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FD-302, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 2026 · 3 pages · text from the file's own layer

This Federal Bureau of Investigation FD-302 interview report from 2026 records a witness account, with names and locations redacted, of multiple unidentified dull red lights seen at night in 2026. The witness watched them through night optical devices as they moved along a mountain ridgeline, hovered overhead and came as low as about 6 feet off the ground. The witness also said his analog watch ran 25 minutes fast afterward. The form states that it contains no FBI recommendations or conclusions.

From the source: Release of 2026-08-07 Incident: 2026, Western United States. Released with redactions. This document is an FBI FD-302, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record interviews. This FD-302 records a 2026 interview with a U.S. person, in which the interviewee describes three incidents potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in the western United States occurring within a 5-hour period in 2026. A second individual who was present at the time also provided an interview, recorded in this collection as “FBI-UAP-D040.” Two FBI digital renderings based upon the observer’s descriptions accompany this document, under the titles FBI-UAP-D038 and FBI-UAP-D039.

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FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of entry ~
was
inte rviewed by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent (SA)
SA and
After being advised on
the identities of the interviewing agents, - provided the following
information :
Prior t o his current r ole
previously worked for
had
left theOn - 2026 , - and
- at at approximately 7 : 45pm and were headed to a
l ocat i on on the central/northern portion of - Weather condition at the
time was rainy with significant cloud cover. Approximately 30 minutes after
passing through the
8 : 00pm- 8 : 30pm),
(approximately
saw two unidentified lights in the sky,
pulled over to the side o f the r oad and exited the vehicle to investigate .
- described the lights as "dash" shaped and dul l red in color t o t he
naked eye . The l ights moved along the ridgeline o f the mountains t o his
west . - was equipped with Night Optica l Devices (NODs) and observed the
lights through said optics as well . - relayed that, despite being "dash
shaped" to the naked eye, the lights appeared "orb- like " or circular t h r ough
the NODs, with the characteristic "NOD halo " around them, which is typical
when l ooking at a l i ght source through NODs . - stated that he is very
fami liar with using NODs, as he has been using them for 25+ years and has
many hours of experience . - stated that he has astigmatism and while the
objects appeared "dash- shaped" t o h im, stated they appeared
triangular or diamond - shaped, which could possibly be attributed t o -
astigmatism .
Afte r approximately 20 minutes, both of the aforementioned unidentified
lights disappeared . Shortly thereafter - observed , another, similar
Investigation on
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by
United States .
Date drafted ~
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