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FBI-UAP-D037, FD-302, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026

An FBI FD-302 records a 2026 night observation of multiple red lights through both unaided vision and night optical devices. The witness described changing positions and elevations, later low-level lights, a 25-minute discrepancy affecting one mechanical watch, and no reported physiological effects.

File
Document · Release 05
Date
2026
Location
Western United States
Extent
3 pages

Probed Assessment

Key takeaways

  • A witness described dull-red lights that appeared dash-shaped to the naked eye.
  • Through night-observation devices, the lights appeared circular with the halo normally produced around light sources by that equipment.
  • The first two unidentified lights reportedly disappeared after about 20 minutes.

Why it matters

This 3-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 document is an FBI FD-302, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record interviews. This FD-302 records a 2026 interview with a U.S. person, in which the interviewee describes three incidents potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in the western United States occurring within a 5-hour period in 2026. A second individual who was present at the time also provided an interview, recorded in this collection as “FBI-UAP-D040.” Two FBI digital renderings based upon the observer’s descriptions accompany this document, under the titles FBI-UAP-D038 and FBI-UAP-D039.

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

Tracker findings

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A witness described dull-red lights that appeared dash-shaped to the naked eye

The record states: A witness described dull-red lights that appeared dash-shaped to the naked eye.

Through night-observation devices, the lights appeared circular

The record states: Through night-observation devices, the lights appeared circular with the halo normally produced around light sources by that equipment.

First two red lights reportedly disappeared after 20 minutes

The record states: The first two unidentified lights reportedly disappeared after about 20 minutes.

Witness found a 25-minute clock discrepancy

The record states: The witness found a 25-minute difference between a watch and the time shown by a phone and vehicle clock.

Release provenance

Release
Release 05
Official ID
release-05-file-039-fbi-uap-d037-fd-302-multiple-red-lights-2026
Cleared
Aug 7, 2026
Official release source

Referenced Timeline

  1. Page 1

    Multiple red lights reported

    The witness reported multiple red lights at different apparent elevations during a nighttime observation.

  2. Page 2

    Mechanical watch discrepancy noted

    The witness reported that one mechanical watch became 25 minutes fast while digital clocks remained aligned.

Source Claims

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

Source reportedAssertedPage 1

A witness described dull-red lights that appeared dash-shaped to the naked eye.

described the lights as “dash” shaped and dull red in color to the naked eye.

Source reportedAssertedPage 1

Through night-observation devices, the lights appeared circular with the halo normally produced around light sources by that equipment.

P| relayed that, despite being “dash- shaped” to the naked eye, the lights appeared “orb-like” or circular through the NODs, with the characteristic “NOD halo” around them, which is typical when looking at a light source through NODs.

Source reportedAssertedPage 1

The first two unidentified lights reportedly disappeared after about 20 minutes.

After approximately 20 minutes, both of the aforementioned unidentifiex lights disappeared.

Source reportedAssertedPage 2

A later similar light was estimated about 600 meters east and roughly 500 feet above the vehicle.

Sometime between 10:00pm and 11:00pm, 9 observed another, similar unidentified light appear approximately 600 meters (estimated) to the east of their position and appeared to be approximately 500 feet above their vehicle.

Source reportedAssertedPage 2

The witness found a 25-minute difference between a watch and the time shown by a phone and vehicle clock.

i noted the discrepancy, compared the time displayed on his watch to the time displayed on his phone and observed that the time on his watch was 25 minutes ahead of the time on his phone and the vehicle’s digital clock.

Source reportedAssertedPage 3

The witness reported no physiological effects and said attempts to identify the objects were unsuccessful.

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Source Material & Evidence

document

Official Release 05 source document

FBI-UAP-D037, FD-302, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026

Research Map

7 entities · 2 grounded links

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UAP/Disclosure Graph
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