How were the sightings observed?

high confidence

Adobe Photoshop 25.6 (digital composite — not a camera sensor)

“composite sketch created in Adobe Photoshop 25.6, combining a photographic background of a rural grassy field with a digitally rendered golden-bronze disc-shaped flying saucer”

medium confidence

thermal or night-vision monochrome camera (U.S. military system)

“a still image from a U.S. military system... grainy thermal or night-vision frame with a centered crosshair reticle overlay”

medium confidence

U.S. military system (still image / surveillance camera with crosshair reticle overlay)

“The FBI submitted a still image from a U.S. military system to AARO in 2025, depicting two small dark circular objects near the center of a crosshair reticle overlay.”

high confidence

Night-vision / thermal imaging (military system)

“still image derived from a U.S. military system … The grayscale frame shows a crosshair reticle with horizontal scale labels”

high confidence / page 1

LiDAR (drone-mounted)

“On September 2023 was at with three other contractors and for LiDAR tests with”

medium confidence

night-vision or low-light imaging

“grayscale with a grainy texture consistent with night-vision or low-light imaging”

medium confidence / page 1

U.S. Aircraft (sensor modality not specified)

“31 OCT 24, U.S Aircraft observed a possible UAP.”

high confidence

grayscale sensor (military system, type unspecified)

“The grayscale sensor image shows two dark, irregular-shaped objects”

high confidence

U.S. military sensor system; grayscale/monochrome image with crosshair reticle

“The grayscale image shows a centered crosshair reticle with a small cluster of dark pixels at its center; captured by a U.S. military sensor system; monochrome, grainy texture”

high confidence / page 6

TFLIR (targeting forward-looking infrared)

“1.4(a) WAS ABLE TO MAKE A NEXT TO SHOOT ON THE TRACK AND VISUALLY ID THE UAP IN THE TFLIR.”

medium confidence

Surveillance/Infrared Camera (U.S. military system)

“The FBI submitted a still image from a U.S. military system to AARO in 2025 as a UAP report”

high confidence

Surveillance/Infrared Camera

“The grayscale frame shows a crosshair reticle with graduated scale markings, a small dark circular object in the upper right quadrant”

high confidence / page 2

airborne radar

“PILOT SAID HIS RADAR PICKED UP AIRCRAFT FLYING SOUTH TO NORTH AT HIGH ALTITUDE AND HIGH SPEED”

high confidence

radar

“There is a radar station near Knoxville which has been in operation about 3 weeks. This radar station is being operated by station WROL of Knoxville.”

high confidence

radar scope

“OBJECT WAS PICKED UP BY RADAR SCOPE AT SIX PM, JUNE TWENTYNINTH.”

high confidence / page 1

EO/IR sensor

“detected via the EO/IR sensor”