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Active leadUseful case file with unresolved ambiguity and room for more corroboration.

A federal agent filmed two “black-hot” objects over the western U.S. on a handheld thermal. Why does the FBI file still read as unresolved?

Unknown10sOpinionAug 8, 2026, 12:00 AMwestern United States

Witnesses

Unknown

Duration

10s

Source material

3

Timeline

2

Source context

Limited context

50

Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.

Source provenance

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Live sighting record b01b0d81-5fe4-4236-b8df-8235ddc4f885.

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Correlations

Field Intelligence

Location precision

Terrestrial weather, solar-window, airport, and nearby-infrastructure correlations are suppressed for this regional record.

Context notes

western United States is too broad to support reliable weather, sunlight-window, airport, or nearby-infrastructure correlations.

Use the official source metadata and media context unless a precise coordinate or specific locality is available.

Extracted details

Observed facts

Occurred

Aug 8, 2026, 12:00 AM

Location

western United States

Duration

10s

Witness account

Narrative

The Department of War’s fifth PURSUE release (Aug. 7, 2026) includes FBI-UAP-PR007, a 10-second thermal clip shot by a U.S. Government Special Agent in the western United States. It shows two slow-moving “black-hot” areas of contrast. The agent reportedly pointed the sensor skyward after a radio frequency detection, and the case is documented in FBI-UAP-D032. A companion FD-302 (D033) describes a “thermally elevated” object flying southbound the next evening, with an Army Black Hawk filmed as...

Case progression

Timeline

Encounter windowAug 8, 2026, 12:00 AM

Witnesses place the encounter near western United States.

PublishedOct 19, 2026, 7:52 PM

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Source material

media

Cover image

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Visual reference carried with the original report.

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Original report

Open

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telemetry

Environmental pass

Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.