Record 306 · 2026

AARO Memorandum for Record: Triangular UAP, 2026 (DOW-UAP-D176)

All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) · United States

Ledger illustration of the record — not a scan of the original paper. — Night Ledger illustration of the file

MemoUnclassified

This memorandum for the record summarizes AARO's interview with two FBI special agents (and reference to a third) who reported observing a silent, matte black triangular object in the western United States in 2026. The agents described the object as approximately 13-15 feet wide, hovering above a ridgeline, and then accelerating rapidly and disappearing. The document records the agents' statements about the object's appearance, lack of visible propulsion, and flight characteristics as captured via infrared and visual observation. It provides no identification or explanation for the object and forms part of the Department of War's PURSUE declassification releases.

Public file: U.S. Department of War / AARO

Related paper

FOIA / archiveDeclassified

December 26, 2002 (affidavit); released 2026

Walter Haut Affidavit (included in 2026 Pentagon UAP document release)

U.S. Department of Defense · United States

Affidavit of former Roswell Army Air Field public information officer Walter Haut describing his alleged observations of recovered craft and bodies in 1947, included in a batch of declassified UAP files.

ReportDeclassified

October 2026 (Release 07)

FBI-UAP-D043, FD-302, Unidentified Aerial Object Observation Report

Federal Bureau of Investigation / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) · United States

This declassified FBI FD-302 form records a written statement from two special agents (with a third corroborating witness) describing observation of a matte-black triangular object near a sensitive national security site in the western United States in June 2026.

FOIA / archiveDeclassified

October 2026

PURSUE Release 07 Announcement and Associated Declassified Documents

Department of War (DoD) · United States

Seventh tranche of documents released under the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE), including historical analyses, proposed program documents from AAWSAP/BAASS era discussing crash claims, and administrative records, with emphasis on unresolved cases and no confirmation of extraordinary origins.