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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Chadd's Ford · PA, USA
Fast moving, silent cylinder.
Orange · CT, USA
Sighted craft and transport of object to the ground
West Germany · Germany
Strong radar return w/ airborne F-86-D radar at approx. 30,000', first seen while flying N on a practice 90 degree run on wingman.
Baden · PA, USA
Report from the past - Orangish saucer shaped with black rotating center
Silverdale · WA, USA
Cylindrical craft hovered above the house with blinking lights of multiple colors for a long duration of time.
Teaneck · NJ, USA
Cylinder UFO followed by disc seen in fall of 1957 over northern New Jersey
Walled Lake · MI, USA
The glowing object was there one second and in a flash vanished.
Memphis · TN, USA
Object was glowing dull orange bent cylinder. Hovered noiselessly over RR tracks for a time, then took off straight up.
Springfield (rural area near) · IL, USA
This happened many years ago when I was a child. Object, 3' long, crystal type cylinder, pinkish color came in fast from the East and
Nashville · TN, USA
cylindrical object "examining" trees
Camp McCoy (enroute to) · WI, USA
1951-2 winter sighting
Edmonton (southwest of) (Canada) · AB, Canada
Good evening folks---What I am about to discribe is what I saw back in 1952,in an area that is about 75 to 80 miles southwest of the ci
Pittsburgh (110 mi. E of) · PA, USA
Senior corporate pilot and company officers witness a peculiar object from the cockpit of a DC-3.
San Marcos · TX, USA
This event took place in early fall around 1949-50. It occurred after a Boy Scout meeting in the Baptist Church. The Baptist Church sit
Wilmington · DE, USA
I was ascending a external staircase from our basement. Suddenly above me in the evening dark sky a very large, wide cylinder appeared
Clintwood · VA, USA
In July 1947 my Dad and I were working in our corn field in Clintwood Virginia (Dickerson County). Around 3PM we looked up up see a cyl
Morehouse · MO, USA
Looked like airplanes without windows, wings, or tails.
North Tampa · FL, USA
A black cylindrical object appears over P-38s dog fighting
Milford (Republic of Ireland) · Ireland
Standing on a height of land when fat cigar shaped object with port holes passed in front of me silently.
Hubbard · OR, USA
It had a bluish tint with what looked like a candle light in the center traveling slowly south.
USA
I video taped a UFO off the tv (cnn/headline news) of the flight of the space shuttle crashing. This shot was only seen once on cnn and
Grand Terrace · CA, USA
It was exactly the same as the night before ...Orange floating sphere that floated over the park area. ((anonymous report))
Atlantic Ocean (inflight · USN P-3), Atlantic Ocean
P-3 Orion Encounter ((NUFORC Note: Witness intentionally does not include date of incident. PD))
Blackey · KY, USA
cessna pilot gets his 4 snapshots first and hope not to see this thing again///
Northern Exumas (3 miles east of) (Bahamas) · Bahamas
At about 3 AM I saw a light heading toward me which had no other navigation lights. It droopped a cylinder obliquily and turned upward