FD-302, Unidentified Aerial Object Observation Report, 2026

- 1 c,f 2 ­ FD-302 1Re\". 5-8-10! FEDER.\.L BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry ~ - On or about -received from statement co-signed by The statement will be attached to this FD-30~ and is provided verbatim below for ease of reading: "Unidentified Aerial Object Observation Report evening of - :::6 hours, - ~-tationed at called out a detection for a thermally elevated aerial object located west of his position at an estimated bearing of ::::s1 degrees. special Agent I, accompanied by ran from the eastern side of our observation post to the western side in an attempt to collect further data related to the detection from Observation Post 6. We initiated a visual survey o f the western hori::on and almost immediately observed a substantial, nonreflective, darr.: black triangular object most resembling a delta wing drone. We estimated the object's wingspan at approximately nine to fifteen feet, its depth at six to nine feet, and its thickness at one to two feet. I viewed the object through a handheld thermal device and noted it appeared hotter than ambient temperature with a completely consistent thermal signature acr oss the entire airframe and no visible e xhaust gases, while tracked the object unaided for the duration of the sighting. "We both observed the object ascend vertically over a ridge line situated approximately 3.::: miles west of our location on a heading of about '.::68 degrees. The object climbed to approximately :::oo feet above the ridge line, lnYesttgationon - / 202E at United State-- ________________________ Datedrafi~d ~ try This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions ofthe FBI. It 1s the property ofthe FBI and is loaned to your agency-; 11 and its contents are not to be distnbuted outside your agency. Conrinuat;on ofFD-30.'.:' of l'D-302a\ReY. 5..f:-10) Statement c,f -SA and '2 02 6 2 of 2 ------------------"On velocity, approachin9 our position, then descending southeast into the - along We then transition,c:d from vertical to horizontal flight at a ver~' significant lost visual contact while the object was flying along this - at an estimated range of about 1.5 miles from our pc•sition. The total duration of the sighting was approximately thre,c: seconds. Throughout the observation, neither nor I detected any auditory output frnm the unmanned aerial system. "Co-signed SA - and