1957 UAP Sighting — FBI Files (D5P59)
In 1957, reports were received regarding unidentified objects. These objects were observed by civilian observers and were described as being of unusual shape and movement. Further details regarding the specific observations are not provided.
Background
A UFO/UAP incident extracted from page 59 of 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_5, a declassified FBI vault file released by the Department of War on May 8, 2026 as part of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE). The incident is dated 1957 and located in Unknown location.
What the file records
In 1957, reports were received regarding unidentified objects. These objects were observed by civilian observers and were described as being of unusual shape and movement. Further details regarding the specific observations are not provided.
Witnesses on file: civilian observers.
Status of the case
The page-level assessment recorded in the file is: no agency assessment. All records released under the PURSUE program are designated unresolved by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office unless otherwise stated, meaning the federal government has not concluded the events were anomalous, has not concluded they were conventional, and has not ruled out either possibility. Conventional candidates for sightings of this period include experimental aircraft, weather balloons (especially the Project Mogul series), atmospheric optical phenomena, and astronomical objects.