FBI SEPTEMBER 2023 SIGHTING - SERIAL 5

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FBI SEPTEMBER 2023 SIGHTING - SERIAL 5 is a declassified record from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, dated 2023-09-01, classification DECLASSIFIED. It is part of PURSUE Release 01 — the Pentagon's first public unsealing of UAP records under the Presidential Unsealing & Reporting System for UAP Encounters program, published on 2026-05-08 at war.gov/UFO/. UAP.WATCH has indexed the full text locally so the document can be read, searched, and cited without leaving the site.

Linked incidents

• United States (undisclosed) — SEP 2023 (PURSUE-026)
• Western United States (undisclosed) — SEP 2023 (PURSUE-019)
• Southeastern United States (undisclosed) — 2023 (PURSUE-020)

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FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10)
OFFICIAL RECORD
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of entry: 10/11/2023
On September 2023, and and FBI Special Agent interviewed via Facetime video. a with sat in on the interview ( and were in at the time of the interview). After being advised of the identity of the interviewing agents and the nature of the interview, provided the following information:

was a in the of He'd been an since and had ten to fifteen hours as a drone pilot.

On September 2023 was at with three other contractors and for LiDAR tests with After receiving a the five of them got into three vehicles with driving the first vehicle and as her passenger.

The three vehicles began driving south around 7:30 am. The sun was in the east with good visibility.

The three vehicles came to a gate that was giving trouble. At about three quarters of the windshield up, saw a linear object with a super bright light on the east side of the object. The light was bright white and bright enough to see bands within the light. The object was metallic / gray in color. It did not have any wings or exhaust. The object was smaller than a 737, one to two Blackhawk helicopters in length and was definitely bigger than a drone. The object was approximately 5000 feet above ground level, and moved east to west parallel to the ground. The object was visible for five to ten seconds and then the light went out and the object vanished. The sky was clear and couldn't find the object again.
Investigation on: 09/ /2023
at: United States (Other (Facetime Video))
File #: - -
Date drafted: 10/ /2023
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The object stayed the same size and kept the same light intensity during the time observed it. He did not see the object as they were coming over the small bridge at the gate until they were going through the gate. did not notice any interference with their vehicles.

was annoyed when she first saw the object because the air space had been restricted for the drone tests they were going to conduct. in the second vehicle tried to get to see the object but was unsuccessful.

That night a storm came through and the TV went out in hotel room. He was still freaked out and went downstairs to make sure all the TVs were out in the hotel and not just his. had weird dreams and had trouble sleeping for the first two nights after he saw the object.