DISCLOSURE / FILE
FBI Photo B18, Two Elongated Objects
FBI-submitted, mostly-redacted monochrome still image from a U.S. military system showing two small dark elongated objects near a central crosshair, forwarded to AARO without a mission report.
DISCLOSURE / FILE
FBI-submitted, mostly-redacted monochrome still image from a U.S. military system showing two small dark elongated objects near a central crosshair, forwarded to AARO without a mission report.
FBI Photo B18
FBI-submitted, mostly-redacted monochrome still image from a U.S. military system showing two small dark elongated objects near a central crosshair, forwarded to AARO without a mission report.
The FBI passed a single still image to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) showing an unidentified anomalous phenomenon captured by a U.S. military system in 2025 over the western United States. The imagery was altered with redactions before submission and arrived without an accompanying mission report. The operator reported being unable to positively identify the object, and the date stamp visible on the frame, 12/31/99 18:21:02, is incorrect because the system date/time was not set. The narrative description notes two small dark elongated objects near a central crosshair in the lower-left quadrant.
12/31/99 18:21:02p.1
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Concatenated page-by-page transcript. Born-digital pages came through pdf.js; scanned pages were transcribed by Claude vision OCR. Pages marked unreadable failed multiple OCR retries (heavy redaction, microfilm artifacts, or blank separators) and are kept in place for audit.
[REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] 12/31/99 18:21:02