FD-302, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026
- Date
- 2026
- Place
- Western United States (remote area, redacted)
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
FBI FD-302 recording a 2026 interview of a U.S. person describing three UAP events over roughly five hours with a companion witness (FBI-UAP-D040). Using Night Optical Devices (NODs), the witness watched dash-shaped, dull-red lights along a mountain ridgeline that appeared orb-like/circular with a NOD halo through the optics; later, lights approached to within an estimated 400 meters and as low as 6 feet off the ground before the group lost them; the objects showed no exhaust, sound, or satellite-like linear tracking. Separately, the witness's mechanical watch was found to be running 25 minutes fast relative to two phones and the vehicle's digital clock, despite having checked accurate about an hour earlier and never previously drifting more than 60-90 seconds; the discrepancy persisted for 24 hours without being reset.
What officials concluded
No conclusion stated
The file gives no official explanation.
- Agency
- FBI
- Released in
- 123456
Evidence profile
- Yes: Visual
- Yes: Infrared
- No: Radar
- No: Video
- No: Photo
- No: Film
- No: Audio
- No: Night vision
- No: Other sensor
- No: Civilian
- No: Military aircrew
- No: Military ground
- No: Airline crew
- No: Sensor operator
- No: Law enforcement
- No: Scientist
- No: Astronaut
- No: Intelligence official
- Yes: Other
- No: Light only
- No: Orb or sphere
- No: Disc
- Yes: Triangle
- No: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- No: Other shape
- Yes: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Why this rating Two independent, NOD-experienced witnesses gave consistent accounts (corroborated in the paired FBI-UAP-D040 interview) of lights with non-satellite motion and extremely low altitude, plus an unexplained mechanical-watch time discrepancy; capped below strong because NODs and the naked eye are still a single sensor category (light amplification, not an independent instrument like radar or thermal), and no photo/video evidence is described in the text.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- 2 witnesses present (this interviewee and a second person, FBI-UAP-D040)
- Sensors
- Night Optical Devices (NODs), unaided visual, thermal optics attempted (unsuccessful)
- Shape
- Dash-shaped to the naked eye; orb-like/circular through NODs (attributed partly to a 'NOD halo' effect); one witness with astigmatism described them as triangular/diamond-shaped
- Lights and colour
- Dull red
- Motion
- Moved along a ridgeline, then some approached and stopped at estimated ranges of 400 meters and as low as 6 feet off the ground; did not track linearly like satellites
- Duration
- Events spanned roughly 8:00pm to 1:00am (about 5 hours)
- Altitude or range
- Ranged from ridgeline height down to an estimated 6 feet off the ground at closest approach
- Effects
- A mechanical watch anomalously gained 25 minutes relative to two phones and the vehicle clock during the event window, with no prior or subsequent drift; witnesses reported no fear or physiological effects, only curiosity
Pentagon files
FBI-UAP-D037, FD-302, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026
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What the file claims
- Unverified
The witness's mechanical watch, accurate to within 60-90 seconds for five years, was found 25 minutes fast compared to two phones and the vehicle clock during the sighting, and stayed that way for 24 hours.
- Unverified
The witness, experienced with NODs over 25+ years, stated the lights did not behave like satellites and moved as low as an estimated 6 feet off the ground.
On the map
39.50° N, 115.00° W, plotted at the centre of the region named in the record
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