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FD-302, Unidentified Aerial Object Observation Report, 2026

File

FBI-UAP-D043

Type

Document, 11 pages

Agency

FBI

Date

June, 2026

Place

Western United States

Released

Release 7, October 23, 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 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.

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FEDER.\.L BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

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statement co-signed by
The statement will be attached to this FD-30~ and is provided verbatim below
for ease of reading:
"Unidentified Aerial Object Observation Report evening of -

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called out a detection for a thermally elevated aerial
object located west of his position at an estimated bearing of ::::s1 degrees.
special Agent

I, accompanied by
ran from the eastern side of our observation post to the western side in an
attempt to collect further data related to the detection from Observation
Post 6. We initiated a visual survey o f the western hori::on and almost
immediately observed a substantial, nonreflective, darr.: black triangular
object most resembling a delta wing drone. We estimated the object's
wingspan at approximately nine to fifteen feet, its depth at six to nine
feet, and its thickness at one to two feet. I viewed the object through a
handheld thermal device and noted it appeared hotter than ambient
temperature with a completely consistent thermal signature ac r oss the entire
airframe and no visible e x haust gases, while
tracked the object
unaided for the duration of the sighting.
"We both observed the object ascend vertically over a ridge line situated
approximately 3.::: miles west of our location on a heading of about '.::68
degrees. The object climbed to approximately :::oo feet above the ridge line,

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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It 1s the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency-; 11 and its contents are not
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then transition,c:d from vertical to horizontal flight at a ver~' significant
velocity, approachin9 our position, then descending southeast into the
We
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lost visual contact while the object was flying along this at an
estimated range of about 1.5 miles from our pc•sition. The total duration of
the sighting was approximately thre,c: seconds. Throughout the observation,
neither
nor I detected any auditory output frnm the unmanned
aerial system.
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