Insights / Sensors

How were the sightings observed?

This view groups source-cited observation modes from the fact layer. A record can appear in more than one group when the source mentions more than one sensor or witness channel.

28
Sensor facts
6
Observation modes
27
Source serials

Most common mode

Camera or photograph

9 cited facts / 32.1% of extracted sensor-mode facts.

9 cited facts / 32.1%

Camera or photograph

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
PURSUE-RELEASE-01/5fb9eb79-fa7b-4ba0-b0ea-56e414742529

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
PURSUE-RELEASE-01/0263379f-b4a1-47f7-840d-4ebe5e8e82d9

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.
PURSUE-RELEASE-01/c0794865-9a80-4276-94e0-2bd8654a4e04

8 cited facts / 28.6%

Other reported mode

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
PURSUE-RELEASE-01/81342a7a-f856-4be8-816f-53ac04d37468

high confidence / page 1

LiDAR (drone-mounted)

On September 2023 was at with three other contractors and for LiDAR tests with
PURSUE-RELEASE-01/4

medium confidence

night-vision or low-light imaging

grayscale with a grainy texture consistent with night-vision or low-light imaging
PURSUE-RELEASE-01/ea77adee-665c-4a2e-aa27-85baad3b815c

4 cited facts / 14.3%

Unspecified sensor

medium confidence / page 1

U.S. Aircraft (sensor modality not specified)

31 OCT 24, U.S Aircraft observed a possible UAP.
PURSUE-RELEASE-01/bb2af2c5-d3ef-4efe-a97c-abc94a7fe92e

high confidence

grayscale sensor (military system, type unspecified)

The grayscale sensor image shows two dark, irregular-shaped objects
PURSUE-RELEASE-01/495dd23d-6a9a-4484-afbe-233a12f80ecd

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
PURSUE-RELEASE-01/b5e788d7-f05a-424c-a628-bdde7da871fe

3 cited facts / 10.7%

Infrared

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.
PURSUE-RELEASE-01/0c6556bc-86db-462c-94f1-3bd65d7db70a

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
PURSUE-RELEASE-01/82d5e4f8-6a7c-4269-9b3b-a98aa2d3bced

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
PURSUE-RELEASE-01/ac2d081b-f616-4a3f-96af-16562fc636af

3 cited facts / 10.7%

Radar

high confidence / page 2

airborne radar

PILOT SAID HIS RADAR PICKED UP AIRCRAFT FLYING SOUTH TO NORTH AT HIGH ALTITUDE AND HIGH SPEED
PURSUE-RELEASE-01/f6588bd4-608f-4d76-9fe7-204c0de0c019

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.
62-HQ-83894/7e7776ce-fbe9-47f9-ad24-a93fe5139474

high confidence

radar scope

OBJECT WAS PICKED UP BY RADAR SCOPE AT SIX PM, JUNE TWENTYNINTH.
62-HQ-83894/7e7776ce-fbe9-47f9-ad24-a93fe5139474