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RELEASE 07 / FBI-UAP-D043

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FBI-UAP-D043, FD-302, Unidentified Aerial Object Observation Report, 2026

File ID
FBI-UAP-D043
Agency
FBI
Release
Release 07, 23 Oct 2026
Event date
June, 2026 (read as Jun 2026; precision: month)
Location
Western United States
Type
PDF
Redactions
Yes, parts of the official copy are blacked out
Paired files
DOW-UAP-D176

The official record

Official copy at war.gov
First page of the official copy

Official summary, as published

This document is an FBI FD-302, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record interviews. This FD-302 records a 2026 interview with two Federal Special Agents, in which the interviewees describe an incident reported as involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) at a national security site in 2026. The report is accompanied by 9 digitally rendered FBI forensic sketches depicting the primary incident, as confirmed by the Special Agents in their eyewitness account.

Our reading

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The FBI's FD-302 attaching the two agents' co-signed statement on the same 2026 event as AARO's memo, plus nine rendered sketches of the triangle over the ridge. Their own account differs from AARO's: a nonreflective black triangle 'most resembling a delta wing drone', wingspan about nine to fifteen feet, hotter than ambient on thermal, contact lost at about 1.5 miles, and a total sighting of about three seconds. They heard nothing.

Three separate measures, each with its reason. They are never added into a score.

E Evidence 2 of 3

Co-signed statement by two agents, one using a handheld thermal device, after a thermal detection by a third

N Novelty 3 of 3

A 2026 event not in the public record before this release

L Linkage 1 of 3

FBI record of the same event as AARO's memorandum; no board entity named

Flags

  • Paired. Read together with DOW-UAP-D176.
  • Redacted: parts of the official copy are blacked out.

Reading published 31 Oct 2026.

Our saved copy

Download our saved copy (FBI-UAP-D043-FD_302_Unidentified_Aerial_Object_Observation_Report-2026.pdf)

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