FBI-to-AARO Image Record
FBI Photo B19 is a one-page PDF released in the Department of War's May 8, 2026 PURSUE Release 01. The release catalogs it as FBI material from a late 2025 incident in the Western United States and describes it as a still image derived from a U.S. military system.12
The release metadata says the Federal Bureau of Investigation submitted the UAP report to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office. It also says the original imagery was redacted before submission, no accompanying mission report was provided, and the operator was unable to positively identify the UAP.2
Photo B19 Sensor Still
The PDF contains a monochrome, grainy sensor-style frame with a central crosshair reticle, horizontal and vertical scale marks, and several black redaction blocks.3 Near the exact center of the reticle, a small cluster of dark pixels forms the visible feature identified in the release narrative.23
A timestamp reading 12/31/99 18:18:53 appears at lower left, but the release states that the image date is incorrect because the system date and time had not been set.23 The displayed timestamp should therefore not be treated as the incident date or as independent timing evidence.
What Photo B19 Cannot Show
The public record supports only a narrow description: an FBI-submitted AARO image record shows a small dark pixel cluster in a redacted military-system still.123 It does not establish the object's size, range, altitude, speed, material, sensor mode, platform, weather, motion path, or origin. The missing mission report also prevents the still image from being checked against a fuller operational timeline or supporting sensor record.2
Photo B19 matters because it is an example of a recent FBI-to-AARO UAP referral where the released evidence is a single redacted frame plus catalog metadata. The record preserves that an operator could not identify the UAP, while the limited visual context and explicit timestamp warning keep the image from supporting stronger claims about what the feature was.23