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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Tulare · CA, USA
Shiny, cigar-shaped, object hovering.
Huntingdon · PA, USA
Cigar shaped silver object in northeast moving quickly.
Ash · NC, USA
Smaller aircraft which had no noise with rotating white lights, accompanied but super large area of twinkling smaller lights.
Walla Walla · WA, USA
White and glowing about 50 ft from the skyline. After about 15 minutes it started descending rapidly towards the ground and disappeared
Eugene · OR, USA
Translucent object observed flying in the clear, blue afternoon sky.
St. George · UT, USA
A trail of burning light flew just above the southeastern horizon tonight. ((NUFORC Note: Chinese rocket re-entry. PD))
Cedarcreek · MO, USA
Spindle-shaped object with no wings, no sound, no vapor trail seen in clear sky in daylight.
Little River · SC, USA
Silver-white cigar shaped object(s) floating above the Grand Strand.
Lafayette · LA, USA
A cigar-shaped craft w/ a highly reflective surface heading south then southeast.
Richmond · KY, USA
Clear, bright morning, 11:05 am, saw a pure white cylinder-shaped object in the sky above the tree lines, sailing fast. No wings.
Bridgewater · NJ, USA
Two tube-shaped bars or cylinders floating over Route 22.
Manheim · PA, USA
Silver and possibly partially transparent craft approximately 1000 ft. in altitude; maybe 15 ft. in length; moving very fast in a perfe
Minneapolis · MN, USA
Red/Fiery object (or plane) in sky; Loud humming noise.
Novelty · OH, USA
Saw large object after power went out in area.
Aldie · VA, USA
Cigar shaped metal, silently hovering craft seen for 10 seconds in the sky northeast of Aldie Virginia which rotated then vanished.
Perth (Australia) · Australia
I was on an airplane flight from USA to Melbourne, Australia. The sun was rising behind us, and it's the early morning hours. About an
Tooele · UT, USA
This was a huge rocket a mile long maybe longer taki g off ffk. The north east and going south was and up and out through the atmospher
Stone Mountain · GA, USA
Sighting at the bus stop. ((anonymous report))
Shelbyville · IL, USA
I seen a silver looking cigar shaped craft flying with no contrail intersect under a jet flying with a contrail.
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
Very small cigar shape - disappeared seconds after sunlight reflected off of it..
Gulf of Mexico · FL, USA
Cigar-shaped UFO passes closely by my plane over Gulf of Mexico.
LaGrange · GA, USA
White shimmering cigar shaped object with black stripe down the side, approximately 150' in length.
Tenby (UK/Wales) · United Kingdom
Baffling!!
Carlsbad · CA, USA
Large bright long light sitting on Pacific Ocean's horizon off coast of Carlsbad, California.
Geneva · OH, USA
White cigar shaped object seen during the day in clear sky.