// PURSUE INCIDENT · PURSUE-017 //
Western United States (undisclosed) — SEP 2025
Black-hot infrared imagery of unidentified object below helicopter, September 2025.
Incident summary
FBI/DoD black-hot infrared still captures an unidentified object observed below a helicopter platform in the western United States. Released in PURSUE Release 01 as a still-image set.
Why this case matters
This incident is logged in PURSUE Release 01 — the U.S. Department of War's 2026-05-08 declassified UAP file release — under identifier PURSUE-017. The originating agency is the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the case is currently classified DECLASSIFIED and rated UNRESOLVED by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). UAP.WATCH mirrors the original record, adds a geographic and temporal index, and links every claim back to the canonical war.gov source.
Primary-source evidence
Declassified documents
- FBI PHOTO A1 (DOC-123 · DECLASSIFIED)
- FBI PHOTO A2 (DOC-124 · DECLASSIFIED)
- FBI PHOTO A3 (DOC-125 · DECLASSIFIED)
- FBI PHOTO A4 (DOC-126 · DECLASSIFIED)
- FBI PHOTO A5 (DOC-127 · DECLASSIFIED)
- FBI PHOTO A6 (DOC-128 · DECLASSIFIED)
- FBI PHOTO A7 (DOC-129 · DECLASSIFIED)
- FBI PHOTO A8 (DOC-130 · DECLASSIFIED)
Video evidence
- WESTERN US // BLACK-HOT INFRARED // SEP 2025 (VID-014 · IR · 16s)
// PRIMARY SOURCES //
// OTHER INCIDENTS IN THIS REGION //
- Roswell, New Mexico — 08 JUL 1947PURSUE-001 · CORROBORATED · Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Western United States — 2023PURSUE-005 · UNRESOLVED · Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Idaho — c.1950PURSUE-010 · CORROBORATED · Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Western United States (undisclosed) — DEC 2025PURSUE-018 · UNRESOLVED · Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Western United States (undisclosed) — SEP 2023PURSUE-019 · ANOMALOUS · Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Southeastern United States (undisclosed) — 2023PURSUE-020 · UNRESOLVED · Department of War (DoD)
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