FBI-UAP-D037, FD-302, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026
- Date of account
- 2026
- Location
- Western United States
- 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 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.
Published source text
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Source text · mention only- 1 of 3 - FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of entry ~ was inte rviewed by Federal Bureau of Investi gation (FBI) Special Agent (SA) SA and After being advised on the identities of the inte rviewing agents, - provided the following information : Prior t o h is cur rent r ole previously worked for had le ft 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 wi th significant cloud cover. Approximately 30 minutes after passing through the 8 : 00pm - 8 : 30pm), (approximately saw two uniden tif ied ligh ts in the sky, pulled over to the side o f the r oad and ex ited the vehicle to investiga te . - described the lights as "dash" shaped and du l 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 Opt ica l Dev ices (NODs) and obse rved the lights through said optics as well . - relaye d 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 ook ing at a l i ght source through NODs . - stated that he is very fam i liar with using NODs, as he has been using them for 25+ yea rs and has many hou rs of experience . - stated that he has astigmatism and while the objec ts appeared "dash - shaped" t o h im, stated they appeared tr iangular or diamond - shaped, which could possibly be attributed t o - astigmatism . Afte r approximately 20 minutes, both of the aforementioned uniden tif ied lights disappeared . Shortly thereafter - observed , another, similar Investigation on _______________ by United States . Date drafted ~ This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions ofthe 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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Source text · mention onlyFD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) Continuation ofFD-30 2 of _______ , On ~,Page 2 o f 3 unid entified l i ght appear directly above their locat ion and was v i sib le for approximately 10 minutes , before i t, t oo , dis appeare d . Somet i me be t ween 10 : 00pm and 11 : 00pm , - observed another, sim i la r unid entified l i ght appear approximately 600 meters (est i mated) t o the east of their posit i on and appeared t o be approximately 500 fee t above their vehic l e . Th e un i dent i fied ligh t appeared t o move t owa rd them and stopped approximately 400 meter s away . A second unid ent ified l i g ht appeared and moved t oward, and then stopped in proxim ity o f, t h e first . Th e second l ight appeare d t o be appr oximat e ly 6 feet off the ground . As wat ched the two uniden t ifie d l i ghts t o t h e east , he not i ced lig ht i n h i s per i pheral v i sion descend from a lt itude and stop in a dry wash approximate ly 100 meter s behind them . Alth ough - could not d i rect l y see the light source , he observ e d the g l ow emanating f rom t he wash . watch e d the glow move through the wash . entered their vehic le and drove up t o t he nex t i ntersect i on in attempt to get a bet ter view of t h e unidentifie d l ights to t heir east . Upon arr i val , the l ights were no l onger obs erved . - - returned to the ir ori gina l pos ition, but were unab le t o re - acqui r e the unid entif i ed ligh ts . walked 10- 20 meters away from the vehic le to l ook around the area ; - remained near the vehic le. At t h i s t i me , - ad juste d t h e fi lter on h i s NODs t o l ook at h i s watch , which disp l ayed approximately 1 : 00am (estimated based on memory) . - s watch was a Men's Au t omatic Analog Watch . - wal ked back t o t he veh i cle t o check h i s phone , which disp layed 12 : 40am . - noted the discrepancy , compared the time disp l ayed on h i s watch to the time disp l ayed o n h is phone and obse rved that the t ime o n h is watch was 25 minutes ahead o f the time on his phone and the vehic l e ' s digital c l ock . - re l aye d t h e discrepancy t o ■■■■■, whose dig ital watch disp layed the same t ime as the phon es and veh i cle c l ock . - stated that he had owned t hat watch for appr oximate ly 5 years , and i t had never been off by more than 60 - 90 seconds . - had last checked the t ime o n his watch at appr oximate ly 10 : 00pm , and i t was accurate at that t ime . - stated that h i s watch was the on l y mechanical/analog/non - d ig ital clock in t h e v i cinity at that time and it was the o n ly clock that disp l ayed a di ffere nt time . - d i d not adjust h i s wat ch or reset t he time for 2 4 hou rs to see i f it continued to malfuncti on ; the wat ch cont i nued t o keep accurate time bu t rema ined ~5 minutes fast .
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Source text · mention onlyFD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) - t old agents t h at he ha d spent a c onsid erab l e amount o f time at a - facility looking up at t h e night sky, and was fami l iar with how stars / satel lites / mete o rs l ook t o bo th t h e naked eye and with NODs stated that the ligh ts he observe d and describe d were u n like anyt hin g h e had seen before . - stated that the l ights he obs erve d o n - did not behave lik e sate lli tes, as sate lli tes track linea r acr o ss the sky, whereas these did not . - stated t he unidentifie d l ights moved a roun d and changed directi on , and a l s o appeare d to be as low as 6 feet o ff the g r ound . The low- e l evati on ligh ts described would have been backdr opped by the mountains and be low the r e l ative hori zo n l ine I h e observed was not a UAS that he famil iar with . - noted no exhaust o r ta il when these ob j ects moved , and they exhibite d no a udib l e sound signature . - attempted to obs erve d t h e objects thr ough t h ermal optics, but was unsuccessful . noted no phys i ologica l effects from the events . - stated that the ob se rvations d id not induce a fe ar or agitati on resp on se - j us t c u r ios ity . conversed about thi s afterward, and g iven their backgr ounds , f ound it strange that they di d not fee l fear or threatened during the ir observati on s . - prov ide d his contact in f o rmati on and was open t o furt h er contact from agents .
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