govweird/archive
VID · FBIPURSUE Release 03

Department of War PURSUE File

FBI-UAP-PR005, Digital Recreation, Narrative Statement 3-1, Western United States Event, 2023

Western United States·October, 2023

Declassified

Editorial summary

This is a digital recreation video 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 involving unidentified anomalous phenomena over two days in October 2023. The recreation is based on a first-hand description provided by a federal law enforcement special agent, documented in DOW-UAP-D081. It visualizes the agent's account rather than showing actual footage of the event.

Editorial summary written by govweird from the declassified document text. The official government description follows below.

Government description

This video 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 digital recreation is based upon a first-hand description provided by a federal law enforcement special agent, as described in DOW-UAP-D081. The Federal Bureau of Investigation prepared this digital recreation 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

VID

Incident date

October, 2023

Incident location

Western United States

Release tranche

Release 03 (May 8, 2026)

Distribution

Cleared for public release

Released video

Video record. DVIDS asset ID: 1010272

Watch on the source site: war.gov/ufo

More from FBI

Source: war.gov/ufo · PURSUE Release 03

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.