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FBI Photo B9: Surveillance/Night-Vision Frame with Crosshair Reticle, Timestamp 12/31/99

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A grayscale surveillance or thermal/night-vision style camera image featuring a crosshair reticle with graduated scale markings at the center, multiple black redacted rectangles overlaid on various parts of the image, a large black redacted bar across the top, and a timestamp in the lower left corner. The background is a noisy, grainy gray field typical of low-light or infrared imaging.
A grayscale surveillance or thermal/night-vision style camera image featuring a crosshair reticle with graduated scale markings at the center, multiple black redacted rectangles overlaid on various parts of the image, a large black redacted bar across the top, and a timestamp in the lower left corner. The background is a noisy, grainy gray field typical of low-light or infrared imaging.

The FBI submitted a still image from a U.S. military system to AARO in 2025, showing a small, dark, circular object just below and left of a crosshair reticle center, with an indistinct mountain range in the background, over the Western United States. The image is grayscale with a grainy texture consistent with night-vision or low-light imaging, and carries a burned-in timestamp of 12/31/99 18:10:26 that AARO notes is incorrect because the system clock was not 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 operatorDisc

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A grayscale surveillance or thermal/night-vision style camera image featuring a crosshair reticle with graduated scale markings at the center, multiple black redacted rectangles overlaid on various parts of the image, a large black redacted bar across the top, and a timestamp in the lower left corner. The background is a noisy, grainy gray field typical of low-light or infrared imaging.