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FBI-UAP-D030, FD-302, “Large Triangle with Red Lights,” 2023

This file is an FBI FD-302, the standard form the Federal Bureau of Investigation uses to memorialize interviews. According to the releasing agency, it records an October 2025 interview with a redacted U.S. Person who reported an unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) sighting near Colorado Springs, Colorado, in October 2023. The interviewee, who frequently watches aircraft in the local airspace, stated that between roughly 8:00 and 9:30 PM on a clear night he noticed a bright star, then saw a strange, pixelated or distorted dark-gray cloud phase into view. From the cloud emerged a solid black equilateral triangular object with a diffuse red light at each of its three corners. The observer estimated the object was very large—possibly the size of a parking lot and 3-5 stories thick—moving south at helicopter-comparable speed at an estimated altitude of 3,000-5,000 feet before almost instantaneously accelerating to an estimated Mach 1 or 2. He reported waves radiating from the object resembling a heat mirage, no audible noise, no visible propulsion, and no odor. The object banked 90 degrees in a manner opposite to a conventional aircraft before departing to the south, after which the dark-gray cloud had disappeared. The observer told agents that when he phoned his wife about 60 seconds later, she said his voice sounded robotic as if electronic interference were affecting the call. The document is heavily redacted and was released by the U.S. Department of War as part of a UAP records release. It notes it contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI.

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Description

An FBI FD-302 interview form documenting an October 2025 interview with a U.S. Person who described observing a large triangular object with red lights over Colorado Springs, Colorado, in October 2023. The redacted document accompanies an FBI digital rendering (FBI-UAP-D031) based on the observer's description.

Claims

  • An FBI digital rendering (FBI-UAP-D031) was created based on the observer's description.

    75%
  • A witness observed a solid black equilateral triangular object with a red light at each corner emerging from a stationary, pixelated dark-gray cloud over Colorado Springs in October 2023.

    60%
  • An observer in Colorado Springs saw a solid black equilateral triangular object with a diffuse red light at each corner emerge from a strange, pixelated dark-gray cloud in October 2023.

    55%
  • The object was estimated to be very large (possibly parking-lot sized, 3-5 stories thick) and moved at helicopter-comparable speed before accelerating almost instantaneously to an estimated Mach 1 or 2.

    50%
  • The object banked 90 degrees in a manner opposite to how a conventional aircraft would bank, produced mirage-like waves, made no noise, and showed no visible propulsion.

    50%
  • The object was estimated to be as large as a parking lot and 3-5 stories thick.

    50%
  • The object accelerated almost instantaneously from helicopter-like speed to an estimated Mach 1 or 2 and performed an abrupt 90-degree bank inconsistent with conventional aircraft.

    50%
  • Wave-like mirage distortions surrounded the object, which made no noise and showed no visible propulsion.

    50%
  • When the observer phoned his wife about 60 seconds after the event, she said his voice sounded robotic as if there was electronic interference on the call.

    45%
  • When the witness phoned his wife about 60 seconds later, she reported his voice sounded robotic as if from electronic interference.

    45%

Events

  1. Sep 30, 2023

    UAP sighting over Colorado Springs

    Observer reported seeing a large black triangular object with red lights emerging from a strange cloud between 8:00-9:30 PM on a clear night.

  2. Sep 30, 2025

    FBI FD-302 interview

    FBI agents interviewed the U.S. Person about the 2023 sighting and recorded the account.

  3. Aug 6, 2026

    Public release by Department of War

    Document released as part of a UAP records release (release 5).

  4. Sep 30, 2023

    UAP sighting in Colorado Springs

    Witness observed a large black triangular object with three red lights emerging from a distorted cloud, accelerating and banking abnormally, between 8:00 and 9:30 PM.

  5. Sep 30, 2025

    FBI interview (FD-302)

    FBI Supervisory Special Agent and Task Force interviewed the witness about the 2023 sighting.

  6. Aug 6, 2026

    Document release

    File released as part of the U.S. Department of War UAP document release (release 5).

Dates mentioned

2023-102025-102026-08-07

Keywords

Entities

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On October ■, 2025
Supervisory Special Agent
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After being advised
of the ident ity of the interv iewing agents and the nature of the interview ,
provided the fo llowing information :
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frequen tl y watches aircraft , mi l itary, commercia l a nd c i v ilian
fly in the airspace above and around Colorado Spri ngs.
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wal ked over to his co- worker named
and began l ooking up , admi ring the stars on a clear n i ght.

As l ooked up , he not i ced a very bright star in the sky , which
initia ll y drew his a ttention. was observ i ng the star for about 5- 10
seconds when he noticed movement in his l eft peripheral vision. looked further up and to his left and saw what appeared to be a dark- gray

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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property ofthe FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not
to be distributed outside your agency.

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col ored cloud phasing into his sight. The c l oud was stationary in the sky ,
and stated it looked very strange , as if it was pixe l ated or distorted
in some other manner . As he watched the cloud, he saw a constant, diffuse
red light on the bottom front point of a so lid b l ack triangular shaped
object corning out of the c l oud towards the south, southeast. The object
behind the point became wider and l arger as it exited the c l oud until saw the entire equilateral triangular object with a red light in each of the
three corners.
estimated the triangle UAP was very l arge and coul d
have been as large as the parking l ot in wh i ch he was standin g. He estimated
the UAP was the equivalent of 3 - 5 stories in thickness. Based upon memory, at arm's l ength, each of the three lights on the triangle UAP was
the size of a fingernail .
Initially the UAP was moving south and s lightl y east at a steady speed
comparabl e to a hel icopter . believed the UAP was at an altitude of
3000-5000 feet, comparable to small civi lian aircraft in training f l ights.
It then almost instantaneously acce l erated to possibl y Mach 1 or 2 and
turned s l ightly, heading directl y south or sight l y southwest. noticed
there appeared to be waves surrou nding and radiating from the object . He
compared the waves to the mirage effect that can be observed when you look
down a hot road into the d i stance . d i d not hear the object make any
noise, could not see any form of propulsion, and d i d not smell anything out
of the ordinary. be l ieved the object was a l most directl y over his
position , possibly over the
As the object moved, it abr uptly banked 90 degrees on its l eft
side with its three lights still visible whi le veering towards the right ,
and then it quickl y banked back down to l evel flight . The banking motion
was opposite of a conventional aircraft would bank in the direction it was
turning.
lost sight of the object as it went over the
from his perspective, towards the south. looked back to
where it original l y came into view and noticed that the dark- gray c l oud had
disappeared . He called his wi fe about 60 seconds later to te ll her about
the event, and she said that his voice sounded robotic, as if there was
electronic i nterference occurri ng with the ca ll . cel l phone service
provider was -

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