FBI-UAP-D018, Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-3, Western United States Event, 2023

Western United States·October, 2023

Declassified

Editorial summary

This is an FBI digital rendering created in 2026 at the request of the Department of War. It offers an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States involving unidentified anomalous phenomena across two days in October 2023. The rendering draws on a first-hand description provided by a federal law enforcement special agent, as documented in DOW-UAP-D080. It visualizes the witness account rather than recording the event directly.

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

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.