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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Nyona Lake · IN, USA
Cigar shaped object. 25,000 to 40,000 ft. high. Color silvery and at times white. Summer 1964, 0r 1965. UPI reported it was seen in 8 o
Philadelphia · PA, USA
A cylinder shaped vessel decended then hovered. It was the size of a bus but larger in diameter. The craft had no wings, windows, tail,
Philadelphia · PA, USA
A witness in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania described a brilliantly lit, cigar-shaped object about the size of a city bus during a close-range encounter, lasting about five minutes, June 1965.
Mount Shasta · CA, USA
Metallic cigar shaped object, windowless, soundless, motionless, unlighted, daytime/clear blue sky sighting over old Drive-in movie the
Ocala · FL, USA
A witness and a sheriff's deputy in Ocala, Florida reported an unusual encounter involving a cigar-shaped object, in an event lasting about one hour in June 1965.
St. Louis County · MO, USA
I was walking to church very early on the morning of May 5, 1965. Cutting across the rear of the adjacent school parking lot, a bright
Daytona Beach · FL, USA
we had got off work at 11:00 that night and went for a ride in rural volusia county. we observed a large object in the sky in a direct
Terrebonne · OR, USA
A witness in Terrebonne, Oregon reported a shimmering, silver, metallic, cigar-shaped object moving silently to the south, in a sighting lasting about 10 minutes in October 1964.
Columbus · OH, USA
A witness in Columbus, Ohio recalled seeing a cigar-shaped object as a child in October 1964, in a sighting remembered as lasting about 10 minutes.
Duquesne · PA, USA
Multiple witnesses in Duquesne, Pennsylvania reported a silver, cigar-shaped object moving at varying speeds without sound, in a sighting lasting about 10 minutes in August 1964.
Atlantic Ocean (unknown) · VA, Atlantic Ocean
Seen from a Navy Ship.
Nashville · TN, USA
A witness in Nashville, Tennessee reported a gigantic, silver, cigar-shaped object passing silently overhead, in a sighting lasting about two minutes in July 1964.
Covina · CA, USA
A witness in Covina, California described a slowly rotating, metallic, cigar-shaped object flying at low altitude during daylight in May 1964, lasting about five minutes.
Covina/West Covina · CA, USA
A witness in Covina, California reported a tumbling, cigar-shaped object on May 15, 1964, corroborating an earlier account, in a sighting that lasted about 10 minutes.
Walden · VT, USA
A witness in Walden, Vermont reported a large, silver, cigar-shaped object in the sky in May 1964, in a sighting lasting about two minutes.
St. Louis County · MO, USA
A witness in St. Louis County, Missouri reported a cigar-shaped object over a swimming pool overnight, describing slits along its hull's edge, in a sighting lasting about five minutes, 1963.
Gonzales · TX, USA
A witness in Gonzales, Texas described a cigar-shaped object with lights along its side moving at extremely high speed, in a sighting lasting about 30 seconds in June 1963.
Houston · TX, USA
A witness reported a cigar-shaped object over north Houston, Texas in June 1963, before construction of the current airport, in a sighting lasting about five minutes.
Calgary (east of) (Canada) · AB, Canada
A witness east of Calgary, Canada reported a long, silvery, cigar-shaped object in the sky in June 1963, describing a sighting that lasted several minutes.
Fort Collins · CO, USA
A deputy sheriff near Fort Collins, Colorado reported a bright, cigar-shaped object that followed his patrol boat for about seven miles, in a sighting lasting about 10 minutes in June 1963.
Jonesboro (Arkansas State University) · AR, USA
Summer 1963 - First appeared the disc over building on campus at dusk, then a sonic boom from air base 50 miles away. Craft zoomed up
New York City · NY, USA
A witness in New York City reported a cigar-shaped object on December 21, 1962, describing a sighting that reportedly lasted about 15 minutes.
Valparaiso · FL, USA
orange, glowing cigar over bayou
Wendens Ambo/Essex (UK/England) · United Kingdom
In 1961, a witness near Wendens Ambo, Essex, England, reported a cigar-shaped object traveling east to west with an impression of unusual speed, over 40 to 50 seconds.
Gettysburg · PA, USA
Rte 30 West, near Belmont Rd. intersection 7/15/61 4 hours Gray metallic cigar craft on Herr property in field below hill