FBI PHOTO B17

About this document

FBI PHOTO B17 is a declassified record from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, dated 2025, classification DECLASSIFIED. It is part of the Pentagon's PURSUE program — the rolling public unsealing of UAP records under the Presidential Unsealing & Reporting System for UAP Encounters, published in tranches at war.gov/UFO/ (Release 01 on 2026-05-08, Release 02 on 2026-05-22). UAP.WATCH has indexed the full text locally so the document can be read, searched, and cited without leaving the site.

Linked incidents

• Western United States — 2023 (PURSUE-005)

Document text

The image is a black and white photograph of what appears to be an astronomical observation. A crosshair is superimposed on the image, with tick marks labeled "3" on the horizontal axis. There are several rectangular black bars obscuring portions of the image. In the center of the crosshair, there are two small, dark objects. The bottom left corner displays the date and time: "12/31/99 18:20:48".