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FBI Photo B24: Surveillance Camera Still with Unidentified Object at Crosshair Center

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A grainy, low-resolution surveillance or sensor camera still image appearing to be from an infrared or night-vision type camera. The image shows a gray, textured background (possibly open terrain, water, or sky) with a white crosshair/reticle overlay centered on the frame. A small dark object or anomaly is visible near the center of the crosshair. Multiple black redaction bars are overlaid across the image, obscuring text or other content in at least six locations. A black bar also runs across the top of the image.
A grainy, low-resolution surveillance or sensor camera still image appearing to be from an infrared or night-vision type camera. The image shows a gray, textured background (possibly open terrain, water, or sky) with a white crosshair/reticle overlay centered on the frame. A small dark object or anomaly is visible near the center of the crosshair. Multiple black redaction bars are overlaid across the image, obscuring text or other content in at least six locations. A black bar also runs across the top of the image.

The FBI submitted a still image from a U.S. military system to AARO in 2025, depicting a single dark, irregular-shaped object just above the center of a white crosshair reticle in a grainy monochrome sensor frame. The incident location is listed as the Western United States; the embedded timestamp of 12/31/99 18:19:40 is noted as incorrect due to the system date not being set. The original imagery was redacted before submission, no mission report was provided, and the operator reported being unable to positively identify the UAP.

Western United StatesUnnamed military system operatorUnknown object

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A grainy, low-resolution surveillance or sensor camera still image appearing to be from an infrared or night-vision type camera. The image shows a gray, textured background (possibly open terrain, water, or sky) with a white crosshair/reticle overlay centered on the frame. A small dark object or anomaly is visible near the center of the crosshair. Multiple black redaction bars are overlaid across the image, obscuring text or other content in at least six locations. A black bar also runs across the top of the image.