Europe, Alaska UFO Sighting, 1957 — FBI Files
A cold war / blue book era case from Europe, Alaska. The Inter Continental Aerial Research Foundation requested information from the public regarding unidentified flying objects, or 'flying saucers', observed since January 1st, 1957.
Background
In 1957, in Europe, Alaska, U.S. government investigators recorded an unidentified-object incident later released to the public on May 8, 2026 as part of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE). The incident is a Cold War-era case investigated under the Air Force’s Project Blue Book or its predecessors. The case was filed with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, whose Knoxville, Albuquerque, Los Angeles, and other field offices routed UFO reports to headquarters under the Bureau’s standing protocols for the protection of vital installations.
What the document records
The Inter Continental Aerial Research Foundation requested information from the public regarding unidentified flying objects, or ‘flying saucers’, observed since January 1st, 1957. They were establishing a network of UFO Observer Posts across multiple continents to collect reports and data. The organization expressed concern that the Air Force may have information they are not disclosing.
The number of witnesses is not specified in the released document.
Verbatim from the file
""If anyone has seen any unidentifiéd flying objects—known also as flying saucers—or knows anyone who has seen them since January 1st, 1957, please contact us immediately, giving full names and addresses of the witnesses to these sightings."". ""We are in the process of setting up UFO Observer Posts all over the United States, Canada, Europe, Alaska, Australia, Japan, England, Africa, and South America."". ""The Air Force investigation has either gone underground, or else they have the answer.and are hiding the fact from""
Type of case
The case is a visual sighting reported by ground or air observers.
Status
All records released under the PURSUE program are designated unresolved by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) by default. The federal government has not concluded that the events were anomalous, has not concluded that 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 in the late 1940s), atmospheric optical phenomena such as sundogs and lenticular clouds, and astronomical objects including Venus, the Moon, and meteors near the horizon.