FBI-UAP-D027, Rendering, “Dark Translucent Triangle,” 2023
A five-frame digital reconstruction depicts a dark, low-contrast triangular aerial object crossing a residential night sky. The sequence shows the object at changing positions and orientations but does not establish scale, distance, speed, or physical composition.
- File
- Document · Release 05
- Date
- 2023
- Location
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Extent
- 5 pages
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Probed Assessment
Key takeaways
- Digital rendering of a residential backyard at night. A faint dark triangular form appears high at the upper right above silhouetted homes and fencing.
- Digital rendering from the same backyard viewpoint. A blurred triangular form appears nearer the upper center while two silhouetted observers face the sky.
- Digital rendering from the same sequence. A narrow light-gray triangular trace appears low over the distant roofline.
Why it matters
This 5-page official record adds page-located primary-source material to the public history represented in Release 05. Its value lies in what the document records, not in independent confirmation of every reported event or estimate.
Corroboration
The assessment is grounded in the official PDF, reviewed page text, and faithful source excerpts. Statements attributed to witnesses or agencies remain source claims unless separately corroborated in the record.
Open questions
- • Which reported observations or technical estimates can be independently corroborated from contemporaneous records?
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Official Description from War.gov
This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near Colorado Springs, Colorado, potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in October 2023. This image is based upon a first-hand description provided by a former Department of War employee, as described in FBI-UAP-D026. The Federal Bureau of Investigation prepared this digital rendering in 2026 as a visual aid in support of the PURSUE initiative.
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
Digital rendering of a residential backyard at night. A faint dark triangular
The record states: Digital rendering of a residential backyard at night. A faint dark triangular form appears high at the upper right above silhouetted homes and fencing.
Final rendering frame placed a faint triangle near the roofline
The record states: Digital rendering from the same sequence. A faint, nearly vertical triangular trace appears just above the roofline near center.
Release provenance
- Release
- Release 05
- Official ID
- release-05-file-003-fbi-uap-d027-digital-rendering-dark-translucent-triangle-2023
- Cleared
- Aug 7, 2026
Referenced Timeline
Illustrated observation
The official source metadata associates this rendering with Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Source Claims
Claims are attributed to the released source and remain distinct from Probed’s assessment and tracker findings.
Digital rendering of a residential backyard at night. A faint dark triangular form appears high at the upper right above silhouetted homes and fencing.
Digital rendering from the same backyard viewpoint. A blurred triangular form appears nearer the upper center while two silhouetted observers face the sky.
Digital rendering from the same sequence. A narrow light-gray triangular trace appears low over the distant roofline.
Digital rendering from the same sequence. A faint, nearly vertical triangular trace appears just above the roofline near center.
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