FBI September 2023 Sighting - Serial 004
This two-page FBI interview record preserves a witness account of a silent, cigar-shaped, metallic-bronze object near a restricted test area in September 2023. The statement supplies estimated size, altitude, movement, duration, and the explicit limitation that no photograph or video was taken.
- File
- Document · Release 01
- Date
- Sep 1, 2023
- Location
- United States
- Extent
- 2 pages
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Probed Assessment
Key takeaways
- The witness described a cigar-shaped object with an extremely bright light on its eastern end and a metallic-bronze body.
- The witness placed the object roughly 500 to 3,000 feet above the nearest tree line and said it was almost hovering while moving slowly east to west.
- The witness estimated the object at two or three Blackhawk helicopters in length and about one and a half Blackhawks in width.
Why it matters
FBI September 2023 Sighting - Serial 4 is an officially released 2-page record with searchable page text, page-specific claim locators, dated events where supported, and document-level provenance.
Corroboration
The release establishes official provenance for FBI September 2023 Sighting - Serial 4, but its reported observations, judgments, and interpretations remain source claims unless supported by independent records.
Open questions
- • Which companion records or contemporaneous sources, if any, independently corroborate the document’s key claims?
Probed separates this editorial assessment from the source claims below. It summarizes what the released artifact supports; it is not independent verification.
Official Description from War.gov
This is an FBI 302 interview conducted with a US citizen regarding their first-hand account of a UAP encounter at a US test site. USPER described an object "metallic/gray in color."
Preserved verbatim as source metadata. This wording is separate from Probed’s file-specific description and assessment.
File Context
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Tracker findings
FBI witness described a cigar-shaped metallic-bronze object
The FBI interview records a witness description of a cigar-shaped object with an extremely bright light on its eastern end and a metallic-bronze body.
The object was cigar-shaped with an extremely bright light and was metallic bronze in color
The released document states that the object was cigar-shaped with an extremely bright light and was metallic bronze in color.
The object was the length of two or three Blackhawk helicopters lined up nose to tail
The released document states that the object was the length of two or three Blackhawk helicopters lined up nose to tail.
The object was completely silent and left no contrails
The released document states that the object was completely silent and left no contrails.
The object disappeared after being observed for five to ten seconds
The released document states that the object disappeared after being observed for five to ten seconds.
No photos or video of the object were taken
The released document states that no photos or video of the object were taken.
Witness compared object against known military aircraft
The released document states that the witness had seen most of the aircraft and drones used by the US military and had never seen anything like the object.
FBI 2023 sighting describes silent object about one-and-a-half Blackhawks wide
The OCR page describes an object whose width was estimated at about one and a half Blackhawks, though light on one end made the body hard to determine, and says the object was completely silent.
FBI 2023 sighting says witness ruled out aircraft or drone
The OCR page states that a witness initially reacted as if it affected a restricted range, then realized the object was not an aircraft or drone.
Release provenance
- Release
- Release 01
- Official ID
- release-01-file-136-fbi-september-2023-sighting-serial-004
- Cleared
- May 8, 2026
Referenced Timeline
Reported object sighting near the restricted gate
The witness reported seeing the object while the convoy passed through the gate.
FBI witness interview
The FBI FD-302 records an interview conducted in September 2023.
Source Claims
Claims are attributed to the released source and remain distinct from Probed’s assessment and tracker findings.
The witness described a cigar-shaped object with an extremely bright light on its eastern end and a metallic-bronze body.
cigar shaped object with an extremely bright light southwest of
The witness placed the object roughly 500 to 3,000 feet above the nearest tree line and said it was almost hovering while moving slowly east to west.
approximately 500 to 3000 feet above the nearest tree line (agent note: the tree line was approximately one mile south west of [MJ position). The object was already there when she looked up. The object was almost hovering slowly moving from east to west. The
The witness estimated the object at two or three Blackhawk helicopters in length and about one and a half Blackhawks in width.
The object was “metallic bronze in color” and was the length of two or three Blackhawk helicopters lined up nose to tail. The width of the object was approximately the width of one and a half Blackhawks
The witness said the object was completely silent.
The object was completely silent.
The witnesses watched the object for five to ten seconds before it disappeared.
They watched the object for five to ten seconds and then the object just disappeared.
No photographs or video of the object were taken.
No photos or video of the object were taken by [the witness] or the contractors.
The witness said that after fifteen years around U.S. military aircraft and drones, she had never seen anything like the object.
had seen most of the aircraft and drones used by the US military during her fifteen years ... and had never seen anything like the object she observed