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FBI Photo B1, UAP Still Image from U.S. Military Surveillance/Thermal System, Western United States

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A grayscale surveillance or thermal/night-vision camera image featuring a crosshair reticle with a graduated scale in the center. Multiple black rectangular redaction bars are overlaid across the image, obscuring text or identifying information. A timestamp is visible in the lower-left corner. The background shows a gray, slightly noisy image consistent with low-light or infrared imaging. Faint dark shapes are visible in the lower portion of the image, possibly terrain or objects.
A grayscale surveillance or thermal/night-vision camera image featuring a crosshair reticle with a graduated scale in the center. Multiple black rectangular redaction bars are overlaid across the image, obscuring text or identifying information. A timestamp is visible in the lower-left corner. The background shows a gray, slightly noisy image consistent with low-light or infrared imaging. Faint dark shapes are visible in the lower portion of the image, possibly terrain or objects.

The FBI submitted a still image from a U.S. military system to AARO in 2025, showing a small, dark, circular object in the upper right quadrant of a grayscale, grainy frame consistent with night-vision or thermal imaging. The image carries a timestamp of 12/31/99 18:11:19, which AARO notes is incorrect because the system date was not set. Eight black redaction bars obscure identifying information, no mission report was provided, and the operator reported being unable to positively identify the object. The incident location is given as the Western United States.

Western United StatesUnnamed military system operatorDisc

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A grayscale surveillance or thermal/night-vision camera image featuring a crosshair reticle with a graduated scale in the center. Multiple black rectangular redaction bars are overlaid across the image, obscuring text or identifying information. A timestamp is visible in the lower-left corner. The background shows a gray, slightly noisy image consistent with low-light or infrared imaging. Faint dark shapes are visible in the lower portion of the image, possibly terrain or objects.