FBI Entry in PURSUE Release 01
FBI Photo A7 is an FBI image entry released in the Department of War's May 8, 2026 PURSUE Release 01. The catalog describes it as a still image derived from a U.S. government system and submitted by the FBI to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office as part of a UAP report.1
The catalog gives the incident date as Late 2025, lists no incident location, provides no video or PDF pairing, and says no accompanying mission report was provided. It also states that the original imagery had been altered with redactions before submission to AARO, and that the operator could not positively identify the UAP.1
Reticled Still With Redactions
The released PNG is a small monochrome frame with a central crosshair reticle, tick marks, and multiple black redaction bars masking parts of the surrounding sensor overlay.2 A light, nearly circular object appears just below the reticle center against a smooth gray background.
Missing Operational Context
The image supports only a narrow visual description. It shows a reticled government-system still with redacted overlay information and a small bright object in the frame. It does not identify the platform, sensor, location, altitude, range, motion, date beyond the catalog's Late 2025 field, or any chain of observations before or after this frame.
Because no mission report accompanies the image, the public record does not provide the operational context needed to determine whether the object was airborne, stationary relative to the sensor, an artifact, a conventional object, or something anomalous. The release's own narrative description cautions that its visual description is informational, not an analytical conclusion about the event's validity, nature, or significance.1
Photo A7 Evidence Limits
FBI Photo A7 matters less as a standalone image than as an example of what PURSUE Release 01 preserves and withholds. It documents that the FBI sent AARO a redacted still image from a U.S. government system after an operator could not identify the observed object, while also making clear that the released evidence is too limited to resolve what the object was.12