The spot appears at the center of the targeting reticle. Parts of the image were redacted, and the mission report was not included.
An image from a military system shows a dark spot at the center of a targeting reticle. The operator couldn’t identify it, and parts of the image and the mission report are missing.
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 small cluster of dark pixels, forming an object, is visible at the exact center of the reticle. 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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A grainy black-and-white image with a dark spot at the center of a cross-shaped mark.
No. The operator could not identify it, and the mission report was not included.
A black-and-white image from a U.S. military system shows a dark spot at the center of a cross-shaped mark. The mark indicates the middle of the image. The operator couldn’t identify what it showed.
What makes the image interesting is what’s missing: something small is visible, but there isn’t enough information to tell what it is. Parts of the image were redacted before it was submitted for review, and the mission report was not included. What remains is an intriguing image, with no details to explain what was happening around it.
The image was generated by a U.S. military system in 2025. It is grainy, and the spot looks like a small cluster of dark pixels. The cross-shaped mark is at the center of the image, and the spot appears exactly where its lines meet.
The FBI submitted the image to a U.S. office that investigates unusual phenomena. The record says the operator could not identify the object with certainty. An unidentified anomalous phenomenon is something that was seen but could not be identified. That is all the image itself tells us about the object.
Before the image was submitted, it was altered, and parts of it were redacted. The mission report was also left out. Such a report could have provided more details about the mission and what happened, but it is not part of the record.
The document describes what the image looks like but offers no explanation of what it shows. So it cannot tell us whether the spot is a vehicle, an object, or something else. The record shows where it appeared, but not the story around it.
The object’s identity remains unknown, and there is no mission report to provide further context. The date shown in the image is incorrect because the system clock had not been set.
A small spot remains on the screen, where two lines meet.