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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

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?

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 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

Related entities

7
Research Map relationships require row-level claim or timeline references.

Tracker findings

2

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
Official release source

Referenced Timeline

  1. Page 1

    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.

InterpretationObservedPage 1

Digital rendering of a residential backyard at night. A faint dark triangular form appears high at the upper right above silhouetted homes and fencing.

InterpretationObservedPage 2

Digital rendering from the same backyard viewpoint. A blurred triangular form appears nearer the upper center while two silhouetted observers face the sky.

InterpretationObservedPage 4

Digital rendering from the same sequence. A narrow light-gray triangular trace appears low over the distant roofline.

InterpretationObservedPage 5

Digital rendering from the same sequence. A faint, nearly vertical triangular trace appears just above the roofline near center.

Source Material & Evidence

image

Official Release 05 source document

FBI-UAP-D027, Digital Rendering, “Dark Translucent Triangle,” 2023

Research Map

7 entities · 3 grounded links

Lines appear only when two entities share a row-level source claim or dated timeline event. Unconnected nodes remain visible without implying a relationship.

UAP/Disclosure Graph
7 nodes3 links