I read the FBI 302 from the September 2023 PURSUE case. The witness statement is striking, and the press summaries are off

Press coverage of PURSUE Release 01 has been calling the September 2023 FBI 302 case "the 130-195 foot bronze ellipsoid encountered by a senior intelligence official." That framing keeps showing up across CBS, the Guardian, and others. I went and read the actual FBI 302 document. Some of those details aren't in the source. What the document actually says: The witness is a defense contractor, not a "senior intelligence official." She'd worked around US military hardware for fifteen years and r...