FBI-UAP-D043: Agents’ triangular-object observation report
This redacted 2026 FBI record reproduces two special agents’ statement about a dark triangular object observed visually and through a handheld thermal device. It records estimated dimensions, a vertical rise, a southeast descent, no detected sound and about three seconds of visibility. Nine accompanying landscape illustrations depict an object’s changing position; they do not supply authenticated sensor measurements or identify its origin.
- File
- Document · Release 07
- Date
- June, 2026
- Location
- Western United States
- Extent
- 11 pages
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Probed Assessment
The file preserves witness estimates and illustrative images, with no established identity, origin or independently measured performance.
Key takeaways
- Two agents co-sign the statement; a separate post supplied the initial detection alert.
- Thermal appearance, dimensions and distances are reported observations or estimates.
- The FBI statement says about three seconds; the paired AARO memo records a longer sequence and different size estimates.
- The illustrations show a sequence but are not presented as original sensor frames.
Why it matters
This statement provides a primary witness account that can be compared with the officially paired AARO debrief, including differences that should remain visible rather than be reconciled by assumption.
Corroboration
War.gov explicitly pairs this file with DOW-UAP-D176. That pairing supplies case context, not independent confirmation of every estimate. Redactions and the lack of raw instrument data limit verification.
Open questions
- • Why do the FBI and AARO records give different timing and size estimates?
- • Are original thermal recordings or calibrated measurements available?
- • What method and source information were used to create the illustrations?
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 two Federal Special Agents, in which the interviewees describe an incident reported as involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) at a national security site in 2026.
Preserved verbatim as source metadata. This wording is separate from Probed’s file-specific description and assessment.
File Context
Related entities
Tracker findings
Two agents signed the observation account
The FBI form reproduces a written statement co-signed by two special agents; their names and the precise site and date are redacted.
Report records thermal observation at 1923 hours
The statement gives approximately 1923 hours and an initial thermal detection reported at an estimated bearing of 251 degrees.
Agents described a black triangular or delta shape
After the notification, two observers moved to the western side of their post and described a nonreflective black triangular object resembling a delta-wing drone.
Dimensions were visual estimates
The witnesses estimated a wingspan of nine to fifteen feet, depth of six to nine feet and thickness of one to two feet; these are estimates, not calibrated measurements.
Report gives a brief, silent observation
The FBI statement specifies approximately three seconds for the entire sighting and says neither observer heard sound.
Agent impressions are not a Bureau finding
The FBI form explicitly says it contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the Bureau.
First illustration is a reconstruction, not a photograph
The first image-only page depicts a thin dark object against a distant mountain slope in an uncaptioned landscape illustration.
Release provenance
- Release
- Release 07
- Official ID
- release-07-file-008-fbi-uap-d043-fd-302-unidentified-aerial-object-observation-report-2026
- Cleared
- Oct 23, 2026
Referenced Timeline
Agents’ statement recorded in an FD-302
The body supplies the year but redacts the exact date and site; official manifest metadata places the incident in June 2026 in the western United States.
Source Claims
Claims are attributed to the released source and remain distinct from Probed’s assessment and tracker findings.
The FBI form reproduces a written statement co-signed by two special agents; their names and the precise site and date are redacted.
a written statement co-signed by
The statement gives approximately 1923 hours and an initial thermal detection reported at an estimated bearing of 251 degrees.
at an estimated bearing of 251 degrees.
After the notification, two observers moved to the western side of their post and described a nonreflective black triangular object resembling a delta-wing drone.
a substantial, nonreflective, dark black triangular object most resembling a delta wing drone.
The witnesses estimated a wingspan of nine to fifteen feet, depth of six to nine feet and thickness of one to two feet; these are estimates, not calibrated measurements.
wingspan at approximately nine to fifteen feet, its depth at six to nine feet, and its thickness at one to two feet.
One observer reports a uniform thermal appearance hotter than ambient and no visible exhaust, while the other tracked the object without an optical aid.
a completely consistent thermal signature across the entire airframe and no visible exhaust gases
The statement describes a vertical climb to an estimated 200 feet above a ridge about 3.2 miles west, on a heading of about 268 degrees.
The object climbed to approximately 200 feet above the ridge line
The observers report a transition to horizontal flight, approach and southeast descent before losing contact at an estimated distance of 1.5 miles.
at an estimated range of about 1.5 miles from our position.
The FBI statement specifies approximately three seconds for the entire sighting and says neither observer heard sound.
The total duration of the sighting was approximately three seconds.
The FBI form explicitly says it contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the Bureau.
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI.
The first image-only page depicts a thin dark object against a distant mountain slope in an uncaptioned landscape illustration.
A later illustration depicts a triangular silhouette above the ridge against the sky; it supplies no scale, timestamp or thermal readout.
The ninth PDF page depicts the triangular silhouette lower in the valley view, consistent with an illustrative descent sequence.
The final illustration contains no clearly distinguishable object; it does not establish the real object’s fate or an impact.
Source Material & Evidence
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