Cigar-shaped metallic object observed near restricted military gate — September 2023

An FBI FD-302 documents a September 2023 interview with a senior employee (identity redacted) at a restricted military installation who witnessed a cigar-shaped object while driving through a gate at approximately 07:15–07:30 local time. The object was described as 'metallic bronze in color,' 500–3000 feet above the nearest tree line approximately one mile to the southwest, completely silent, and bearing an intense 'diamond white' light with an apparent ring on its eastern end. The object appeared nearly stationary, drifting slowly from east to west, before disappearing instantaneously in clear sky. Multiple witnesses from two vehicles confirmed the sighting; no photos or video were obtained. A prior anomalous gate malfunction occurred immediately before the sighting.

“'cigar shaped object with an extremely bright light southwest of them approximately 500 to 3000 feet above the nearest tree line'; 'metallic bronze in color' and 'was the length of two or three Blackhawk helicopters lined up nose to tail'; 'the object just disappeared'”

Document is partially redacted: witness names, specific installation, exact date within September 2023, and file number are withheld. The substantive observational narrative on pages 1–2 is largely intact and internally consistent. Size estimate is rough witness comparison to known aircraft. The gate anomaly is circumstantially noted but not analytically linked. Confidence is moderate-high given the coherent narrative but reduced by partial redaction and single-sensor (eyewitness) nature of the report.