Department of War PURSUE File
FBI-UAP-D016, Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-1, Western United States Event, 2023
Western United States·October, 2023
Editorial summary
This is a digital rendering created by the FBI in 2026 at the request of the Department of War. It is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States that involved unidentified anomalous phenomena over two days in October 2023. The image is based on a first-hand account given by a federal law enforcement special agent, documented in DOW-UAP-D080. It depicts the witness account rather than a photograph of the event itself.
Editorial summary written by govweird from the declassified document text. The official government description follows below.
Government description
This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) over a period of two days in October 2023. This image is based upon a first-hand description provided by a federal law enforcement special agent, as described in DOW-UAP-D080. The Federal Bureau of Investigation prepared this digital rendering at the request of the Department of War in 2026.
Caption issued by the U.S. Department of War on war.gov/ufo. Verbatim, unedited.
Originating agency
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Record type
IMG
Incident date
October, 2023
Incident location
Western United States
Release tranche
Release 03 (May 8, 2026)
Distribution
Cleared for public release
