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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Bois D'Arc · MO, USA
Object has some detail visible
Galveston · TX, USA
I was very delighted to finally find a place to report this object we encountered that evening. My brother, cousin and I were aboard my
Minneapolis · MN, USA
Silver metallic cylinder moving slowly on Hwy 55 Minneapolis from east to west
St. Joseph · MI, USA
I saw a noiseless, hovering, barrel shaped object visible for several seconds and then it disappeared.
Aiken · SC, USA
Straight-line flight with no visible wings or no vapor trail.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
((HOAX??)) Short encounter with space craft on my way into my parking lot area.
Santa Anna · CA, USA
Lighted object sighted in broad daylight over Santa Anna Calif.
Ísafjörður (Iceland) · Iceland
Cylinder hiding from fighter jets in west Iceland
UK/England · United Kingdom
cigar shape object that hoverd above a house then at speed whent in to the sky
Seattle · WA, USA
A bending black rod hovering over First Hill!
OH · USA
Bright flash lightens up night sky, object fires across sky at unbelievable speed… ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor. PD))
St. Augustine · FL, USA
Large gray cylinder hovering just above tree tops
Fairview · UT, USA
silver grey disk shaped
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
Two cylindrical shaped objects,whitish or silvery gray colored, moving next to each other on or around August 5th,2004 around 5:30 PM.
Panama (Central America) (Panama) · Panama
My sister was filming the sky after she had noticed a lot of silent thunder, she was hoping to catch thos long strikes of lighnin. but
St. Louis · MO, USA
Black cylinder flying at altitude of airline within reaching distance.
Chicago · IL, USA
Cylinder shaped with lights on the side. I Have never seen a plane do that...
Denver · CO, USA
Extremely bright small cylinder almost stationary in clouds abo e Denver.
Topeka · KS, USA
Bright cylinder seen flying over Topeka during storm.
Reynoldsburg · OH, USA
On this night, I noticed a cylinder shaped illuminated object in the southeast sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible contrail?? PD))
Lewisville · TX, USA
Neon white cylinder moving slowly to the north over Lewisville TX
Tucson · AZ, USA
I had a hard time falling a sleep last night because I have renal cancer so I decided to take the golf cart around the course it was 3:
Monroe · LA, USA
Glowing green rocket-shaped object with a tail of fire.
Huntington · WV, USA
cylinder shaped craft enters cloud bank and never reappears
Lewiston · ID, USA
cylinder-shaped silver-metallic object(s) in a triangle formation (one leading in front,two alomgside behind/close and three objects be