FBI-UAP-D024, FD-302, “Airborne Lights and Triangle,” 2002, 2023-2024
This file is an FBI FD-302 form — the standard document the Federal Bureau of Investigation uses to record interviews — released by the U.S. Department of War (war.gov) on August 7, 2026 as item FBI-UAP-D024 in its fifth UAP records release. According to the releasing agency's page context, the FD-302 records a March 2024 phone interview with a former U.S. military pilot who describes several incidents potentially involving UAP in 2023 and 2024, and also recalls a 2002 incident while deployed as a military reservist in Afghanistan. The extracted (redacted) text notes the interviewee reported that, starting in October 2023, pilots repeatedly saw white lights in the sky, typically between midnight and 3 a.m. The interviewee's first observation occurred in October 2023 while flying from Boston, Massachusetts to Dublin, Ireland, seeing lights to the northeast toward Gander, Canada, from an elevation of 37,000 feet; the lights appeared to be higher (perhaps 50,000 feet or more), started dim, brightened, then faded over 10 seconds to a minute. An accompanying FBI digital rendering based on the observer's description is filed as FBI-UAP-D025. The document is heavily redacted.
Description
An FBI FD-302 interview form documenting a March 2024 interview with a former U.S. military pilot who describes multiple incidents potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), released by the U.S. Department of War as part of its 2026 UAP disclosure.
Claims
The lights started dim, brightened, then faded out over 10 seconds to one minute and were white in color.
80%The interviewee recalls a 2002 incident potentially involving UAP while deployed as a military reservist in Afghanistan.
80%A former U.S. military pilot reported that starting in October 2023, pilots repeatedly saw white lights in the sky, typically between midnight and 3 a.m.
75%The interviewee's first observation occurred in October 2023 while flying from Boston to Dublin, with lights seen toward Gander, Canada at an estimated 50,000+ feet altitude.
75%Starting in October 2023, pilots reported repeatedly seeing lights in the sky, typically between midnight and 3 a.m.
60%The interviewee observed white lights to the northeast toward Gander, Canada while flying from Boston to Dublin at 37,000 feet, believing the lights were higher (possibly 50,000+ feet).
60%
Events
Dec 31, 2001
2002 Afghanistan incident
Interviewee recalls a 2002 incident potentially involving UAP while deployed as a military reservist in Afghanistan.
Sep 30, 2023
First airborne lights observation
Interviewee first observed white lights in the sky while flying from Boston, MA to Dublin, Ireland, toward Gander, Canada, at 37,000 feet.
Feb 29, 2024
FBI FD-302 interview
FBI conducted a phone interview with the former military pilot documenting the UAP observations.
Aug 6, 2026
Department of War UAP release
Document released publicly as part of the fifth UAP records release on war.gov.
Dec 31, 2001
2002 Afghanistan UAP incident
Interviewee recalls a 2002 incident potentially involving UAP while deployed as a military reservist in Afghanistan.
Sep 30, 2023
October 2023 airborne lights sighting
First observation of lights while flying from Boston, MA to Dublin, Ireland, seen to the northeast toward Gander, Canada, at 37,000 feet.
Mar 8, 2024
FBI interview
Phone interview with the former military pilot recorded on the FD-302 form.
Aug 6, 2026
UAP records release
Release of the document by the U.S. Department of War in its fifth UAP release.
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Extracted text (OCR)
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