r/UFOs
/u/Rare-Pomegranate-838
New from PURSUE Release 05: FBI digital rendering of an “Airborne Triangle” (2002, Afghanistan)
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
Unknown
Source material
3
Timeline
3
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
r/UFOs
Live sighting record 9ba86961-e863-4404-8036-2c385265029b.
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Moon phase
91% illumination
Waxing gibbous — bright sky
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Meteor activity
Context notes
Full/near-full moon (91% illumination)
Quadrantids meteor shower was active at this time
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Jan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM
Timezone
Afghanistan Time
Location
Afghanistan
Witness account
Narrative
This is one of several triangle-related image files the FBI contributed to Release 05 (others include a “Dark Triangle with Lights” from 2011 and a “Large Triangle with Red Lights” from 2023 in Colorado Springs). It’s listed as an unresolved case — consistent with the rest of the PURSUE material, meaning the government has not made a definitive determination on what was observed. Direct link to the Release 05 image section: https://www.war.gov/UFO/?releaseDate=Release+05&release=05&type=.img...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Afghanistan.
r/UFOs carried the report into the source network.
Grouped into the Dark incident dossier.
Ledger
Source material
media
Cover image
Visual reference carried with the original report.
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/UFOs.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.