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Release 03 · Official Video Record
Official Digital Recreation — Western United States Event, 2023
Official Release 03 digital recreation based on a first-hand narrative statement, not original incident footage.
This Release 03 FBI video is an official digital recreation, not original footage of the reported incident. It is based on a first-hand description from a federal law enforcement special agent, with linked narrative-statement context kept separate from the video asset.
Full Record Description
FBI-UAP-PR005 is an official FBI source record from war.gov/ufo Release 03 titled “FBI-UAP-PR005, Digital Recreation, Narrative Statement 3-1, Western United States Event, 2023.” The primary source record is FBI-UAP-PR005, an official FBI digital recreation video record titled “FBI-UAP-PR005, Digital Recreation, Narrative Statement 3-1, Western United States Event, 2023.” This video is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) over a period of two days in October 2023. This digital recreation is based upon a first-hand description provided by a federal law enforcement special agent, as described in DOW-UAP-D081. The Federal Bureau of Investigation prepared this digital recreation at the request of the Department of War in 2026 Linked report context is available through DOW-UAP-D081, titled “DOW-UAP-D081, Narrative Statement 3, Western United States Event, 2023.” This memorandum presents the first-hand narrative from Witness 3 provided to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Witness 3 was one of several United States (U.S.) federal law enforcement special agents who reported observing unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) over a period of two days in October 2023 in the western United States. The primary source describes this item as an artistic interpretation prepared by the FBI at the request of the Department of War. Because it is a digital recreation, it should not be presented as original incident footage. The linked report context must remain separate from what is shown in the video.
Official Source Context
Official source context
The primary source record is FBI-UAP-PR005, an official FBI digital recreation video record titled “FBI-UAP-PR005, Digital Recreation, Narrative Statement 3-1, Western United States Event, 2023.” This video is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) over a period of two days in October 2023. This digital recreation is based upon a first-hand description provided by a federal law enforcement special agent, as described in DOW-UAP-D081. The Federal Bureau of Investigation prepared this digital recreation at the request of the Department of War in 2026
What the Video Shows
Visible in the sensor footage
This video is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) over a period of two days in October 2023. This digital recreation is based upon a first-hand description provided by a federal law enforcement special agent, as described in DOW-UAP-D081. The Federal Bureau of Investigation prepared this digital recreation at the request of the Department of War in 2026
Related Source Material
Linked source records
Linked report context is available through DOW-UAP-D081, titled “DOW-UAP-D081, Narrative Statement 3, Western United States Event, 2023.” This memorandum presents the first-hand narrative from Witness 3 provided to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Witness 3 was one of several United States (U.S.) federal law enforcement special agents who reported observing unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) over a period of two days in October 2023 in the western United States.
Source Limitations / Caution
Limitations and interpretation
The primary source describes this item as an artistic interpretation prepared by the FBI at the request of the Department of War. Because it is a digital recreation, it should not be presented as original incident footage. The linked report context must remain separate from what is shown in the video.
Source Caution
This item is a digital recreation based on a first-hand description. It should not be described as original footage of the reported event.
Why This Record Matters
This record matters because it demonstrates a different type of source asset: an official recreation based on a witness narrative. FullDisclosr can show it while making clear that the video is representational rather than original footage.
FullDisclosr Editorial Note
FullDisclosr presents this item as an official digital recreation, not original footage. The recreation is shown with its source context so visitors can understand what the asset represents and what it does not show.
Record Metadata
- FD-R03-VID005
- DOD_111764189-1920x1080-9000k.mp4
- VID
- FBI-UAP-PR005
- FBI-UAP-PR005, Digital Recreation, Narrative Statement 3-1, Western United States Event, 2023
- FBI
- October, 2023
- Western United States
- foviNFuB0RA
- draft
- NO
- DOW-UAP-D081
- DOW-UAP-D081, Narrative Statement 3, Western United States Event, 2023
- Primary asset context comes from FBI-UAP-PR005. Linked report context comes from DOW-UAP-D081 and must be kept separate from the media description. Official digital recreation; do not present as original incident footage.
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