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FD-302, “Dark Translucent Triangle,” 2023

File

FBI-UAP-D026

Type

Document, 3 pages

Agency

FBI

Date

2023

Place

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Released

Release 5, August 7, 2026

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The government's description

This document is an FBI FD-302, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record interviews. This FD-302 records a January 2026 interview with a former employee of the Department of War, in which the interviewee describes an incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in October 2023. An FBI digital rendering based upon the observer’s description accompanies this document, under the title FBI-UAP-D027.

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On January ■ , 2026
Special Agent
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, and Supervisory Special Agent · After being advised of the identity of the interviewing agents and
the nature of the interview, provided the fo llowing information :
On October ■ , 2023 at approximately 1 0 : 50 PM, and his wife were
sitting on the back porch of their r esidence l ocated at
Colorado Spr i ngs, Colorado . The porch faces toward the southwest ,
and he and h i s wi fe were sitting with their backs t owards the house .
did not remember seeing many stars in the sky that night even though
the sky was clear . As was looking up, he suddenl y noticed that
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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property ofthe FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not
to be distributed outside your agency.

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something had flown over his house from behind him, coming from the
northeast, and was moving away from him towards the southwest.
The UAP appeared low in elevation, possibly as low as 300 feet . He
est i mated it was roughly the s i ze of a large SUV based on h i s elevat i on
estimation. From vie wing perspective, at arm's length, the UAP
appeared to be the size of the space between his thumb and pointer finger,
which he approximated as 5 inches. did not thi nk he would have
noticed the UAP if it was a cloudy night. first noticed the
object's movement before actually seeing its silhouette .
When first spotted the UAP he thought it appeared almost see-through, and it had
what appeared to be a haze or distortion around it. He further described it
appearing as if you were looking at it through mist; and that there were
ripples like you were looking at an object that is underwater.
The UAP looked like a perfect triangle, however because of his viewing
angle, he couldn't definitively say whether it was isosce les or equilateral
in shape. stated the UAP could have been either dark gray or silver
in color which would have blended into the night sky, and with the
surrounding distortion, it may have caused it to have the appearance of
being translucent. thought the triangle had rounded edges and
corners, but stated the distortion around the UAP may have made the edges
less sharp in appearance. The UAP trave led away from him and his wife with
a point forward- facing. As it traveled away from them, along the trailing,
flat , back edge, it had what appeared to be a band of silverish blue light.
hypothesized that the light could have been caused by the mode of
propulsion for the UAP.
The UAP moved in a straight path at a consistent elevation. It moved
very quickly and covered a large distance in the short time they observed
the UAP. Just before they lost sight of the UAP, the left side of the
triangle banked up quickly to an almost vertical orientation, but it did not
change path or elevation. The UAP was completely silent, and did
not feel any rumble , static , or any other effects from the object as it
passed over him. residence was near an airport and he frequently
observed aircraft, including private planes and helicopters, flying over his
house. He was very familiar with how a normal aircraft should appear and
sound flying over his house. witnessed the UAP for a total of four
seconds from when he initially saw it to when he lost sight of it to the
southwest , potentially over
The UAP
disappeared from his visua l sight sooner than expected it should
have . stated the entirety of the observation was so quick he did
not have a chance to get his phone out to take a photo or video.

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was very familiar with a ll USAF aircraft, including the l atest
unmanned drones. The UAP he and his wife observed did not match anything he
encountered before. The UAP was on l y a triangl e without any extra wings,
fins, or any bubbl e for the engine housing .
Immediately fo llowing the event, both and h i s wi fe, who also
witnessed the UAP, went i nside to separate rooms and
wife remembered seeing a dark seem running
around the edge of the UAP,