PURSUE Release 01: FBI Photo B24

  FBI Still Sent to AARO

FBI Photo B24 is a one-page PDF from the Department of War's May 8, 2026 PURSUE Release 01. The release catalogs it as FBI material tied to a late 2025 incident in the Western United States and submitted to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office as a still image derived from a U.S. military system.¹²

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

  Photo B24 Sensor Frame

The PDF contains a monochrome, grainy sensor-style frame with a simplified central crosshair, horizontal range marks, multiple black redaction blocks, and a visible lower-left timestamp reading 12/31/99 18:19:40.³ A single dark, irregular mark appears just above the center of the reticle, near the intersection of the crosshair.²³

The catalog's visual description should be read cautiously. It describes the visible mark for identification within the release, but expressly frames that description as informational rather than as an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination about the event.²

  What Photo B24 Can Show

The public record supports a narrow conclusion: the FBI submitted a redacted still image to AARO, the operator could not identify the depicted UAP, and the Department of War released the still as a one-page PDF in PURSUE Release 01.¹²³ It does not establish the object's size, distance, altitude, speed, sensor mode, platform, weather, motion, origin, or chain of custody because the release provides no mission report or supporting telemetry.²

Photo B24 matters because it preserves a recent FBI-to-AARO UAP referral while showing the limits of image-only disclosure. The visible dark mark makes the record more specific than a catalog entry alone, but the redactions, unreliable timestamp, and missing operational context prevent the image from supporting stronger claims about what was observed.¹²³

  References

  References

1. war.gov ↩ ↩² ↩³

2. war.gov ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

3. war.gov ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴