PURSUE Release 01: FBI Photo B7

FBI Photo B7 is a one-page FBI PDF released in the Department of War's May 8, 2026 PURSUE Release 01. The release metadata places the underlying incident in the Western United States in late 2025 and describes the material as a still image derived from a U.S. military system.¹²

The FBI submitted the record to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office as a UAP report. The release says the original imagery was altered with redactions before AARO received it, no accompanying mission report was provided, and the operator reported being unable to positively identify the UAP.²

  Photo B7 Reticle Still

The PDF contains a single monochrome, grainy sensor-style frame with a central crosshair reticle, horizontal and vertical scale marks, and multiple black redaction blocks.³ A dark object appears in the upper-right quadrant and is described in the release narrative as consistent in appearance with a helicopter. A second, smaller dark circular object appears below the reticle, while the background remains indistinct.²³

The lower-left timestamp reads 12/31/99 18:10:02, but the release metadata says the image date is incorrect because the system date and time were not set. The visible timestamp should therefore be treated as part of the image artifact, not as evidence of when the late 2025 incident occurred.²³

  Unidentified, but Underspecified

The public record supports a narrow conclusion: an FBI-submitted AARO UAP report included a redacted still image in which the operator could not identify what was seen. It does not establish the objects' size, distance, altitude, speed, flight path, sensor mode, platform, chain of custody, or physical nature, because the release provides no mission report or technical metadata beyond the catalog description.²³

FBI Photo B7 matters because it preserves both the reported non-identification and the limits of the released evidence. The frame is more informative than a title alone, but the redactions, unreliable timestamp, and missing mission context prevent the image from supporting a stronger claim about what the observed material was.¹²³

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1. war.gov ↩ ↩²

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3. war.gov ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵