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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Ridgecrest · CA, USA
Multiple lights in the sky, burnout.
San Antonio · TX, USA
Metallic cigar shaped objects. Changed to round or were pulling away upwards.
Joplin · MO, USA
Grey cigar-shape, w/ short Chem Trail traveling at high rate of speed northbound over Carl Junction/Joplin Mo area.
Houston · MO, USA
Two narrow, black cigar shaped objects in the horizon that moved towards each other then away very slowly as if they were frozen.
Elk Grove Village · IL, USA
I was outside with my boyfriend on our back patio. I live right next to airport so I'm used to seeing lots of lights and airplanes and
Seattle · WA, USA
Cigar shape with wings, the wings were, one on top of the craft the other on the bottom. It looked on fire or all lit up.
Dayton · TN, USA
I saw a bright green, cigar-shaped object streak across the sky and veer off course.
Mill Spring · NC, USA
Slim object with band of flickering lights seen hovering above nearby mountain peak - making unbelievable erratic maneuvers.
France (above; from aircraft) · France
((NUFORC Note: Possible hoax. PD)) Saw 3 cigar shaped crafts.
Arlington · TX, USA
Pictures taken of sunset and clouds, UFO captured in photo over Arlington, TX
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Starting on left side thr were 2 bright wht circles then 3 diff colored then 2 more bright wht lights…
Milwaukee (north of) · WI, USA
Glowing streak high in the sky.
St. Paul · MN, USA
Bright flashs over South St. Paul, staying in one spot for over 5 minutes light brighter than strobe craft or aircraft.
Victoria · TX, USA
I was outside my job talking to some of my co-workers when I looked to the East and saw a white object in the sky.
Angola · NY, USA
North sky, south east of moon, seeing 15 blue cigar shaped crafts, with blue pulsing lights in the sky, 10 times bigger th
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Flaming red cigar shaped with white and yellowish tail streaking across the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Re-entering space debris. PD))
Sky Valley · CA, USA
Streaking comet like with long light spray trail. ((NUFORC Note: Re-entering space debris. PD))
Angola · NY, USA
15/20 blue, cigar-shaped, craft hover silently and strobed blue on the length of the crafts. Multiple witnesses.
Londonderry · NH, USA
Three elongated craft with red lights on nose and tail and a orange strobe in the middle.
Gill · CO, USA
2 or 3 lights found over the horizon- there and then gone.
Maryville · TN, USA
Saw a shooting star; disappeared. as i was looking i saw a faint red line then a cigar shaped object hit what looked rockets boosters.
Scituate · MA, USA
Medium-large sized cigar-shaped object blinked into view very clearly much close than the many planes nearby. Lit up a yellow-white.
Fremont · CA, USA
Spotted bright light flying through sky. Thought it was a plane but was leaving a bright turquoise haze behind it that lit up the sky.
Barnegat · NJ, USA
At 1:50 am I saw huge craft on side of craft were several blinking red lights two at a time would flash and in a row two would blink, t
Electra · TX, USA
I was driving south bound on US 287 on the out side lane. I looked up and saw an object that reminded me of those high end cigar tubes