Southeastern United States (undisclosed) — 2023
Two government contractors observed large stationary metallic cylinder, ~commercial-airplane sized.
“Large metallic cylinder, approximately commercial-airplane sized.”
Incident summary
Around 0900 local, two government contractors in separate vehicles independently observed a large metallic cylinder estimated to be the size of a commercial airliner. Object remained stationary for 15-20 seconds before disappearing. Case remains unresolved by AARO.
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-020. The originating agency is the Department of War (DoD); 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 SEPTEMBER 2023 SIGHTING - COMPOSITE SKETCH (DOC-118 · DECLASSIFIED)
- FBI SEPTEMBER 2023 SIGHTING - SERIAL 3 (DOC-119 · DECLASSIFIED)
- FBI SEPTEMBER 2023 SIGHTING - SERIAL 4 (DOC-120 · DECLASSIFIED)
- FBI SEPTEMBER 2023 SIGHTING - SERIAL 5 (DOC-121 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 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) — SEP 2025PURSUE-017 · UNRESOLVED · 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