FBI-UAP-D003: Digital Rendering, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado Springs, 2022
This released document is an interpretive reconstruction tied to a reported event, not direct sensor evidence. The source record states that war.gov describes the released image as an artistic interpretation of a reported 2022 incident near Colorado Springs, rather than as a photograph of the reported object. The reconstruction is useful for understanding how the reported witness description was visualized, while keeping that interpretation separate from direct photographic or sensor evidence.
- File
- Document · Release 03
- Date
- 2022
- Location
- Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
- Extent
- 1 pages
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Probed Assessment
This released document is an interpretive reconstruction tied to a reported event, not direct sensor evidence. The source record states that war.gov describes the released image as an artistic interpretation of a reported 2022 incident near Colorado Springs, rather than as a photograph of the reported object.
Key takeaways
- The source states that war.gov describes the released image as an artistic interpretation of a reported 2022 incident near Colorado Springs, rather than as a photograph of the reported object.
- The source states that the official description says the rendering was derived from the first-hand narrative in FBI-UAP-D002, an unresolved UAP report concerning Colorado Springs.
- The source states that the image depicts a pale, faceted, horizontally elongated object above a mountainous landscape under a clear blue sky.
Why it matters
The reconstruction is useful for understanding how the reported witness description was visualized, while keeping that interpretation separate from direct photographic or sensor evidence.
Corroboration
War.gov metadata and the related narrative record corroborate the reconstruction's official provenance. The reconstruction itself does not independently corroborate that the reported event occurred as described.
Open questions
- • Which visual details came directly from the witness account, and which were interpretive choices in the reconstruction?
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 image is an artistic interpretation of a 2022 incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) reported near Colorado Springs, Colorado. This image is derived from the first-hand narrative description contained in “FBI-UAP-D002, FD-1057, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado Springs, 2022”.
Preserved verbatim as source metadata. This wording is separate from Probed’s file-specific description and assessment.
File Context
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Release provenance
- Release
- Release 03
- Official ID
- release-03-file-004-fbi-uap-d003-digital-rendering-unresolved-uap-report-colorado-springs-2022
- Cleared
- Jun 12, 2026
Referenced Timeline
Reported Colorado Springs incident
War.gov associates the artistic rendering with a first-hand narrative about an incident reported near Colorado Springs in 2022.
Rendering released in UFO Files Release 03
The image-only PDF was published as FBI-UAP-D003 in War.gov UFO Files Release 03.
Source Claims
Claims are attributed to the released source and remain distinct from Probed’s assessment and tracker findings.
War.gov describes the released image as an artistic interpretation of a reported 2022 incident near Colorado Springs, rather than as a photograph of the reported object.
Colorado landscape. War.gov identifies the image as an artistic interpretation
The official description says the rendering was derived from the first-hand narrative in FBI-UAP-D002, an unresolved UAP report concerning Colorado Springs.
derived from the first-hand narrative description contained in FBI-UAP-D002
The image depicts a pale, faceted, horizontally elongated object above a mountainous landscape under a clear blue sky.
Source Material & Evidence
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