Elongated, cigar-shaped craft — one of the earliest reported UAP forms dating to WWII foo fighters.
3,382Total Sightings
11Gov. Confirmed
CATop State
2007Peak Year
Notable Cylinder Sightings
— 1947
On August 4, 1947, a Pan American airliner traveling from Gander, Newfoundland to LaGuardia Field in New York encountered what app…
— 2014
A Chilean Navy helicopter recorded infrared footage of an unidentified aerial object flying alongside the aircraft over the Pacifi…
— 2026
A UAP sighting was reported near the VOR Sorrento navigation beacon in 2003. The Aeronautica Militare logged the report as one of …
— 1965
A cigar-shaped object was reported in Victoria, Australia, documented in RAAF Department of Air HQ UFO file A703 580/1/1 Part 4. T…
— 1960
The Reverend Browning observed a large cigar-shaped craft accompanied by smaller saucer-like escorts near Cressy, Tasmania. The si…
— 2005
A UAP sighting was recorded near Grazzanise in 2005 by the Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare). The object was described as m…
— 2014
A Chilean Navy helicopter crew filmed an unidentified elongated object for approximately nine minutes while on a routine coastal p…
— 1962
A cylindrical or needle-shaped object was observed over Norfolk Island and reported to RAAF via DCA Air Traffic Control. The sight…
Watson Lake (Yukon) — 2023
A Canadian CF-18 Hornet fighter jet shot down an unidentified cylindrical object over the Yukon Territory on February 11, 2023, on…
— 2022
Cigar-shaped or fat-spherical UAP observed and recorded by US military sensors on October 15, 2022. Released in PURSUE Release 02 …
— 1945
This file contains SHAEF messages and memorandums related to "night phenomena (foofighters)," flak rockets, unidentified cylindric…
breezewood (pa) — 2000
Chemtrails produce UFO
indianapolis (in) — 2013
((HOAX??)) Massive cylinder shaped object, thousands of feet long. ((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no personal data. PD))
clarklake (mi) — 2007
black helicopters, disc and cigar sighted near Jackson, MI
grass valley (ca) — 1981
Grass Valley CA, early 80's - Silvery silent slow-flying torpedo-shaped UFO seen over tree-tops.
anaheim (ca) — 2003
My car, and the ones behind me stoped, and the U.F.O.'s landed,when they were gone the cars started up.
la crescenta (ca) — 2014
A small vertical cylinder hovered me for over 4 minutes.
greenwood (in) — 2009
((HOAX)) FLYING PICKLE JAR ATE MY CAT
cerritos (ca) — 2012
I was driving north on Studebaker Road in the City of Cerritos, California. I approached the intersection of 183rd and Studeba…
san francisco (ca) — 2013
High altitude rod or cylinder shaped object with white blinking lights observed in SF.