FBI Photo B22 is a one-page PDF released in Department of War PURSUE Release 01 on May 8, 2026. The release metadata identifies the source agency as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, gives the incident location as the Western United States, and dates the underlying incident only to late 2025.1
What the Still Shows
The PDF contains a single monochrome still image from what the release describes as a U.S. military system. The frame is grainy, with a simplified central crosshair, multiple black redaction bars, and two small dark elongated marks close to the center in the upper-right quadrant. A visible lower-left timestamp reads 12/31/99 18:19:19, but the release metadata says the date in the image is incorrect because the system date and time were not set.12
FBI Submission and Missing Context
The FBI submitted the material to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office as a UAP report based on a still image. The release metadata says the original image was altered with redactions before AARO received it, that no accompanying mission report was provided, and that the operator could not positively identify the UAP.1
Those facts establish provenance and uncertainty, not identification. The public record does not disclose the platform, sensor mode, range, altitude, speed, weather, exact location, collection sequence, or chain of observations before and after the still frame. It also does not show whether the two dark marks represent objects, a single object rendered in two parts, sensor effects, foreground material, background features, or some other source.
A Traceable but Thin Record
B22 matters because it is a traceable UAP release item with very little interpretive support. The record preserves that an FBI-submitted report reached AARO from a military-derived image, while the redactions and missing mission narrative sharply limit independent analysis. It is useful evidence of what was released and how the release framed the uncertainty, but it should not be treated as proof of anomalous motion, origin, or performance.12