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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Albany · NY, USA
A witness in Albany, New York reported a cigar-shaped object over the Hudson River during a brief ten-second sighting, dated to around June 1972.
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.
Humboldt · IA, USA
A witness in Humboldt, Iowa reported a cigar-shaped object resembling a large blimp that appeared from a clear sky, descended, landed, and vanished within about 45 seconds in September 1971.
St. Marys · PA, USA
Witnesses in St. Marys, Pennsylvania reported a cigar-shaped object hovering motionless in the sky for three to five minutes in September 1971.
Lamoille (above) · NV, USA
Witnesses near Lamoille, Nevada reported a cigar-shaped object at close range in broad daylight during a sighting lasting about thirteen to fifteen minutes in August 1971.
Liberal · KS, USA
Witnesses in Liberal, Kansas reported a cigar-shaped object low over a nearby lake following July 4th fireworks in 1971, during a sighting lasting fifteen to twenty minutes.
Genoa · WV, USA
Two siblings in Genoa, West Virginia reported a cigar-shaped object moving quietly and very slowly overhead for about five minutes in July 1971.
Philippine Sea (at sea) · Philippine Sea
Navy ship meets UFO mother ship at sea.
Bolivar · MO, USA
Witnesses in Bolivar, Missouri reported a silent, fluorescent orange cigar-shaped object with a pink glow around its edges that vanished instantly after about a minute in July 1971.
Moultrie · GA, USA
A local radio disc jockey in Moultrie, Georgia reported a cigar-shaped object above the station for ten to fifteen minutes in June 1971.
Portage · WI, USA
Gray cigar-shaped object hovering
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
Kalispell · MT, USA
A silver, cigar-shaped object was briefly reported over Kalispell, Montana, in June 1970, visible for only about one second.
Denver/Golden (between) · CO, USA
cigar shaped object with colors of orange, blue and green that changed colors in a strobe from orange to blue to green over and over.
Olney · IL, USA
A cigar-shaped object about the size of a fifteen-hundred-square-foot home hovered roughly two hundred feet above a house near Olney, Illinois, for ten minutes in October 1969.
Pearl · MS, USA
A witness in Pearl, Mississippi, filed a long-delayed report of a close-range sighting of a cigar-shaped object from October 1969, an encounter that lasted fifteen to twenty minutes.
Portland · OR, USA
The cigar shaped crafts unusual attitude is something I have never seen repeated with any modern aircraft past or present.
Exeter (near) · NH, USA
I was returning from the first Vietnam Moratorium (that is how I fix the date accurately) in Boston with some friends in an old VW bus.
Fulton · NY, USA
A separate witness near Fulton, New York, reported an orange cigar-shaped object dropping material the previous night in October 1969, during a twenty-minute sighting.
Fulton · NY, USA
orange cigar shaped object moved slowly from the ne. it stopped and a piece of the same color fell from it and burst into flames. the
Fulton · NY, USA
Over Fulton, New York, in late October 1969, witnesses described an orange cigar-shaped object dropping material that ignited into flames, during a four-minute sighting.
Fairbanks · AK, USA
My sister and I were awakened by a flashing bright light. We looked out of the window and saw a hovering cigar shaped object. It stayed
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.
Vernon (Canada) · BC, Canada
A large white cigar-shaped object was seen stopping abruptly above a house in Vernon, British Columbia, in August 1969, visible for only about four seconds.