An image submitted by the FBI shows a disc beneath the targeting reticle. Parts of the image were redacted before submission.
An image from a government system shows a bright disc beneath the targeting reticle. The operator couldn’t identify it, and parts of the image were redacted before submission.
Single still image submitted by the FBI to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) as part of a UAP report. The image is a monochrome frame from a U.S. government imaging system, redacted by the originating agency prior to submission to AARO. Per the manifest, the date and location of the depicted event were not provided, and the operator reported being unable to positively identify the object. No accompanying mission report was provided.
Unidentified anomalous phenomenon captured as a single still image by a U.S. government system; operator unable to positively identify the object. Date and location not provided in the source release.
Multiple opaque black rectangular bars overlaid across the image, distributed along the upper, middle, and lower portions of the frame, obscuring background detail and any sensor overlay text/symbology that would normally appear at frame edges.
Likely reason: Imagery altered with redactions by the originating agency (FBI) before submission to AARO, per the manifest description.
Photograph; no document body text. Visible imagery analyzed directly. Redactions are image overlays (black bars), not textual. The reticle scale-tick marker '5' on the horizontal cross axis is the only clearly legible character in-frame.
A bright disc with a prominent spot of light, below the center of the targeting reticle.
The record gives late 2025 but no exact date or location.
A black-and-white image shows a bright disc just below the center of the frame. Reticle markings surround the center, marking the target point. A prominent spot of light appears on the disc.
The FBI sent the image to a U.S. body that investigates things observed but not identified. The system operator couldn’t determine what appeared in the image. Parts of the image were also redacted before submission.
The image came from a U.S. government system. The record does not specify the device used. It describes a single image showing a bright disc below the center of the reticle markings.
The disc is smooth and bright, with a strong spot of light on it. That describes what appears in the image, not what was photographed. The reticle markings don’t reveal what the disc is, either: they simply mark the center of the image or the target point.
The operator reported being unable to identify with certainty what appeared in the image. The image was sent to the FBI, which forwarded it to the investigating body. No report was included about the mission during which it was captured.
Before submission, parts of the original image were redacted. The record does not say what was redacted. The full original image is therefore unavailable, and no account of the mission or what happened during it accompanies the image.
The record says the incident took place in late 2025 but gives no exact date or location. The disc’s identity, the system used to capture it, and what happened during the mission are all unknown. The source offers no conventional explanation for the image.
A bright disc remains inside the targeting reticle. The spot of light on it is clear, but what does it show?