FBI-UAP-D001, FD-302, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado Springs, 2022

Source file: FBI-UAP-D001_FD-302_Unresolved-UAP-Report_ColoradoSprings_2022.pdf Originating agency: Federal Bureau of Investigation Classification: Unclassified (Approved for Release 2026) Date of incident: Early February 2022 Date of interview: March [redacted] 2025 Page count: 2 (all read) PURSUE Release: 3

Summary

This FBI FD-302 records a March 2025 interview with a [redacted] U.S. military service member regarding a UAP sighting that took place at approximately 1:00 or 2:00 PM on a workday in early February 2022 near Fort Carson, Colorado. The witness and four fellow soldiers all observed an unidentified object hovering motionlessly over Cheyenne Mountain. The FD-302 was drafted in April 2025 and is part of a cluster of PURSUE Release 3 documents concerning the same 2022 Colorado Springs incident — paired with the forensic sketch interview (FBI-UAP-D002) and the resulting digital artistic rendering (FBI-UAP-D003).

Research Article

The interview and its circumstances

The interview was conducted via Microsoft Teams on March [redacted] 2025, approximately three years after the incident. The witness — identity, unit, and precise duty station fully redacted — was interviewed by a Special Agent (SA) [redacted] and a Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) [redacted], with an additional redacted party also present. The interview was prompted, according to the document, by the FBI's ongoing investigation of the incident.

The setting: the witness and four other soldiers from his unit, including his [redacted], drove a short distance on Fort Carson to a [redacted] building. It was a clear, pleasant afternoon. As they walked west toward the entrance, it was "natural to look west because of the beautiful view of Cheyanne Mountain."

Description of the object

All five men simultaneously noticed the object. The witness described it as:

• Shape: oval, horizontal, with a curved indentation on the bottom; "bean-shaped"
• Color: "matte white, or off-white in color and appearing nonmetallic"
• Surface: "covered in intersecting lines or ridges which formed an abstract polygon pattern which covered the entire object"
• Motion: "completely motionless" — the witness specifically stated he did not believe the object was drifting in the wind, as it did not change its position relative to the mountain saddle over the 3-5 minutes they observed it
• Sound: "no sound could be heard coming from it"
• Size estimate: approximately 10% of the width of the saddle of the mountains, or roughly the apparent size of a pool cue held at arm's length
• Position: hovering "just over Cheyanne mountain, in a low point or 'saddle' in the mountain"

Disappearance and aftermath

None of the five men had a phone on them at the time. They pointed the object out to each other, then — recognizing they had no way to record it — all simultaneously looked away momentarily to decide whether to send one of them back to the vehicle for a phone. When they looked back, the object had vanished. A search of the western skyline did not locate it again.

Afterward, the group compared recollections. Each man independently drew the object from memory, and the drawings were all consistent: "a horizontal, white, 'bean-shaped' object with abstract lines crossing on it." The witness believed that [redacted] made an official report to the Army about their observation. The witness also stated he was contacted by AARO in early 2024 but only provided a written response and was never interviewed in person.

The FBI note at the close of the blurb confirms: "AARO has since been in contact with the interviewee to conduct subsequent interviews to inform its analysis of this incident."

Significance

The Colorado Springs incident is the most documented single UAP event in PURSUE Release 3, supported by three separate FBI documents (D001, D002, D003) and a related ICA assessment. Five military witnesses — including, per the paired FD-1057, at least one described as a former U.S. Army intelligence officer — independently rendered consistent drawings of the object. The surface description ("intersecting lines or ridges which formed an abstract polygon pattern") and the behavior ("perfectly still but each panel on the object shifted in slow waves starting at different points of origin but at the same time," per D002) are unusual and internally consistent across witness accounts. No conventional explanation is offered in any of the three documents.

Notable Quotes

"The object was covered in intersecting lines or ridges which formed an abstract polygon pattern which covered the entire object." — page 2

"They all simultaneously looked away momentarily to decide to have one of them go back to the vehicle to get a phone to take a video. When they looked back the object had vanished." — page 2

"All of the drawings were consistent in showing a horizontal, white, 'bean-shaped' object with abstract lines crossing on it." — page 2