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FBIUnresolved

Possible meteor or UAP observed near restricted range — September 2023

~Sep 2023Restricted military range, United States (location redacted)
Analysis — our summary

This document is a heavily redacted FD-302a continuation page (page 2 of 2) from an FBI interview conducted in September 2023. The surviving text consists of a single sentence fragment noting that a witness 'thought the light might have been a meteor coming straight toward them and burning up in the atmosphere.' All identifying information, location details, and the substance of the observation are redacted. No further incident specifics can be extracted.

As reported — verbatim from the document
'thought the light might have been a meteor coming straight toward them and burning up in the atmosphere'
Analyst notes — caveats & confidence

Extreme redaction; this is a single continuation page fragment. Only one clause survives. Witness identity, location, date (partial: September 2023), and nearly all observational data are redacted. The lone surviving quote suggests a bright, fast-moving light whose character was ambiguous to the witness. Confidence is minimal due to near-total redaction and the absence of context.

Provenance
Source documentSerial 5 Redacted_Redacted.pdf
Document typeFD-302a continuation page
Reporting agencyFBI
Source pages2
DeclassifiedFirst public at this release (2026)
Held classified~3 years (≥, to this release)
Extraction confidence Very lowHow cleanly this record could be parsed from the source — driven by legibility & redaction. It is not a measure of how credible or anomalous the sighting is.