Cylinder UFO Sightings
2,179 Cylinder-shaped UFO sightings recorded worldwide since 1937, peaking in 2014 (130 reports); most commonly reported in United States.
- Total sightings
- 2,179
- Span
- 1937–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (130 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Cylinder
1937–2022 · peak 2014 (130 reports)
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Vancouver · WA, USA
Completely motionless and silent metallic cylinder at about 200-300 feet ... mid-morning , clear skies , calm wind .
Kamloops (Canada) · BC, Canada
A craft bursted out from Venus, orange lights and a red blinking light on a circular fast moving object.
Chisago · MN, USA
My husband and I were out looking at the sky before bed. The town I live in is pretty well lit. I looked towards the East and saw a rea
Livermore · CA, USA
Two craft over Northern California, traveling at a high rate of speed, chasing each other, with no sound.
Clendenin · WV, USA
There was white orbs, one cylinder of red, orange, and yellow in mid air, things I cant explain came from the approaching storm.
Sioux Falls · SD, USA
The Ufo was white and a cylinder shape.
Chapel Hill · NC, USA
Disc or cylindrical craft moving at very high speed
Kent/Renton · WA, USA
Huge fiery red object hovered, then quickly descended out of sight.
Germantown · MD, USA
3 alien spacecraft over Germantown, MD.
Akron · NY, USA
Elongated cyndrical shape bright red lights all around descending from night sky north east of akron ny at 9:30pm duration 1min.
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
Disappearing white cylinder over South Florida sky!
Sioux Falls · SD, USA
Noiseless Elliptical Craft With 2 Sets Lights At Each End.
Tampa · FL, USA
Two tennis players witness two bright objects in the morning sky.
Exeter · ME, USA
2 cylindrical flying craft, with no sound and no contrails. ((NUFORC Note: Jet aircraft, at a low altitude, we suspect. PD))
Turnersville · NJ, USA
Looked like a Chinese lantern but was above air craft path as going into Philly or Atlantic city but not as high as going to NYC. Colo
San Francisco · NY, USA
Cylinder appeared in cloud formations at 4am in San Franciso
Tacoma · WA, USA
Unlighted dark cylindrical object with disintegrating lower portion--silent, unpropelled.
Elizabethton · TN, USA
Black cylinder craft slowly passes over head. At least the size of football field.
Elizabethton · TN, USA
Black cylinder craft slowly passes over head/at least the size of football field
Sahuarita · AZ, USA
Saw a bright green light shaped in a sideways oval shape move very slow in a straight line. The light seemed to scan the desert. It was
Manchester · IA, USA
4 witnesses to what first appeared to be a star in the west sky. The bright light then started moving alarmingly fast in a west to east
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
I looked up at the sky and saw what looked like one of those cigar shaped objects I have heard about.
Tulsa · OK, USA
I was traveling north on highway 75. It was almost dark outside but still visible to see in the sky. All of sudden when driving north i
Mountain View · CO, USA
Cylindrical shaped object came to complete stop and ascended upwards.
Chennai (India) · India
Saw a red ball of fire and reddish/orange lights in the sky at 19:15 (Chennai).....The lights were vertically and cylindrically shaped.