{"type":"documents","slug":"2026-pursue-release-03-049-fbi-uap-d016-digital-rendering-narrative-statement-2-1-western-united","title":"FBI-UAP-D016, Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-1, Western United States Event, 2023","url":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2026-pursue-release-03-049-fbi-uap-d016-digital-rendering-narrative-statement-2-1-western-united","description":"An FBI digital rendering depicts a UAP incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States in October 2023, per agent narrative statement 2-1.","date":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["FBI"],"updated":"2026-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","disclosureRating":5,"connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"FBI-UAP-D016 is a Federal Bureau of Investigation digital rendering released in PURSUE Release 03 on June 12, 2026.[^1][^2] The Department of War lists the originating agency as the FBI, with an incident date of October 2023 and a location of the western United States.\n\n<img src=\"https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/061226/release_03/documents/FBI-UAP-D016_Digital-Rendering_Incident-2-1_Western-US-Event_2023.jpg\" alt=\"FBI-UAP-D016, Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-1, Western United States Event, 2023\" className=\"my-4 overflow-hidden rounded-lg border border-border/50\" />\n\n## An Artistic Interpretation, Not a Photograph\n\nThe release describes this image as an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States, involving unidentified anomalous phenomena over a period of two days in October 2023. The FBI prepared this digital rendering in 2026 at the request of the Department of War. The image is therefore an after-the-fact illustration, not contemporaneous photography or sensor capture.[^3]\n\n## Grounded in a First-Hand Statement\n\nAccording to the release, the rendering is based upon a first-hand description provided by a federal law enforcement special agent, as described in DOW-UAP-D080. No further details about the agent, the nature of the phenomena, or the specific site are provided in the release record.[^1]\n\n## What The Record Supports\n\nFBI-UAP-D016 documents how the government chose to visualize a witness account from a sensitive site, not an independent measurement of the phenomenon. The image is a 2026 artist's reconstruction built from a single agent's recollection. It provides no sensor data or technical analysis identifying the object or its origin, and the underlying event remains unidentified and unresolved.[^1]\n\n## References\n\n[^1]: [Department of War PURSUE page](https://www.war.gov/UFO/#release)\n\n[^2]: [Department of War PURSUE data file (uap-data.csv)](https://www.war.gov/Portals/1/Interactive/2026/UFO/uap-data.csv)\n\n\n[^3]: [FBI-UAP-D016, Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-1, Western United States Event, 2023 remote release asset](https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/061226/release_03/documents/FBI-UAP-D016_Digital-Rendering_Incident-2-1_Western-US-Event_2023.jpg)","readingTime":"2 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2026-pursue-release-03-049-fbi-uap-d016-digital-rendering-narrative-statement-2-1-western-united","title":"FBI-UAP-D016, Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-1, Western United States Event, 2023","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/documents/2026-pursue-release-03-049-fbi-uap-d016-digital-rendering-narrative-statement-2-1-western-united","license":"CC-BY-4.0"}}