United States (undisclosed) — SEP 2023
Photo of ellipsoid bronze metallic object 'materializing out of a bright light'; FBI lab overlay corroborates eyewitness sketch.
“Ellipsoid bronze metallic object materializing out of a bright light.”
Incident summary
Department of Defense photo, September 2023. Shows ellipsoid bronze metallic object reportedly materializing out of a bright light. Accompanied by an FBI lab-rendered graphic overlay aligning the photographic evidence with corroborating eyewitness reports.
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-026. The originating agency is the Department of War (DoD); the case is currently classified DECLASSIFIED and rated ANOMALOUS 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
- USPER STATEMENT ABOUT UAP SIGHTING (DOC-117 · CONFIDENTIAL//DECLASSIFIED)
- 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)
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