Cigar UFO Sightings in California
336 cigar-shaped UFO sightings reported in California since 1944, peaking in 2007 (21 reports).
- Total sightings
- 336
- Span
- 1944–2022
- Peak year
- 2007 (21 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Cigar
1944–2022 · peak 2007 (21 reports)
Marsh Creek · CA, USA
Purplish cigar shaped craft 300-350 long came to 50 ft away, 2 min hovered then sped off at rapid speed.
Lakewood · CA, USA
Metallic cigar shape in east darts across noon sky into western horizon in nano-second..
San Gabriel · CA, USA
Cigar or oblong shaped object, just sat there in orange and reddish brown clouds. Never did anything and we went to bed.
Fresno · CA, USA
A short accounting of this even written for a memoirs class.
Napa · CA, USA
It was early evening, I was eight years old playing down the street (MacCloud St.) at my friends house when an adult nieghbor started p
Truckee/Lake Tahoe area · CA, USA
Subject and witness lying on backs in sleeps bags after day if logging. Both noticed silver/blue star off in distance, that got closer
San Jose · CA, USA
A report from San Jose, CA in April 1974 described lights in the sky observed by students at an elementary school, lasting 30 minutes.
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
A report from Huntington Beach, CA in June 1973 described a silver, cigar-shaped object roughly 300 feet long with about ten windows, flying near 200 feet up at low speed, lasting 20 seconds.
Salinas · CA, USA
Huge object. At least 2 football fields long. Altitude approx. 500 ft. Observed moving slowly westerly direct. No lights. No sound. Und
FREEWAY BY AIR FORCE BASE · CA, USA
A witness near a California freeway by an Air Force base reported what first looked like a flare, then a cigar-shaped object roughly five stories tall, over thirty minutes in September 1971.
Boulder Creek · CA, USA
I saw the craft slowly and silently gliding along a fire trail in the Santa Cruz mountians where I usually went on walks to chant on my
Biola · CA, USA
Near Biola, California, in August 1969, a witness described a cigar-shaped object roughly five hundred feet long emitting bright white light from its underside for about three minutes.
City of Commerce · CA, USA
A witness in the City of Commerce, California reported a cigar-shaped object in April 1969, during a brief fifteen-second sighting; few additional details were provided in the original account.
Rosemead · CA, USA
Myself and my friend observed a cigar-shaped craft hovering in a field. We observed the phenomnon for twenty minutes the left the field
Oakland · CA, USA
A witness in Oakland, California reported a large cigar-shaped object hovering in plain sight on a clear day in July 1968 before it suddenly vanished, during a five-minute sighting.
Vandenberg AFB · CA, USA
Witnesses reported cigar-shaped objects observed during missile launches at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California between 1965 and 1978, with individual sightings lasting about thirty minutes each.
Clovis · CA, USA
Witnesses in Clovis, California reported more than twenty cigar-shaped objects flying north over an Air Force base near Fresno in spring 1968, during a sighting lasting about one minute.
Fairfield · CA, USA
There real and this is the proof
Hermosa Beach · CA, USA
Witnesses in Hermosa Beach, California, reported five red, glowing cigar-shaped objects during a sighting lasting one to two minutes in September 1967.
Ventura · CA, USA
A witness in Ventura, California, described a light surrounding an unfamiliar figure and heard sounds as it appeared to look into their home, during a sighting lasting five to ten minutes in 1967.
Fairfield · CA, USA
I believe
Canoga Park · CA, USA
Witnesses in Canoga Park, California, reported a blue cigar-shaped object seen over a home during a five-minute sighting in September 1966.
Sonoma · CA, USA
Near Sonoma, California on June 6, 1966, a witness on a bus reported a long cigar-shaped object keeping pace alongside for over two hours.
Sonoma (near) · CA, USA
Near Sonoma, in the Central California mountains, on June 6, 1966, a witness reported a cigar-shaped object hovering in place for about one to two hours.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
On July 12, 1965 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, witnesses reported a cigar-shaped object glowing red-orange in front and blue toward the rear, seen for 15 seconds.