Two FBI agents and a third official witnessed a dark and silent UFO near a sensitive “national security site” in June, according to newly declassified government documents.
The object, described as a matte black triangle with no obvious means of propulsion, hovered over a canyon and then flew at speeds rivaling a military fighter jet, according to the documents from the Defense Department and the FBI, which are available here and here.
The documents also included several images of the UFO ― which the U.S. government now prefers to call unidentified anomalous phenomena ― but did not specify if they were photos from the incident or artistic renderings created later.
The reports detail two sightings over two days, witnessed by two FBI special agents at one observation post and corroborated by a “third official” stationed at a nearby observation post.
There is no location stated other than the “western United States.”
The witnesses said the object had a wingspan of 9 to 15 feet, a depth of 6 to 9 feet, and was 1 to 2 feet thick.
The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office report states:
“Upon initial visual acquisition the unidentified craft was executing a slow, controlled, perfectly vertical ascent directly over the ridge line. The craft climbed approximately two to three hundred feet while maintaining a completely static orientation without tilting, swaying, or wobbling. The non-reflective, matte black exterior presented a continuous, featureless profile with. No propulsive apertures, rotating elements, rivets, panels, windows, canopy, cabin structures, and no protrusions or structural features were observed. The ascent occurred in absolute acoustic silence.”
The object hovered for about 20 seconds, during which time the agents noted the object was “uniformly featureless,” with infrared sensors showing no specific hot spot such as an engine or exhaust.
The object resembled a delta wing drone.
However, the witnesses said a drone or any other aircraft should have been “clearly audible” from their vantage point, which was about 1.4 miles away.
The object then accelerated with the speed of a military fighter jet, although in total silence.
“The unidentified craft did not wobble, oscillate, or drift in the wind during any part of its transit,” the report states.
Within seconds, it “disappeared behind intervening terrain” and into the canyon shadows.
The agents searched the area but found no evidence of a crash or any other sign of the object.
The report said the sighting was similar to “other reported incidents in the western United States region” and remains under investigation.