FBI-UAP-D018 is a Federal Bureau of Investigation digital rendering released as part of PURSUE Release 03 on June 12, 2026. The Department of War lists the originating agency as the FBI, with an incident date of October 2023 and a location of the western United States.12
Illustration Prepared at War Department Request
The release identifies this image as an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States, involving unidentified anomalous phenomena over a period of two days in October 2023. The FBI states it prepared the rendering in 2026 at the request of the Department of War. It is an illustrative product rather than original imagery captured at the scene.3
Basis in Agent Testimony
According to the release, the rendering draws on a first-hand description provided by a federal law enforcement special agent, as recorded in DOW-UAP-D080. The "2-3" designation in the title identifies this image within the visual narrative series reconstructing that agent's account.1
What The Record Supports
FBI-UAP-D018 documents an agency visualization of witness testimony, not a direct measurement or recording of the phenomenon. No photograph, sensor return, or identification of the object accompanies the rendering, and the two-day western United States event it depicts remains unidentified and unresolved.1