Cigar UFO Sightings
3,405 Cigar-shaped UFO sightings recorded worldwide since 1936, peaking in 2019 (181 reports); most commonly reported in United States.
- Total sightings
- 3,405
- Span
- 1936–2022
- Peak year
- 2019 (181 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Cigar
1936–2022 · peak 2019 (181 reports)
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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.
Beaumont · TX, USA
Watched star like object on the horizan go up in an arch and then approach me and fly close enough so I could see the pilot.
Fresno · CA, USA
A short accounting of this even written for a memoirs class.
Oak Creek · CO, USA
follow-up information concerning flying pencil shaped object; original posting date 02/02/04
Memphis · TN, USA
Cigar in Memphis 1974.
Irmo · SC, USA
Around midnight leaving work at Carolina Skateland saw a cigar shaped object hovering over the Winn Dixie next door, now Lizards Thicke
Kent (UK/England) · United Kingdom
hovered for ten seconds then sped off and vanished in a spilt second
Springfield · OH, USA
Small fleet large craft over Ohio
Spokane · WA, USA
Confirmation of 1974 report 34 years later.
Miami · FL, USA
Close Encounter with a large cigar shaped UFO.
Cairns (Australia) · Australia
7/ 74 - Cairns Ql d. Australia - Cigar - 1hr - Watched silver ship stationary in sky for 1hr then took off at great speed into the dis
Sebring · FL, USA
Multi-event, three orb/stars move in triangle unison, cigar shaped craft turns up to sky becomes point of light
Salem · MA, USA
This story is very familar with an experance me and about 8 of my friends saw about 30 years ago on Boston Street Salem Mass.We sti
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
Hutchinson · KS, USA
Ufos becom Ifos
Herkimer · NY, USA
It was mid -1974 or 1975 , heading west after sunset ( it was dark) , I came up a slight rise & noticed a peculiar steady light quite
Bristow · OK, USA
Large, drab color, enormous, cigar shaped, no appendages on craft. Moving at moderately fast speed, (faster than any blimp could}. trav
Passaic · NJ, USA
A report from Passaic, NJ in May 1974 described what initially appeared to be a sky full of stationary stars that then began to move together, lasting 30 minutes.
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.
Kent · WA, USA
Cigar shaped with distint window shapes the width of the object, wasn't moving, it was about 20 to 30 feet off the ground. I saw no li
Kapaa · HI, USA
A report from Kapaa, HI in November 1973 described a cigar-shaped, wingless object with light visible through its windows, hovering overhead, seen by five people, lasting 10 minutes.
Vienna · VA, USA
A report from Vienna, VA in November 1973 described a white, cigar-shaped object moving very quickly, lasting 5 seconds.
Warner Robins · GA, USA
A report from Warner Robins, GA in October 1973 described two cigar-shaped objects that were reportedly seen by numerous witnesses across the city.
Wilson · OK, USA
Metallic Cigar shaped Object