an FBI FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) covering a written statement from two FBI Special Agents who were stationed at an observation post at a national security site in the western United States. The incident took place in June 2026, at about 1923 hours. One agent, at a separate post several miles west, called out a thermally elevated aerial object at a bearing of 251 degrees. The two agents then ran to the western side of their post and saw a nonreflective, dark black triangular object resembling a delta wing drone. They estimated a 9-15 foot wingspan, 6-9 foot depth, and 1-2 foot thickness. Through a handheld thermal device it showed a uniform thermal signature and no visible exhaust. It rose vertically over a ridge about 3.2 miles west, climbed roughly 200 feet, then moved horizontally at high speed toward them before dropping southeast and out of sight at about 1.5 miles. The sighting lasted about three seconds, and no sound was heard.

The names, exact date, site, and file details are redacted, so the location and the identity of the witnesses cannot be established from the text. The form states that it contains no FBI conclusions. The agents' own wording ("unmanned aerial system") suggests they treated the object as a drone, though the record does not say how it was assessed. Pages 3-11 of the PDF are blank in the OCR text, so any attachments or images are not captured here. The record adds to reports of unidentified objects near sensitive installations.

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