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Department of War PURSUE File

FBI September 2023 Sighting - Serial 3

United States·9/1/23

Declassified

Government description

This is an FBI 302 interview conducted with a US citizen regarding their first-hand account of a UAP encounter at a US test site. USPER described an object "metallic bronze in color."

Caption issued by the U.S. Department of War on war.gov/ufo. Verbatim, unedited.

Originating agency

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Record type

PDF

Incident date

9/1/23

Incident location

United States

Release tranche

Release 01 (May 8, 2026)

Distribution

Cleared for public release

Original document

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Source: war.gov/ufo · PURSUE Release 01

PURSUE = Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. Records released by the U.S. Department of War on May 8, 2026 are unresolved cases for which the government cannot make a definitive determination, and the Department has invited private-sector analysis.