FBI-UAP-D003, Digital Rendering, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado Springs, 2022

Source file: FBI-UAP-D003_Digital-Rendering_Unresolved-UAP-Report_ColoradoSprings_2022.pdf Originating agency: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Operational Projects Unit (OPU) Classification: Unclassified (Approved for Release 2026) Date of incident depicted: February 2022 Page count: 1 (single image) PURSUE Release: 3

Summary

FBI-UAP-D003 is a single-page digital artistic rendering — a composite image — depicting the UAP reported near Colorado Springs, Colorado in February 2022. It was produced by the FBI's Operational Projects Unit based on the forensic sketch interview documented in FBI-UAP-D002. The image shows an oval, slightly flattened object with a textured whitish surface, positioned in the sky above Cheyenne Mountain. It is the visual capstone of the three-document Colorado Springs UAP cluster in PURSUE Release 3 and is notable as the first forensic-process visual reconstruction of a UAP released by the U.S. government through its disclosure program.

Research Article

What the image shows

The rendering is a photorealistic composite: the background is a landscape photograph of the Cheyenne Mountain area near Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the object is a digitally created, translucent, ovoid shape placed in the sky above the mountain's distinctive silhouette. The object appears:

• Oval or oblong, somewhat flattened in the horizontal axis
• Whitish to pale grey in color, with an internal lighter zone suggesting translucency
• Surface covered in an irregular, tessellated texture, consistent with the "articulating fish scales or panels" description in D002 and the "abstract polygon pattern" in D001
• No propulsion features, no wings, no visible structural appendages

The background photograph clearly shows Cheyenne Mountain, with its characteristic ridgeline and low "saddle" areas consistent with where witnesses reported the object hovering.

Production process

The rendering was produced by the FBI's Operational Projects Unit (OPU) forensic artist following the June 2024 forensic sketch interview captured in D002. That FD-1057 notes that "forensic artist [redacted] will relay additional sketch drafts through SA [redacted] to [redacted] in order to complete the final sketch product." D003 is the final product of that iterative process, refined through multiple sketch drafts.

Significance as a document

No previous U.S. government UAP disclosure program has released a forensic artist reconstruction of a reported UAP. The use of OPU processes — standard for criminal facial composites and crime scene reconstructions — signals that the FBI treated this witness account with a level of evidentiary seriousness comparable to a criminal investigation. The document itself carries no redactions (consistent with its classification field in the metadata: redaction: false), as the content is the artistic rendering rather than witness-identifying information.

Cross-referenced with the video footage released alongside PURSUE Release 3 (FBI-UAP-PR004 depicts the northeastern orb incidents; separate footage covers Colorado), this image provides the visual record of a UAP that was never photographed at the time of its occurrence.

Key Context

This image should be read together with:

• FBI-UAP-D001 (FD-302): Five-witness account; "bean-shaped," matte white, abstract polygon surface; 3-5 minutes; motionless; silent; vanished when group looked away.
• FBI-UAP-D002 (FD-1057): Former Army intelligence officer; "potato"-shaped, opalescent, articulating panels; approximately 2 minutes; "cloaked."
• The related ICA assessment: Colorado Springs incident is analyzed and remains unresolved.