On May 8, 2026 the U.S. Department of War added a single, heavily‑redacted image to the public “PURSUE” archive. The file, titled “FBI Photo B13,” is a grainy, black‑and‑white still that the FBI forwarded to the Pentagon’s All‑Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Apart from the picture itself, the release supplies no accompanying mission report or analysis.
The photograph shows a simple crosshair superimposed over a muted background. In the lower‑right quadrant, two narrow, dark shapes appear as faint smudges. No additional visual detail is provided. The image originates from a U.S. military sensor, but the original capture was altered before the FBI submitted it; redactions were applied to the frame itself.
Embedded in the document is a partial timestamp reading “12131199 18:19:5~.” Officials later clarified that the date is unreliable because the system’s clock had not been set at the time of recording. Consequently, the only temporal clue is effectively meaningless, leaving the exact moment of the encounter uncertain.
According to the brief narrative accompanying the picture, the operator who recorded the frame could not positively identify the unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP). The description is labeled for “informational purposes only,” and the document explicitly cautions readers against treating any part of the narrative as an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination about the event’s validity, nature, or significance.
The incident is said to have occurred in late 2025 somewhere in the western United States. Beyond the operator’s statement of uncertainty, the record offers no further eyewitness accounts, no follow‑up investigation, and no chain‑of‑custody details beyond the FBI’s hand‑off to AARO. The lack of a formal mission report means that the image stands alone as the sole piece of evidence released to the public.
Access to the document is limited to a downloadable PDF of roughly 0.1 MB. The archive’s web viewer does not render the file directly, requiring users to save and open it locally. Inside, the partial timestamp appears again, reinforcing the earlier note that the system’s date and time were not configured, rendering the timestamp ineffective for anchoring the event.
In summary, the government’s latest UAP disclosure consists of:
- A single, monochrome, grainy image marked with a central crosshair.
- Two faint, elongated dark objects visible in the lower‑right portion of the frame.
- A partial timestamp that is officially deemed incorrect.
- No mission report or analytical commentary accompanying the photo.
- Explicit disclaimer that the provided description should not be interpreted as factual or conclusive.
The release underscores the limited nature of the evidence currently available to the public: one altered photograph, a non‑functional timestamp, and a series of caveats from the agencies involved. As the AARO continues its review of anomalous aerial sightings, this particular file remains the only publicly accessible artifact from the late‑2025 incident in the western United States.
