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FBI-UAP-D001: FD-302, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado Springs, 2022

This released document records that the UAP sighting occurred on a workday in early February 2022, at approximately 1:00 or 2:00PM in Fort Carson. The file preserves the source account or analysis but does not independently establish interpretations beyond the cited record. This document is useful as an officially released artifact because it preserves the file's provenance and lets its claims be compared with related Release 03 records.

File
Document · Release 03
Date
February, 2022
Location
Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Extent
2 pages

Probed Assessment

This released document records that the UAP sighting occurred on a workday in early February 2022, at approximately 1:00 or 2:00PM in Fort Carson. The file preserves the source account or analysis but does not independently establish interpretations beyond the cited record.

Key takeaways

  • The source states that the UAP sighting occurred on a workday in early February 2022, at approximately 1:00 or 2:00PM in Fort Carson.
  • The source states that the object was matte white or off-white in color, non-metallic, oval-shaped, and motionless.
  • The source states that the object was covered in intersecting lines or ridges forming an abstract polygon pattern.

Why it matters

This document is useful as an officially released artifact because it preserves the file's provenance and lets its claims be compared with related Release 03 records.

Corroboration

The release metadata and stored source material corroborate the file's provenance. Reported sightings, interpretations, and allegations remain attributed to the source unless independently supported by the cited evidence.

Open questions

  • What additional contemporaneous records or independent evidence could test the source account?

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 document is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) FD-302, a form the FBI uses to record interviews. This FD-302 contains a summary of an interview with a U.S. military service member in March 2025 regarding a February 2022 incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). The individual described the phenomenon as being “bean shaped,” “matte white” or “off-white” in color, with a surface covered in “intersecting lines or ridges which formed an abstract polygon pattern.” The individual described the phenomenon as “motionless” and that “no sound could be heard coming from it.” FBI Note: AARO has since been in contact with the interviewee to conduct subsequent interviews to inform its analysis of this incident.

Preserved verbatim as source metadata. This wording is separate from Probed’s file-specific description and assessment.

File Context

Related entities

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Tracker findings

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FD-302 places the Fort Carson UAP sighting in early February 2022

The FBI FD-302 states that the UAP sighting occurred on a workday in early February 2022 around 1:00 or 2:00 PM near Fort Carson.

Release provenance

Release
Release 03
Official ID
release-03-file-039-fbi-uap-d001-fd-302-unresolved-uap-report-colorado-springs-2022
Cleared
Jun 12, 2026
Official release source

Referenced Timeline

  1. Page 1

    UAP sighting at Fort Carson

    The UAP sighting occurred on a workday in early February 2022, at approximately 1:00 or 2:00PM in Fort Carson.

  2. Page 2

    AARO contact

    AARO contacted the interviewee about their observation.

  3. Page 1

    Interview with U.S. military service member

    Interview conducted via Microsoft Teams by FBI agents.

Source Claims

Claims are attributed to the released source and remain distinct from Probed’s assessment and tracker findings.

Source reportedObservedPage 1

The UAP sighting occurred on a workday in early February 2022, at approximately 1:00 or 2:00PM in Fort Carson.

The UAP sighting occurred on a workday in early February 2022, at approximately 1:00 or 2:00PM in the Fort Carson.

Source reportedObservedPage 1

The object was matte white or off-white in color, non-metallic, oval-shaped, and motionless.

described the object as being matte white, or off-white in color and appearing non-metallic. The object was oval shaped and in a horizontal position, with a curved indentation on the bottom.

Source reportedObservedPage 2

The object was covered in intersecting lines or ridges forming an abstract polygon pattern.

The object was covered in intersecting lines or ridges which formed an abstract polygon pattern which covered the entire object.

Source reportedObservedPage 2

The object was about the size of 10% of the saddle of the mountains, or about the size of a pool cue at arms-length.

stated the object was about the size of 10% of the saddle of the mountains, or about the size of a pool cue at arms-length.

Source reportedObservedPage 1

All five men saw the object and pointed it out to each other.

All f i ve of the men saw the object and were poi nting i t out by

Source reportedObservedPage 2

The object did not change its position relative to the saddle of the mountain during the 3-5 minutes it was observed.

did not believe the object was drifting in the wind because they observed the object for approximately 3-5 minutes, and it did not change its position relative to the saddle of the mountain during that time.

Source reportedObservedPage 2

None of the five men had a phone on them during the sighting.

None of the five men had a phone on them.

Source reportedObservedPage 2

The object vanished when they looked away momentarily to decide to get a phone.

When they looked back the object had vanished.

Source reportedObservedPage 2

They discussed the sighting and considered if it was a UAP, blimp, or weather balloon.

They wondered if they had seen a UAP, and went through the alternatives it could have been, such as a blimp or a weather balloon.

Source reportedObservedPage 2

Each of them independently drew what they remembered the object to look like, and the drawings were consistent.

Each of them independently drew what they remembered the object to look like, and then they compared their drawings afterwards. All of the drawings were consistent in showing a horizontal, white, 'bean-shaped' object with abstract lines crossing on it.

Source reportedAssertedPage 2

An official report was made to the army about their observation.

believed that made an official report to the army about their observation.

Source reportedAssertedPage 2

AARO contacted the interviewee in early 2024 about their observation.

stated he was contacted by AARO in early 2024 about their observation.

Source Material & Evidence

testimony

Interview with U.S. military service member

FBI-UAP-D001, FD-302