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FBI Photo B8: Redacted Night-Vision/Thermal Surveillance Frame with Crosshair Overlay

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A grayscale surveillance or thermal/night-vision camera image showing an outdoor scene, likely a road or open area. The image contains a crosshair/reticle overlay with measurement tick marks and numerical scale indicators. Multiple black rectangular redaction bars are overlaid on the image, obscuring content in several areas. A timestamp is visible in the lower-left corner. The background scene shows a flat, open area with some indistinct shapes near the bottom center.
A grayscale surveillance or thermal/night-vision camera image showing an outdoor scene, likely a road or open area. The image contains a crosshair/reticle overlay with measurement tick marks and numerical scale indicators. Multiple black rectangular redaction bars are overlaid on the image, obscuring content in several areas. A timestamp is visible in the lower-left corner. The background scene shows a flat, open area with some indistinct shapes near the bottom center.

The FBI submitted a still image derived from a U.S. military system to AARO in 2025, depicting a UAP over the Western United States. The grayscale frame shows a crosshair reticle with horizontal scale labels and a small, dark, circular object just right of center in the top right quadrant, with an indistinct mountain range in the background. At least seven black rectangular redaction bars obscure portions of the image, no mission report accompanied the submission, and the operator reported being unable to positively identify the UAP. The embedded timestamp of 12/31/99 is acknowledged as incorrect due to the system clock not being set.

Western United StatesUnnamed military system operatorDisc

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A grayscale surveillance or thermal/night-vision camera image showing an outdoor scene, likely a road or open area. The image contains a crosshair/reticle overlay with measurement tick marks and numerical scale indicators. Multiple black rectangular redaction bars are overlaid on the image, obscuring content in several areas. A timestamp is visible in the lower-left corner. The background scene shows a flat, open area with some indistinct shapes near the bottom center.