{"type":"documents","slug":"2026-pursue-release-01-126-fbi-photo-b2","title":"FBI Photo B2","url":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2026-pursue-release-01-126-fbi-photo-b2","description":"FBI PDF still from a redacted 2025 military-system UAP report shows reticle view over western United States.","date":"2026-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["FBI"],"disclosureRating":4,"connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"## FBI Referral to AARO\n\nFBI Photo B2 is a one-page FBI PDF in the Department of War's PURSUE Release 01, cleared for release on May 8, 2026.[^1] The release catalog lists the incident date as late 2025 and the incident location as Western United States, and identifies the file as FBI material submitted to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.[^1][^2]\n\n<PDF src=\"https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/fbi-photo-b2.pdf\" />\n\nThe release description says the Federal Bureau of Investigation submitted a UAP report consisting of a still image derived from a U.S. military system in 2025. The original imagery had redactions before being submitted to AARO; no accompanying mission report was provided; the operator reported they could not positively identify the UAP; and the visible image date is incorrect because the system date and time were not set.[^2]\n\n## Reticle Still Image\n\nThe PDF contains a single monochrome, grainy image with a central crosshair reticle, horizontal and vertical scale marks, black redaction blocks, and a hazy lower background that resembles a distant mountain range or cloud formation.[^3] A small dark circular mark appears above and to the right of the reticle center. The bottom-left timestamp reads `12/31/99 18:11:27`, but release metadata warns that the system clock was not set, so that timestamp should not be treated as the incident date.[^2][^3]\n\n## Limits of the Evidence\n\nThe record supports a narrow factual claim: an FBI-originated referral to AARO preserved a redacted still image from a military system after an operator could not identify a visible object. It does not establish the object's size, distance, altitude, speed, material, origin, or motion, and it does not provide sensor settings, platform context, environmental conditions, or a mission narrative that would allow independent reconstruction.[^2][^3]\n\nThat limitation is the point of the page. FBI Photo B2 matters because it shows how PURSUE Release 01 can make a recent UAP reporting artifact public while still leaving the core identification problem unresolved. Its value is provenance and disclosure context: it records a reported non-identification, the redacted visual evidence attached to it, and the missing context that prevents stronger conclusions.[^1][^2][^3]\n\n## References\n\n[^1]: [Department of War PURSUE Release 01 page](https://www.war.gov/UFO/#release)\n[^2]: [Department of War PURSUE Release 01 CSV](https://www.war.gov/Portals/1/Interactive/2026/UFO/uap-csv.csv)\n[^3]: [FBI Photo B2 remote release asset](https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/fbi-photo-b2.pdf)","readingTime":"2 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2026-pursue-release-01-126-fbi-photo-b2","title":"FBI Photo B2","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/documents/2026-pursue-release-01-126-fbi-photo-b2","license":"CC-BY-4.0"}}