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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Bridgeport/Lakeport · NY, USA
In July 1969, three friends near Bridgeport/Lakeport, New York, watched a cigar-shaped craft hover above the treetops near a family home for about five minutes.
Estill · SC, USA
shining object frightens SC family
St. Louis · MO, USA
A witness in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri reported a brownish-gray cigar-shaped object that moved off toward the west in May 1969, during a two-minute sighting.
Loganville · GA, USA
A school bus driver and several children in Loganville, Georgia reported a silver, cigar-shaped object larger than the bus itself in April 1969, during a fifteen-second sighting.
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.
Little Axe · OK, USA
Object, time loss, body marks,
Wildflecken (Germany) · Germany
During a training excerise @ the US Army training center @ Wildflecken ,germany;at appx. 23:30 hours, at an elevation appx.8k ft. alt.
Logansport/Kokomo. · IN, USA
Bright light front end of diesel train shape hovering /from distant star to huge craft overhead/passenger windows no soun no wings/tail
Boston · MA, USA
as i woke up in the early morning a bright redish orange light bathed the living room,at first i thought it was a fire but the light wa
Buffalo · NY, USA
A witness in Buffalo, New York reported a fluorescent green, cigar-shaped object at close range, about six feet away, silent and lasting about two minutes, in October 1968.
Crystal Lake · IL, USA
A witness in Crystal Lake, Illinois reported a cigar-shaped object hovering over a farm field in October 1968, observed for about thirty minutes.
Portland · OR, USA
A witness in Portland, Oregon reported a large cigar-shaped object holding a 45-degree upward angle before suddenly vanishing from view within minutes, in October 1968.
Oelwein · IA, USA
a cigar shaped craft with muti-colored lights around it traveling toward the southwest absolutely silently and at a rather slow speed.
Eugene · OR, USA
A witness in Eugene, Oregon reported a large cigar-shaped object that blended colors from red to white in August 1968, remaining visible for about three to five minutes.
Sewickley · PA, USA
A witness in Sewickley, Pennsylvania reported a stationary, airliner-sized, wingless cigar-shaped object at high altitude in August 1968, during a two-minute sighting.
Elwood · NJ, USA
A witness in Elwood, New Jersey reported a slow-moving cigar or disk-shaped object near the tree line in 1968; the sighting was reported in a local newspaper the next day and lasted fifteen seconds.
Nashville · IN, USA
it was cigar shaped there were other witnesses it was silent and it appeared silver it hovered 8 minutes and disappeared in an instant
Quantico Marine Base · VA, USA
A Coast Guard duty controller reported a cigar-shaped object relayed by a duty radioman near Quantico Marine Base, Virginia, in July 1968, during an encounter lasting about two hours.
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
Minot · ND, USA
in 1968 while standing at gi corner a cigar shaped ship moved above me moving at a speed as that of a zepplin. it had colored lights al
Lake Havasu City · AZ, USA
A witness in Lake Havasu City, Arizona reported a silent, chrome-colored cigar-shaped object hovering directly in front of them in June 1968 before it vanished instantly, within fifteen seconds.