FBI September 2023 Sighting - Serial 004

File ID: NOID-serial-3-redacted
Agency: FBI
Release: Release 01, 8 May 2026
Event date: 9/1/2023 (read as 1 Sep 2023; precision: day)
Location: United States
Type: PDF
Redactions: Yes, parts of the official copy are blacked out

The official record

Official summary, as published

This is an FBI 302 interview conducted with a US citizen regarding their first-hand account of a UAP encounter at a US test site. USPER described an object "metallic/gray in color."

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FBI interview from September 2023 with a range official of fifteen years who had restricted the airspace for tests that morning. Driving through a gate that had failed to open three times, she saw a silent, "metallic bronze" cigar-shaped object with an intense white light at one end, two to three Blackhawks long, almost hovering 500 to 3,000 feet above a tree line. It disappeared after five to ten seconds; a passenger in another vehicle said he saw it too. Companion 302s and an FBI composite image (NOID-2024-04-30-composite-sketch) are in this release.

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

E Evidence 2 of 3

Detailed first-hand account with size, altitude, light and duration; a second witness is reported as confirming it.

N Novelty 2 of 3

A matching Avon Park range sighting was reported from an FAA record in 2025; the FBI interview detail is new.

L Linkage 0 of 3

No board entity is named.

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Previously public.
- https://uapregister.substack.com/p/large-cigar-shaped-object-observed: July 2025 report on an FAA record of a metallic cigar-shaped object seen by drone operators at Avon Park Air Force Range on 15 September 2023 at about 7:30 a.m.; likely the same event, not confirmed by the 302.
Redacted: parts of the official copy are blacked out.

Reading published 31 Oct 2026.

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