One appears large and structured; the other, small and round. The operator could not identify either object.
An image from a military system showed two objects. The operator could not identify them, and parts of the image were redacted before it was sent for review.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP) to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of a still image derived from a U.S. military system in 2025. The original imagery was altered with redactions before being submitted to AARO. An accompanying mission report was not provided. The operator reported that they were unable to positively identify the UAP. The date in the image is incorrect due to system date/time not being set. Narrative Description: The monochrome image displays a grainy texture with a central crosshair reticle. A dark, structured object with an appendage on its left side is visible just at the top of the reticle. A second, smaller, dark circular object is visible below the reticle in the bottom right quadrant. This narrative description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
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No. The operator could not confidently identify the object in the image.
The system clock was not set, so the date shown in the image is incorrect.
In the western United States in 2025, a military system produced a grainy black-and-white image. A dark object appears above the reticle, with a smaller, round object below it.
The image was sent for review, but the operator could not identify the object they had seen. Parts of the image had already been redacted. The result is a record of two objects, with no clear answer about what they are.
At the center of the image is a reticle, a mark used for aiming. Just above it is a dark, structured object with a protruding feature on its left side. Below the reticle, in the lower-right corner, is a small, dark, round object.
The image came from a U.S. military system, but it is not a conventional photograph in which every detail can be examined. It is grainy, and parts of it have been redacted. Even so, two objects are visible in different locations: one above the reticle and one below it.
The FBI sent a report about the image to a U.S. office that investigates anomalous phenomena. The operator reported that they could not confidently identify the object in the image. That is all that is known about their response: they could not determine what they had seen.
No accompanying mission report was included. Such a report could have provided details about the mission during which the image was produced. The image was therefore sent for review without that additional information. It shows the shapes and their locations, but does not explain their origin.
It is not known what the two objects were or what led to the image being sent for review. The date shown in the image is incorrect because the system clock was not set, so it cannot establish exactly when the image was produced.
Two marks remain in the image, one above the reticle and one below it. The shapes are visible. The story behind them is not.