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

Date of account: 2023
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Source: uap_archive
Record updated: 2026-10-10

Record summary

This document is an FBI FD-302, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record interviews. This FD-302 records an October 2025 interview with a U.S. Person, in which the interviewee describes an incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in October 2023. An FBI digital rendering based upon the observer’s description accompanies this document, under the title FBI-UAP-D031.

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FD-302a(Rev. 5-8-10) ContinuationofFD-302of ■ In ter view of _________ ,On 10 . /2025 ,Page 2 of 3 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 whi ch he was standi n 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 light l y east at a steady speed comparab l 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 possib l y Mach 1 or 2 and turned s l ightly, heading direct l y south or sight l y southwest. - noticed there appeared to be waves surro u nding and radiati ng 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 direct l 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 sti ll visible whi le veering towards the right , and then it quick l 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 occurr i ng with the ca ll . - cel l phone service provider was - -

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FD-302a (Rev. S-8-10) Continuation ofFD-302of ■ Interview of __________ ,On 10 - /2025 ,Page 3 of 3

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