PURSUE Release 01: FBI Photo B18

  Photo B18 FBI Referral

FBI Photo B18 is a one-page PDF in the Department of War's May 8, 2026 PURSUE Release 01. The release catalogs it as FBI material from an incident in the Western United States in late 2025, submitted to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office as a still image derived from a U.S. military system.¹²

The release description says the original imagery was altered with redactions before AARO received it. It also says no accompanying mission report was provided, the operator reported being unable to positively identify the UAP, and the date visible in the image is incorrect because the system date and time had not been set.²

  Photo B18 Sensor Still

The PDF contains a monochrome, grainy sensor-style frame with a simplified central crosshair, horizontal range marks, and multiple black redaction blocks.³ A timestamp reading 12/31/99 18:21:02 appears at lower left, but the release metadata places the incident in late 2025 and warns that the embedded image date is unreliable.²³

Two small, dark, elongated marks are visible near the center of the frame, just below the horizontal reticle.²³ The release narrative describes them for informational purposes only and cautions that its description should not be treated as an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination about the event's nature or significance.²

  What The Image Cannot Prove

The public record supports a narrow finding: the FBI submitted a redacted military-system still to AARO, the operator could not identify the depicted UAP, and the released evidence consists of a single image page with catalog metadata.¹²³ It does not establish the objects' size, distance, altitude, speed, sensor mode, platform, weather, motion, origin, or chain of custody, because the accompanying mission report was not provided.²

Photo B18 matters because it documents a recent FBI-to-AARO UAP referral while showing how little can be concluded from the released material alone. The visible dark marks make the record more specific than a database entry, but the redactions, unreliable timestamp, and missing mission context prevent the image from supporting a stronger claim about what was observed.¹²³

  Released Photo B18 PDF

FBI Photo B18 remote release asset

  References

  References

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