FBI Sends Image of Two Mysterious Circles From Military System

In late 2025, a U.S. military system produced an image in the western United States. The blurry black-and-white picture shows two dark circles near its center.

The system operator could not identify what appeared in the image with any certainty. The FBI forwarded the report to a U.S. office that investigates anomalous phenomena. But parts of the image had been redacted before it was submitted for review, and the accompanying mission report was not provided. As a result, little is known about the image and almost nothing about the circumstances in which it was produced.

What Appears Beside the Reticle

The image is grainy and blurry. Near its center is a simple targeting reticle, with two small, dark, round objects beside it. That is all the official description adds about what can be seen.

The report describes a single image produced by a military system in 2025. It includes no other photographs or records of the event. The system operator said they could not identify the object with certainty. The image therefore shows the circles’ shape and position, but not what they are.

What’s Missing From the Image

The FBI sent the report to the U.S. office that investigates anomalous phenomena. The original image was altered before it was provided: parts of it were redacted. The accompanying mission report was also not provided, leaving the submission with an image and a brief description but without the report that was supposed to accompany them.

The image also shows a date, but it is wrong. According to the report, the system’s clock and date were not set correctly. That means the date shown in the image cannot be relied on to determine when it was taken.

What Remains Unknown

It is not known what the two circles were or exactly what happened. The report does not identify them, and the mission report was not provided. It also does not explain what led to the image being taken.

What remains is a single image: a targeting reticle beside two dark circles. The date shown is wrong, and the circles remain unidentified.