New York ( CNN ) -- The FBI and New York police have released surveillance video of the unsolved 2008 bombing of a U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Station in Times Square . The bureau said Tuesday it released a `` never-before-seen video of the suspect ( s ) and a picture of the explosive device . '' The grainy , seven-minute-long video shows a bird's-eye view of the explosive device and a suspect riding a blue bicycle around New York City between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m . According to the bureau , the suspect may be linked to similar unsolved incidents in New York -- one in October 2007 and one in May 2005 . In the 2007 incident , a bomb was detonated near the Mexican Consulate . At that time , the authorities said the explosive device was similar to the ones used in the 2005 blast at the British Consulate . In both cases , authorities were looking for a person seen riding a bike in the area between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m . Hoping for new leads , the FBI is using billboards and other outlets in a media blitz to encourage the public to take a close look at the newly released video . It also is advertising a $ 65,000 reward . The billboards will be seen in Times Square and much of New England , including Rhode Island , Massachusetts , New York , New Jersey , Connecticut and Pennsylvania . A hash tag for the investigation involving the three unsolved incidents will be posted on Twitter as # bikebomber . `` Someone , somewhere knows something about a bomber who 's still on the run , '' said George Venizelos , the FBI 's assistant director in charge in New York . Authorities believe the Times Square `` bike bomber '' had as many as five people acting as a surveillance team or lookouts at the time of the Times Square attack . According to the bureau , the explosive device was built using an ammunition can , something more commonly found on the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan than on the sidewalks of Times Square . The can was filled halfway with black powder and detonated using a time fuse . Although no injuries were reported , the device could have caused significant harm if people had been close to the blast , authorities said . A federal law enforcement source told CNN that bomb technicians say the Times Square bomb was stronger than the device detonated during the Boston Marathon in terms of destructive capability . But unlike the bombs used in Boston , it contained no shrapnel . Five years ago , police released a photo of a suspect , an image extracted from surveillance video . It shows a person riding a bicycle away from the scene shortly after the explosion . Police also distributed a second photo showing a blue Ross bicycle that was found in a garbage unit nearby . New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said in 2008 that there is a `` possibility '' the three incidents are connected . `` The times are very similar , '' he said . `` All three incidents took place with an individual on a bike , leaving a bomb . So , that 's a possibility . We ca n't say with certainty that that 's the case , but that 's one of our investigative premises . ''
The FBI releases surveillance video and offers a reward to get leads in a 2008 bombing . July 19, 2009 FBI : `` Someone , somewhere knows something about a bomber who 's still on the run ''