Summary
The FBI provided AARO with a 2025 still image of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon from a U.S. military system, redacted before submission and lacking a mission report. The operator could not identify the objects, seen as two small dark circular shapes near center; a digital artifact appears along the edge of a redaction box in the lower right quadrant.
Detail
This record is from the FBI, which forwarded a still image of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP) to AARO in 2025. The imagery came from a U.S. military system and was redacted before submission, with no accompanying mission report. The operator could not positively identify the objects, and the timestamp is inaccurate due to the system date and time not being set.
The monochrome, grainy image shows a simplified central crosshair with two small dark circular objects near the center of the frame, along with a digital artifact or distortion along the edge of the redaction box in the lower right quadrant. The narrative is informational only and reflects no analytical conclusion. The document was released through the PURSUE declassification and is associated with the Western United States in late 2025.
